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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 12470
Released: April 15, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The life of a simple family man named Farmer (Jason Statham) is changed forever when a horrifying army of animal-like warriors known as Krugs who are controlled by the evil Gallian (Ray Liotta) invade his village, murder his son and kidnap his wife. Farmer sets out on a momentous journey to get his wife back and along the way, encounters magic and adventure as the quest soon reveals his real destiny in the kingdom.
Description of In the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege Tale:
Jason Statham fights for family and country in this sword-and-sorcery adventure adapted from the popular Dungeon Siege video game by notorious B-movie jack-of-all-trades Uwe Boll. After Statham (a farmer named Farmer) loses his wife (Claire Forlani) and son to the monster troops of wicked sorcerer Ray Liotta (just one of the film's many eccentric casting choices), he trades in his plowshare for a sword to administer some medieval justice. Meanwhile, Liotta is hard at work at unseating aging king Burt Reynolds and replacing him with his foppish nephew (Matthew Lillard). Eventually, Statham is joined in his quest by veteran warrior Ron Perlman and the father-daughter wizard duo of John Rhys-Davies and Leelee Sobieski, but audiences may be lost by then; In the Name of the King is far too poorly paced and written to merit its 127-minute running time (and the American version is shortened by 30 minutes!), despite some energetic battle scenes choreographed by Tony Ching (House of Flying Daggers). Those amused by Boll's campy productions may find some humor in Kristanna Loken's vine-swinging jungle girl, or in the performance by Lillard, who seems determined to enjoy himself at all costs. --Paul Gaita
In the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege Tale Reviews:
Not even Jason can save it 
2009-12-13 - I thought "Yeah, it's probably not the best, but I love Jason so how bad can it be?" Oh my, I found myself getting up & doing chores around the house for most of it. It was awful. The acting is terrible, the fight scenes are laughable and Ray Liotta was terrible. The person who reviewed it with a poem hit the nail on the head. Don't waste your money - even if you really like Jason!!!
A wonderful film.....to make fun of
2009-12-07 - I almost completely forgot that I watched this movie last year and when I saw it randomly listed on Amazon's movie page I just had to toss my 2 cents in once I read a review of someone that said if you enjoy sitting around with your buddies and pulling a Mystery Science Theater thing then this is a movie for you. That's exactly what we did. I knew from the terrible trailer to this movie that it would be a barely held together mess from the great Uwe Boll. So when the DVD hit we rented it for the sole purpose of having a good laugh and making fun of pretty much everything about it. From Ray Liotta's dreadfully painful performance (is he out of money?) to Burt Reynolds mumbling dialogue he seems embarrassed to recite, random ninjas and Amazons (yay for Kristanna Loken) and by far my favorite: Matthew Lillard's "I am your king!!!" line. I'm cracking up just thinking about how awful it is lol. I think I may have tried to give it credit for the locations and set design but I really can't remember if I just made that up out of pity. At least Jason Statham seemed to try and of course has flashy fight moves. Although that could be some residual Italian Job coolness seeping into my opinion....oh well guess I'll never know! In conclusion, if you want a good laugh at some quite terrible film making then gather your like minded pals, crack open some brews and laugh away. If however you are looking for a real film experience...you shan't find it here my friend, go watch the LOTR Trilogy instead and say to yourself "oh Gimli what were you thinking trying to class up that Dungeon Siege movie?"
A Tragic Waste of Fine Actors! 
2009-11-22 - "In the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege Tale", director Uwe Boll's off-kilter "Lord of the Rings" knock-off, throws a very impressive array of acting talent into a rather low-budget fantasy, and succeeds in making them all look pretty silly. In some cases, the genre doesn't suit their film personas (Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, and Burt Reynolds); in others, poorly-written roles defeat any opportunity to shine (Leelee Sobieski, Ron Perlman, Kristanna Loken, and John Rhys-Davies); under-exposure negates a sympathetic performance from Claire Forlani, and as for Matthew Lillard...well, his simpering, whimpering comic 'supporting villain' is simply awful. Toss in copy-cat LOTR visuals, less-than-magical special effects, and Boll's heavy-handed, pedestrian direction, and you are left with a film that probably shouldn't have been made.
Trying to list positive aspects of this film is difficult, but one does stand out; nobody fights better on film than Jason Statham. Whether tossing a lethal boomerang, gracefully wielding a sword, or relying on his fists and boundless energy, Statham becomes electrifying when he goes into battle, no matter the era. His action scenes single-handedly keeps this film from rating just one star, or even lower, as it is truly that bad!
Catch this film on cable (if you dare), but don't waste your money buying it...there are far more worthy epic fantasies available!
Uh...
2009-07-27 - It's saying something about this movie that it's so bad I don't really know where to begin. Perhaps it's a bit better to list the positive aspects of it, since there's so darn few of them.
The special effects are somewhat decent, and it's a pretty clean movie as far as gore, swearing, and nudity go. Despite extremely lengthy battle scenes, I don't think I saw a single drop of blood; thus it might be an OK kid's movie. The sets are pretty well done, and the music's not half bad. The budget was clearly high- there's some pretty darn good casting and it's a very long movie. I suppose this can be considered good or bad, as the plot line just isn't arresting enough to warrant such length; I think the movie would have been significantly easier to sit through if it were about half as long.
That said, pretty much everything else is as bad as its possible to go. Those that have seen the previously disastrous Dungeons & Dragons will find a great deal of parallel here: normally decent actors reduced to props by horrible lines, uninventive plot, and wooden directing. Special effects and fighting seemingly used to pass time and make it longer. Villains you'd actually be cheering for if they also weren't such tools and props.
Perhaps the worst thing that can be said about 'In the Name of the King' is that I actually played Dungeon Siege, all the way through. As far as action RPGs go, it was attractive but rather dumb- quite dull once you got tired of its pretty visuals. But as lackluster as the game was, this movie is ten times worse- I'd seriously have had more fun digging up my old copy of DS and giving it another go. At first, I didn't know this was directed by Uwe Boll, whom I've heard a lot about on the Internet and even seen a petition signed by thousands of people asking him to stop making movies based on games. I didn't really think any director could be purposely terrible like that, and figured his movies were merely weaker than they are hyped up to be. Well, let's just say that I've been enlightened.
If you've got a kid, they might still enjoy this movie which- as noted previously- is pretty clean. Otherwise, steer well clear of it, even (or perhaps especially) if you actually liked Dungeon Siege.
Not even laughably bad...
2009-06-04 - This movie is terrible. It's such a shame that this movie had such a great cast, but in the end, the story is terrible, the writing is terrible, and the acting was terribly awkward. Where the movie was supposed to be funny, it fails. Where there was supposed to have thrilling action, it fails. I've never seen another movie that fails so completely in every aspect of film making, though, it isn't surprising, after all, it is an Uwe Boll film. I don't know if Boll has EVER made a DECENT movie.
To be honest, the best part of the movie is the credits. That's not a joke either, because the credits (apart from being the end of this terrible film) features music from Blind Guardian, my favorite band of all time.
Please, I beg you, if you plan to watch this film (which I don't recommend), HAVE A BACK UP FILM. This movie will make you feel as if you wasted your evening. Which is what happened to my family and I.
