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Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Steven Brand, and Dwayne Johnson in The Scorpion King (2002)

Bernard Hill: Philos

The Scorpion King

Bernard Hill credited as playing...

Philos

Quotes5

  • [Mathayus enters a room where Philos is working]
  • Philos: Good lord. Are you going to kill me?
  • Mathayus: Maybe later.
  • [about the catapult in his laboratory]
  • Philos: It was meant to be a quick means of transportation, but there was a little problem with the landings.
  • [after getting inside the city gates]
  • Mathayus: All right, that was the easy part. Everybody know what to do?
  • Balthazar: Cripple the guards.
  • Philos: Ignite the powder.
  • Arpid: And try not to get killed.
  • Philos: Like ALL of my inventions, Memnon will try to use it for war.
  • Mathayus: Where is Memnon?
  • Philos: Ay, you mean to kill him, do you?
  • Mathayus: [raises his sword to Philos' throat] Yes.
  • [walking through the desert, Mathayus, Arpid, and Cassandra hear a huge explosion and a plume of smoke rises. Philos appears, soot-covered and grinning ecstatically]
  • Philos: It works! It works!
  • [sees them]
  • Philos: My lady! How lovely to see you out here in this desolate place! Let me show you! It works! Ha! Come, come, come, come!
  • [Cassandra runs to him]
  • Philos: My lady sorceress... you see? I worked it out. My Chinese formula. My magic powder works! All I needed was salt - peter salt. It was here all the time! Th-th-this place is just full of it! By the way, do any of you happen to have any water?

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