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* BaitAndSwitch:
-->'''Balthazar''': Akkadian, you're riding to your death. If I let you go alone... ''(grins)'' what glory would there be left for me?
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: At one point, Menmon waxes poetic to Cassandra about how his plan to TakeOverTheWorld and establish TheEmpire is meant to "bring order after centuries of chaos" in a ThousandYearReign. When she tells him rivers of blood will never bring peace (and in the opening it's shown he won't hesitate to execute surrendering opponents right where they bow), he answers that they can bring obedience, and that will suffice.
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* TheBigGuy: Creator/DwayneJohnson, Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan, ''and'' Creator/RalfMoeller, all together in one film.
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* OutrunTheFireball: Philos and Arpid, diving out of the entrance to the under-tunnels as it bursts into flames.
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* AmazonBrigade: Queen Isis and her tribe.


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* ToppledStatue: The explosion set off in Gomorrah's under-tunnels not only saves most of the heroes, but also undermines Memnon's statue and sends it crashing to the ground - [[spoiler:followed shortly by Memnon himself.]]
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* HopeSpot: Even after losing his sword, Mathayus manages to disarm Memnon and brutally beat him down. Cassandra starts to hope that her vision of Mathayus's death was wrong, until Memnon regains the advantage and everything she saw starts to come true.

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* AndThisIsFor: Balthazar reminds Takmet that he [[{[Patricide}} murdered his own father]], before Balthazar runs him through with a lance.

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* AndThisIsFor: Balthazar reminds Takmet that he [[{[Patricide}} [[{{Patricide}} murdered his own father]], before Balthazar runs him through with a lance.


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* BlackComedy: Takmet, [[DecapitationPresentation displaying his father's head]]: ''"He was very shocked. You could tell by the look on his face."''
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* AndThisIsFor: Balthazar reminds Takmet that he [[{[Patricide}} murdered his own father]], before Balthazar runs him through with a lance.

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* BadassCreed: "Live Free. Die Well."

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* BadassCreed: "Live Free. Die Well." At the end, "Live Free. Rule Well."



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: During the opening montage, Memnon practicing with his swords, then having a ''very'' large enemy army [[KneelBeforeZod bow before him]] only for Memnon to have his archers open fire on them anyway.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: During the opening montage, Memnon practicing ploughs through enemies and deflects arrows with his swords, then having a ''very'' large enemy army [[KneelBeforeZod bow before him]] only for Memnon to have his archers open fire on them anyway.



* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:The Sorceress was about to take an arrow for Mathayus but as she grabbed him, he turned around and took the arrow for her.]]

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* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:The Sorceress was about tries to take an arrow for Mathayus but as she grabbed grabs him, he turned turns around and took takes the arrow for her.]]her. However, he survives.]]
* TitleDrop: To the EndingTheme, "I Stand Alone" by Music/{{Godsmack}}
--> '''Balthazar:''' Will you stand alone before the fury of [Memnon's] armies?
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* ProchronicProduct: An inventor creates gunpowder 3000 years before it should have been.
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** The Fang of Anubis is a decisevely evil example. Imagine [[Literature/TheElricSaga Stormbringer]] as an Egyptian ''khopesh''.

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** The Fang of Anubis is a decisevely decisively evil example. Imagine [[Literature/TheElricSaga Stormbringer]] as an Egyptian ''khopesh''.



** In ''Book of Souls'', princess Tala takes matter in her own hands and joins Mathayus in finding the titular Book of Souls.

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** In ''Book of Souls'', princess Tala takes matter matters in her own hands and joins Mathayus in finding the titular Book of Souls.
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It's the year 5000 BC - or thereabouts. The anachronistic Greek general Memnon is out to, you guessed it, take over the world, which consists of African tribesmen, Amazons and the City of Gomorrah in improbably close conjunction. The leaders of the Free Peoples, including the chiefs of the aforesaid Africans and Amazons, hire the 'last of the Akkadians' a race of deadly assassins, (which would come as a surprise to Sargon of Akkadia) to kill not Memnon, but the evil sorcerer whose magic and prophecies are the ultimate source of his success.

