Burt Reynolds, Claire Forlani, Jason Statham

A simple family man is forced to take up arms after an evil sorcerer unleashes an army of bloodthirsty beasts that destroy his small village and capture his beautiful wife. As the marauding forces ove...( read more  read more... )rrun the land in an effort to overthrow the king and his loyal magus, the once peace-loving peasant and his two companions venture into perilous, uncharted terrain on a daring rescue mission.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 4 min.

Directed by: Uwe Boll

Release Date: November 3, 2006

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DVD Release Date: April 15, 2008

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  • July 18, 2009
    This is a terrible film all the way. God knows how they got such a good cast. It rips of so many good, bad and old fantasy films and not in a good way. The story is the usual old rubbish, the effects are poor and the acting is real cheese.
    They also manage to stick in some martia...( read more)l arts nonsense in there too, as hordes of faceless monster baddies get their arse kicked by the unfit looking Statham.

    Everything is predictable and cliched to the max, it gets almost 2stars for some nice cgi landscapes here and there.
    Avoid.
  • June 25, 2009
    I'd been avoiding this since it was directed by Uwe Boll but finally broke down. Because I had so low expectations of it, it's probably why I didn't absolutely hate it. The acting was horrible in much of the movie (Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, and Matthew Lillard should NEVER be in...( read more) a fantasy movie!), but I still found myself drawn in. The music wasn't the best, but it wasn't bad either except that awful song during the final credits. Ick.
  • May 23, 2009
    With such a great cast I expected so much more... The script was horribly written and the special effects were chintzy. The cast was the only good thing about this film and I'm still scratching my head trying to figure how why Reynolds, Statham, Sobieski, Liotta and Perlman sig...( read more)ned onto this farce.
  • February 28, 2009
    So this is what The Lord of the Rings would look like if Peter Jackson didn't do it???

    Uwe Boll continues his career of shame with another incoherent crapfest, this time in the sci-fi action fantasy epic In the Name of the King.

    One of the easiest aspects of this ...( read more)film to complain about is the piss poor acting... yet this film is chalk full of great actors: Jason Statham, Matthew Lillard, Ron Pearlman, Leelee Sobieski, Burt Reynolds, and Ray Liotta. With the exception of Statham, all gave awful performances, ESPECIALLY Ray Liotta.

    Terrible script, awful directing, atrocious effects.... Just an all around lame movie. Avoid like the plaque. Even all you Statham fans need not watch this painful attempt at entertainment.
  • February 24, 2009
    I could spend my review pissin' on Uwe Boll for this...but that's just too easy...
  • November 10, 2009
    the story in this movie teaches us that family is everything. Great!
  • November 9, 2009
    wow, this movie was pretty lame, wanted to turn it off half-way through but stuck it out till the end in the hope that some good would come of it, but alas no...LAME
  • November 1, 2009
    "In my kingdom there will be no word for 'madness.' We will simply call it 'power.'"

    A farcical, over-the-top, poorly acted attempt to copy the epic Lord of the Rings. Ule Boll clearly overestimated his abilities as well as the quality of the script, as what transcends to...( read more) the screen is just an almighty mess. The film is obviously "inspired" by Peter Jackson's masterful trilogy, as it seems they've stolen the locations, attempted to rip-off the soundtrack and copied the Orcs - they even stole Gimli! (who, for the record, is also just much more kick-ass when he's half his real size..)

    The film is much, much too long (they even tried to get it up to LOTR timing standards..) and it's just embarrassing for all the actors - particularly the ones who had some previous credibility to their names. And even more particularly for Ray Liotta and Matthew Lillard - who knows what either of them were thinking!

    If you like Jason Statham, please don't watch this film - he was cool until I watched this. Actually, scrap that - just please don't watch this film, period.

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  • October 20, 2009
    Jason Statham made his worst movie, anyway he isn't a real actor, he is a kind of wrestler.
  • October 11, 2009
    too many battle fight n long

Critic Reviews


January 20, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Only Uwe Boll would assume that the moviegoing public craved a trashy Lord of the Rings rip-off starring Burt Reynolds and Matthew Lillard, and only he could then manage to make such a potentially rio... full review

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Comments


  • Simontbh
    July 16, 2008
    A few problems with this movie were;
    1) Jason Stathem as a farmer? Wrong look for a farmer and when can farmers fight like that?
    2) Too many cuts and scene felt out of place.
    3) Complicated and confusing dialogue.
    4) Ray Liotta appearing out of nowhere with no explanation to who he was.

    With many more problems, this movie felt more like a four part TV series. Best part was seeing Ron Perlman request the chicken. Just embarassing to see him do.
  • eleanynx23
    July 8, 2008
    hmm...when did this come out? i never even heard of it.
  • gyvette
    May 27, 2008
    I really liked this movie. It was a fun movie to watch. I was surprised by some of the actors who were in this, but most everyone did a really great job. I do think some else should have played the king, I just had a hard time seeing Burt Reynolds in that part.
  • MizasterJ
    January 19, 2008
    Try to put aside films obvious flaws and emerse yourself in the storyboard environment, and you might find yourself having fun afterall. As long as you don't overload your expectations, you shan't be dissapointed. You'll soon find that this movie is beaming with a plethora of battle sequences, for the blood thirsty warrior inside you, as well as snipets of drama, and romance. Comparative to such recent films as 300 and Beowulf, which receive heavy criticism for their over emphasis on violence.
  • MizasterJ
    January 19, 2008
    Lord of the Rings , this is not however, it is somewhat unique. The casting alone demonstrates my point, In what other film are you ever you going to find this variety of actors ? The lead role as played by Statham, feels misplaced due to his straight forward approach to acting, perhaps someome more able to express subtilties would have done better. If your an adventure fan or make role playing online your hobby of choice, you should definetly consider seeing this in the theatre while it lasts.

  • wocgeek
    January 16, 2008
    um.. it's a Uwe Boll film... how can it EVER be good. These people who ACTUALLY went and seen the movie.. what the F IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?! Where have you been to know wht Uwe Boll is the most awful director ever and only does video game movies to get money.... Let the child beater waste his money and hopefully everyone will just boycott his films...
  • MadaboutHatters
    January 14, 2008
    Well I was kind of excited to see this till I saw uwe Boll was directing it so then I decited maybe ill be better off asking for them to pay me to see it???
    because noone deserves to be torchured like that.
    maybe we should use uwe Bolls movies to inlict it on terrorists? LOL
  • lotrsavvy
    January 7, 2008
    I love the Dungeon Siege games and want to see this movie. I wonder how it will turn out... I don't have too many high hopes since the Eragon movie. >.<
  • wolfpac684
    December 19, 2007
    First epic tale to kick-off the year of 2008. I can't wait to see movie. I'm big into movies with battle scenes and epic adventure.

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