In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

[Invisible Man]

A simple family man (Jason Statham) is forced to take up arms after an evil sorcerer (Ray Liotta) unleashes an army of bloodthirsty beasts that destroy his small village and capture his beautiful wife (Claire Forlani). As the marauding forces overrun the land in an effort to overthrow the king (Burt Reynolds) and his loyal magus (John Rhys-Davies), the once peace-loving peasant and his two companions (Ron Perlman and Will Sanderson) venture into perilous, uncharted terrain on a daring rescue mission. In this breathtaking fantasy adventure, director Uwe Boll conjures up a medieval world filled with royal treachery, dark magic and spectacular battles, all set against some of the most awe-inspiring vistas ever captured on film.

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[snookumsnort]

I am watching this movie now and it looks very much like a Lord of the Rings wannabe that cannot live up to its predecessor. There are quite a number of inconsistencies with remarks about God, and another about gods, and the movie delves a lot into the topic of magic as well.

There are Krugs (the beasts), amazons who live on trees and move like Cirque du Sileil acrobats, and ninja-like warriors. I haven't been able to figure out what those tree-amazons are for either. There are battle scenes with strategies that are not convincing. And the pep talk before the battle is not very inspirational. The dialogue traipses between poetic and crude.

It looks very much like a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be. I wonder if the book or game that this is based on is as confused as the movie is. I would give it a grade of C.

[opinionatedfan]

Until I read the review. Too bad as the actors involved are usually in a better class of project. Guess I'll not bother with it though, if I'm going to end up disappointed.

[mandarinpeel]

every time i see burt reynolds all i think of is A) too much botox and B) smokey and the bandit. and sometimes i think about that time he punched a reporter for not seeing the original "the whole nine yards" (and who could blame the reporter really...)