We do not want to wake the gods," warns one unscrupulous henchman while raiding the tomb of the Scorpion King (The Rock), an ancient Egyptian warrior frozen in time after promising his soul to the god Anubis. Too late. The henchman's employees, led by the reincarnation of Imhotep's beloved Anck-Su-Namun (Patricia Velasquez), bring Imhotep back to life eight years after adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) vanquished him. The plan: use Imhotep to overthrow an awakened Scorpion King for the right to rule the world. O'Connell and now-wife Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) step in to save the day, and things get personal when Imhotep kidnaps their son Alex (Freddie Boath), who possesses a bracelet that serves as a map to the Scorpion King's lair. A contrived, distracting and redundant connection between our heroes and their adversaries that dates back 3,000 years further complicates matters.