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| In the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege Tale | 
 enlarge | Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Jason Statham, Kristana Loken, John Rhys-davies
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 4356
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 127
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: FOXD2250911D
UPC: 024543509110
EAN: 0024543509110
ASIN: B00140PK82
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: April 15, 2008
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/15/2008 Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Pg13
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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
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 In the name of sanity don't watch this tale December 29, 2008
Where do I start, if there was a negative commentary for this movie as you watched it, you'd see every mistake Uwe Boll made besides agreeing to this script in the first place. I'd like to apologize to the actors who must have some sense, but like us all need to make money, even if they're selling their skills to the Hitler of directors. If I was looking through the directors eyes I would gouge them first & then ask someone else to do this that way it at least had a chance.
First I'll comment on Ehb, the name itsself sounds ridiculous but we must press on. Ehb is an empire kind of like Rome with the luxury of having a castle, a small village named Stonebridge, Sedgewich forest & a nameless field where the battles take place. Rome wasn't built in one day but Eb sure was. Don't be fooled, Ehb also has diverse citizens, which is cool, ninjas (yeah... weird, feminist tree huggers & religion. The movie switches back & forth from Monotheism to Polytheism... told you it was unique. With its winning LOTR landscape, Amazonian forest the "empire" of Eb is surely a creation only the insane could think of.
My next comment is on the actors, there are so many here so who shall I start with? Why not the lead character Jason Statham who plays Farmer? Statham is a man who makes up his name because he believes that if you call yourself something that's what you'll be. I think its too late to call Uwe Boll a genious director don't you? Well, anyways the other characters are Hellboy whose's Statham's dumb father like figure who aids him in his quest. Ray Liotta's the bad magus, Leelee Sobieski is the underachieving daughter who is also a magus who sells her goodies to Ray Liotta, Gimli from LOTR plays a good magus & Leelee's father, Burt Reynolds plays the King of Ehb who has alot of similarities to Marcus Ariliues from the Gladiator & there's Shaggy from Scooby Doo plays the king's evil nephew. The acting style in this movie was the worst part. When loved one's died there was no emotion, for example when Statham's son gets hacked by a Krug & he has to bury him & still remains strong. And when Leelee's father died, (Gimli)she just stands there with a blank stare. I did more crying than anything, I wonder why?
When you add Ehb plus the actors you still get a really long movie that doesn't seem to end. No wonder everybody's comments are so long. Our next topic are the missions which I will do my best to sum & give the most eye raising parts. First, we'll begin with Statham who is a Farmer named Farmer who takes on a one man search for his wife. Throughout the movie he mentions several times that he's just a "simple farmer" who fights with a machete, runs on the shoulders of Krugs & uses his the skills he had in the Transporter movies. All he needed was a sweet Audi & a black suit & in the empire of Ehb anything can happen. With the remarkable fighting skills he required from growing cabbages he also is the long lost son of Burt Reynolds, making him the heir of Ehb. When father & son share a special saying they truly realize that they are family even though Burt said that to Statham when he was only 3 years old.
Next on the chopping block is good old Burt, who is plays the simple king of Ehb & learns that his nephew, (Shaggy) wants to kill him & take over his kingdom. The worst part about Burt's character is when he finds out that Statham is his son, he doesn't express himself in an excited way, but in reality he is. If you still decide to watch it, you'll know why.
Leelee's character plays the last female of the Maji race, no... they didn't have a dying race called Maji in LOTR, they had elves, big difference. Leelee is in love with Liotta who steals her powers & places them in his favor so he can overthrow the King. After she comes into her destiny we'll call it, she rides off to join the battle & gets chased by Liotta's Krug like Arwen in LOTR. She never fights, or does anything really, she's just dressed in armor because it looks better in battle, I guess.
Next is Ray Liotta's character called Gallian who is the mastermind behind the Krugs & is the king of the Krugs. His Krugs whole mission is to take the people of Ehb to this dungeon, hence the name where they work constantly. If you want to picture this dungeon think about LOTR when Saruman had the Urk Hai digging under the ground around him. When his Krugs reign terror on the good people of Ehb Liotta is also present. He's the Krug on the horse & he watches the battle scene in a strange realm,kind of like how Frodo saw Sauron whenever he put the ring on. This way Liotta can watch but never be killed. The worst part about Liotta's character is in the end when he fights like his 4th battle scene with Statham. He uses books to fight Statham along with the force like abilities from the Matrix movies.
With all that being said there's still more, including poor dialogue & words taken out of different time periods & other's just thrown in for fun. Words like melodramatic, arrogant,mindless enterprise were used randomly. I told you that anything can happen in Ehb. Along with misplaced words the movie somehow has to end & what else could help it besides a big rope? Literally, it helped end the movie & I can see the director & his crew trying to figure it all out now. Their sitting around the script & someone, anyone shouts out, "how about a rope," and the rest is history.
