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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Actor(s): Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, Leelee Sobieski
Director(s): Uwe Boll
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Violence
Movie Release: 2008
DVD Release: 04/15/2008
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 7 mins
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Total Copies: 13
Genres: Fantasy, Epic, Sword-and-Sorcery, Fantasy Adventure
See Also: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale [Widescreen] [Director's Cut] [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

Uwe Boll's fantasy adventure film In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale stars Jason Statham as Farmer, a simple man from the Kingdom of Ehb whose goal as the story begins is to care for his family. However, when the power-hungry Gallian (Ray Liotta) invades the kingdom, Farmer must abandon his simple existence in order to rescue his wife (Claire Forlani) and save his king (Burt Reynolds). This film is a cinematic adaptation of the video game Dungeon Siege. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Actors

Jason Statham - Farmer
John Rhys-Davies - Merick
Ray Liotta - Gallian
Matthew Lillard - Duke Fallow
Leelee Sobieski - Muriella

Member Movie Reviews

Nymphadora T. (Nymphadora) from GLENDALE, AZ wrote on 12/25/2008...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

If you have nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon, this is a great little DVD to pop in and laugh at. I mean, with Jason Statham (thankfully without a toupée), John Rhys-Davies ("no one tosses a dwarf), and Ron Perlman ("Hellboy") in the cast, you would think this would be a top notch film, right? Don't count on it. I'll even give you the fact that Burt Reynolds plays the King. Good old Burt couldn't even save this one.

I think the budget was spent on the cast and special effects so there was little left for a script, let alone to hire a decent director. The special effects are pretty incredible. The battle scenes are well choreographed and the music isn't half bad but then you find scenes like the one with Kristanna Loken as Elora, a vine swinging tough chick who declares that men are not welcome in her forest and has the screen presence of a stick.

Ray Liotta gets the biggest laughs as he tries desperately to be the insane baddie. I just couldn't take him seriously and I am not sure he could, either. Maybe he needed the money?

To my surprise the saving grace of this whole fiasco is Matthew Lillard ("Scream") who shines as the sniveling, traitorous, Duke Fallow. Yes, he plays it over the top, but in a snooze fest of performances, Lillard can't help but shine.