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It's the year 5000 BC - or thereabouts. The anachronistic Greek general Memnon is out to, you guessed it, take over the world, which consists of African tribesmen, Amazons and the City of Gomorrah in improbably close conjunction. The leaders of the Free Peoples, including the chiefs of the aforesaid Africans and Amazons, hire the 'last of the Akkadians' Akkadians', a race of deadly assassins, assassins (which would come as a surprise to Sargon of Akkadia) Akkadia), to kill not Memnon, but the evil sorcerer whose magic and prophecies are the ultimate source of his Memnon's success.



* WholePlotReference: Most of the film's plot, especially the climax, which is more or less 1:1, is copied from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.

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* WholePlotReference: Most of the film's plot, especially the climax, which is more or less 1:1, is copied from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.



* FateWorseThanDeath: Anyone killed by Nebserek has their souls trapped inside the Book of Souls and exist in eternal torment and darkness. [[spoiler:As a result, the Book herself Amina suffers every time someone is slain because she can sense their pain and agony]].

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* FateWorseThanDeath: Anyone killed by Nebserek has their souls trapped inside the Book of Souls and exist in eternal torment and darkness. [[spoiler:As a result, the Book herself Amina suffers every time someone is slain because she can sense their pain and agony]].



* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Nebserek decides to leave Mathayus alive a little longer just so that he can finish him off in a duel. His priestess asks why he doesn't just kill him the spot, he reasons that he wants to make a good show for his men since they thirst for blood. She points out its dangerous, but he claims it won't be a problem since he wants to fight him while he is half-dead and unable to fight properly. The priestess doesn't argue beyond this point likely because her boss is crazy, even though his plan makes no sense. [[spoiler:It ends up giving plenty of time for Tala to summon scorpions to revitalize Mathayus and free himself]].

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Nebserek decides to leave Mathayus alive a little longer just so that he can finish him off in a duel. His priestess asks why he doesn't just kill him on the spot, spot; he reasons that he wants to make a good show for his men since they thirst for blood. She points out its it's dangerous, but he claims it won't be a problem since he wants to fight him Mathayus while he is half-dead and unable to fight properly. The priestess doesn't argue beyond this point further, likely because her boss is crazy, even though his crazy. [[spoiler:Nebserek's plan makes no sense. [[spoiler:It ends up giving provides plenty of time for Tala to summon scorpions to revitalize Mathayus and free himself]].
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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Fong, who wanted to return to China, settels down in Akkadia as a local seller.]]

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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Fong, who wanted to return to China, settels settles down in Akkadia as a local seller.]]

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething:
** In ''Quest for Power'', Mathayus is joined in his quest for Alcaman's crown by members of the ousted royal family of Norvania, Valina and her father Sorrell Reskov.
** In ''Book of Souls'', princess Tala takes matter in her own hands and joins Mathayus in finding the titular Book of Souls.



* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Mathayus is joined in his quest for Alcaman's crown by members of the ousted royal family of Norvania, Valina and her father Sorrel Reskov.

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* MeaninglessVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Drazen's search for power turns out to be worthless since the artifact he seeks deems him unworthy and kills him at the end of the movie]];

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* MeaninglessVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Drazen's search for power turns out to be worthless since the artifact he seeks deems him unworthy and kills him at the end of the movie]];movie]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Mathayus is joined in his quest for Alcaman's crown by members of the ousted royal family of Norvania, Valina and her father Sorrel Reskov.
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* AncientAfrica: Mathayus helps a princess from Nubia.
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* Ruritania: This time around, Mathayus goes to the country of Norvania, in the "Northern Forests".

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* Ruritania: {{Ruritania}}: This time around, Mathayus goes to the country of Norvania, in the "Northern Forests".
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* MeaningfulName: Mathayus and his companions go to an all-female tribe that worships a goddess. The name of their high priestess? Feminina (the Latin language feminine adjective for 'pertaining to the female gender').
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* Ruritania: This time around, Mathayus goes to the country of Norvania, in the "Northern Forests".
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* ThePlague: While not explicitly shown, the film establishes that Cassandra, the prophetess from the first film, perished to it, as well as many Akkadians.

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