Product Description: 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.System Requirements:Running Time: 127 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/SWORD & SORCERY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543509110 Manufacturer No: 2250911
Amazon.com: 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
"This movie is so unbelievably bad that I have to break it down into parts for this review. " It's more entertaining then a blank screen.
Seemed interesting at start with the special effects. You lost me at "lizard" people in 1970s costumes.
Excessively cliche.
Good story though. Good cast. Cool ideas. I really wanted to like this money and that i was awesome in the first few minutes.
Shame on the producer. He had good talent (cast), idea, money... wtf?
A Highly Underrated Movie I got In the Name of the King as part of a recommendation from a friend, I didn't expect much and I knew nothing about the negativity surrounding it. I have to say going into it, I didn't expect a blockbuster as I'd never heard of it but was surprised to see the A List cast in this movie. Statham, Liotta, Reynolds & Perlman are three names from past, present and future and all blend together to make this movie enjoyable.
The story goes that an evil sorcerer named Gallian (Liotta) controls an evil race of half animal half human warriors. He sets to use these creatures to take over the Kingdom, but he sets upon the wrong person and due to an attack on a village the son of Farmer (Statham) is killed and his wife is kidnapped. Farmer sets out to get revenge against Gallian but first he has to track him down with friends Bastian (Sanderson) & Norick (Perlman). Along the way we're also introduced to the accomplice of Gallian, Duke (Lillard) who's one of the more eccentric characters and adds to it the comic relief.
You can clearly see that this movie is aspiring to be a Lord of the Rings type movie with the mythical monsters and magic. It was never meant to be, however, due to the fact that it had nowhere near a LOTR budget and the fact it was a Uwe Boll movie. With what they had they did brilliantly and personally this was Stathams best performance to date.
name of king In the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege Tale great movie as allways jason good acting
Avoid... I can generally watch anything, this I couldn't. I seriously stopped almost a half-hour into the movie as I began to think to myself, I have work around the house I should be doing. I'd rather wash dirty dishes than watch this mess. Best way I could describe the first 25 or so minutes, real live actors following a screenplay based on a 6-and-under children's cartoon. I realize it's based on a video game, but it's not even to that level. Pass this one by, nothing to see here, choose another movie you've seen 20 times, at least that won't hurt.
Can't even describe it!! This was by far, the worst movie I've seen in a long time. I really like Jason Statham and in this movie he does what he does, as well as Ron Pearlman... but that's it!! Everything else is terrible. The dialogues are incredibly bad, the make-up is worse, the acting of everyone surrounding Jason and Ron is a joke! Really, I could go on and on about how bad this movie was, but I have a headache as I just finished watching it. Do yourself a favor and NEVER watch this movie.
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