The Scorpion King (2002)

The Scorpion King (2002)
Rating: ★★
Apr 23, 2002Sword and Sorcery
Back when Dwayne Johnson was still a wrestler and billing himself as The Rock, this was a forgettable sword and sorcery effort spun off from his appearance in The Mummy Returns. For the lightweight effort it is, it has surprisingly enough spun off multiple sequels

G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra (2009)

G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra (2009)
Rating: ★★
Aug 25, 2009Futuristic Military Action Team
Stephen Sommers make a film based on the popular action toy line. Barring one exhilarating sequence in the middle, this consists of lots of sound and CGI fury amounting to very little at all

Odd Thomas (2013)

Odd Thomas (2013)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 10, 2013Eccentric Clairvoyant-Medium/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation
At first glance, Stephen Sommers and Dean R. Koontz seem strange bedfellows, but oddly enough it works – Koontz gives Sommers more story than he is used to working with and surprisingly it is the likeable characters and mind-boggling quirks of plot at the forefront rather than Sommers' usual CGI bombast