Sometime between the first scene & the point of suicide the movie ends with Statham reuniting with his wife. Will the world of Ehb be restored? Will Farmer change his name to King so he can be a king? Will he take on his role as the leader of Ehb altoghether? If he does it isn't in this movie & hopefully not in another one, because I don't think I'd be able to watch it. After Statham says his loving words to his wife the movie ends with Lord of the Dance music meets rock band. And so ends the terror, so ends the tale of Uwe Boll's movie. If he dares write another let's stick that in the dungeon right next to the Krugs.
Completely Unwatchable December 25, 2008
I'll keep this one short and sweet for you, I had to fast forward to the end after about an hour of this abysmal crud. That's all you need to know, but if you want details, read on.
With that said, this is truly a testament to Uwe Boll's complete lack of talent. The cast was decent, everyone on board may have been a second tier actor, but they all have numerous credits to their names. I've seen every single cast member give a decent performance in one movie or another, yet somehow they all managed to be absolutely horrible, laughably bad. It is rare to find acting this bad in a movie that was actually released to theaters.
The storyline was cliche and nothing new, but it would have been entertaining if it actually made sense. Not once did they stop to explain where the heck this kingdom was, who the heck anyone in the story was, why there were bad guys working for the king, why the hell anyone would want to love Ray Liotta, and most importantly why do we really care about anyone in this movie. There was just way too much information trying to be crammed into this movie and these random subplots just added to the confusion. Ninjas, amazon women, 5 second love affairs with old men???
Please, learn how to frame a shot and edit!!!! The people making this film simply do not know what they are doing. Every scene was either awkwardly framed or shot way too close to the actors. And the editing further worsened the situation, with random cuts at completely inappropriate times. I could honestly give a camera to a bunch of high school kids who would shoot and edit something that looked better than this.
And lastly, don't get me started on how Jason Stattham manages to stay in peasant clothes throughout the entire duration of the movie. He saves his town and heads off to save his wife, still in peasant clothes. He enlists as a soldier and fights a major battle, still in peasant clothes. He becomes a king and fights another major battle, still in peasant clothes. Seriously, what does it take to get him out of peasant clothes, you've got a bloody king fighting in rags while everyone else is wearing armor!!!!
Films like this make me want to pull me hair out, please stay far far away from this one.
 Its just a fantasy movie people.... December 24, 2008
This isn't supposed to be a documentary - it doesn't need to be
realistic, just entertaining - which it is. I will admit, Burt
Reynolds shouldn't have played the king, but everyone else does a good
job.
Beyond unbelievable December 23, 2008
I have to admit, I was actually excited about this movie. I love the Dungeon Siege games and I don't mind cheesy movies based on games or rides as long as they have some depth to them. Unfortunately, this one didn't.
Other reviewers have gone into the plot synopsis, so I won't bother. If you've played the games, then you already know what's going to happen.
There are a lot of issues with this movie, the main one being that they tried to stick to the story line of the game without really fleshing out the characters in it. I spent a lot of time wondering why the characters were doing what they were doing. I especially had issues with Gallian, since after the nephew gets taken out of the picture, I didn't know why he kept going (other than the script demanded it). There were really no backstories to help me understand the characters' motivations. Who exactly was Gallian? How did he turn bad? Why and how did he and Muriella (Leelee Sobieski) end up together in the beginning? Why was the nephew (Mathew Lillard) so eager to hasten his uncle's death, since it was obvious he was the one to inherit anyway? Why was Gallian even helping the nephew? If there were reasons behind the characters' actions, it certainly wasn't clear to me.
All of the actors seemed like they didn't care about the movie, either. With the exception of Matthew Lillard (who always acts kind of goofy and over-the-top in every role I've seen him in), all the main characters just seemed kind of bored. What's my motivation? Oh yeah, this was in the script and you're paying me anyway. I felt like they were all marking time until their agents could find them something better to do.
And as has been remarked upon by previous reviewers, it did feel like a cheap "Lord of the Rings" rip-off. In fact, I'm pretty sure they recycled Sauramon's fortress, and some of the scenes from the battle of Helm's Deep.
The only thing saving this movie are the fight scenes, beautifully choreographed and fun to watch. Not necessarily the battle scenes (like where they introduce some underground enemies who do some damage and then just... disappear), but the one-on-one duels. I especially thought the sword fight scene between Marek and Gallian was clever.
I think after a certain point even the script writers realized how silly their movie was, as it just abruptly ends. I thought there would be so much more after the inevitable good-vs.-evil battle. No coronation of the new king? No scene where Leelee Sobieski gets to show off her new powers as the new king's magus? No bedroom conversation between Farmer and his wife: "So, you're king now, huh? When were you going to get around telling me that you were some long lost heir?"
Nope, the movie just ends, leaving us hanging as to whether or not there really is a happy ending, or just more war. But by that point, we probably don't care and are just relieved that it's done. Only worth it if you're a fan of the game (or really like bad movies), and even then you'll wonder why your game character had to work his way up to skilled fighting, when Farmer the farmer is just awesome with a sword - and boomerang! - from the get go.
In The Name of the King December 12, 2008
Good action movie with fighting.Just remember its a fantasy movie so its not,s suppose to be realistic and you,ll love it.
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