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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 04/16/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 35 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Total Copies: 33 Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure Comedy, Fantasy Comedy

Screenwriter Darryl Quarles follows up his smash hit Big Momma's House (2000) with another raucous Martin Lawrence collaboration. Lawrence stars as Jamal Walker, an employee at a medieval-themed mini-golf course who wakes up in 14th century England after a blow to the head. Jamal has soon allied himself with a peasant girl and a broken-down ex-knight to defeat the evil King Leo (Kevin Conway) and his bullying minion, Sir Knolte (Tom Wilkinson). In the meantime, Jamal busts some modern dance moves on the medieval dance floor and encounters such intriguing residents of the period as knaves, peasants, archers, jousting knights, maidens, a princess, and even a giant. Black Knight (2001) is the sophomore directing vehicle of longtime television producer Gil Junger, who joins Lawrence in replacing the team originally attached to this comic vehicle, director F. Gary Gray and star Chris Tucker. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Martin Lawrence - Jamal Walker
Tom Wilkinson - Sir Knolte
Marsha Thomason - Victoria
Vincent Regan - Sir Percival
Kevin Conway - King Leo

Martin Lawrence goes back -- way back -- in the comedic time-traveling adventure Black Knight. Fox has done a very good job at making sure this 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer looks nearly clean and free of any defects or imperfections. Sporting vivid colors and evenly saturated black levels, this is a very solid image that only includes a few speckles of edge enhancement during a few key scenes. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround in English as well as Dolby 2.0 Surround in English and Spanish. The 5.1 soundtrack is very enveloping with a nice array of directional sounds from both the rear and front speakers. No distortion is heard during any of the dialogue, effects, or music. Also included on this disc are English and Spanish subtitles. Extra features are bountiful on this DVD edition of Black Knight, starting with a commentary track by director Gil Junger, who appears to be an insightful talker who has a lot to say about the production and working with Martin Lawrence. A "screen-specific" commentary track with Lawrence isn't quite as interesting -- this track consists of the actor being interviewed about certain aspects of the film, then the interviews are run over the scene Lawrence is describing. Four separate featurettes on the making of the film are included, each dealing with different aspects of the production. The best of these is the featurette "Construction," which looks at the building of the sets. "Choreography" features singer/dancer Paula Abdul teaching the actors to dance like 14th century peasants. "Pratfalls and Parapets" and "A Timeless Friendship" deal with the stunts in the film and the relationships between the characters. Three deleted scenes feature optional commentary by the director. It was a wise decision to trim these sequences from the final film, as they add nothing to the story or characters. Finally there is a reel of outtakes of the cast flubbing their lines, two trailers for the film, and two additional trailers for the movies Minority Report and Unfaithful. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide