In the Name of the King A Dungeon Siege Tale
Jason Statham stars in the Uwe Boll, director of BloodRayne and House of the Dead, film In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. Based on a video game, this movie has had a lot of undeserved attention. A synopsis of the film on kerasotes.com describes the plot as: a simple family man named Farmer goes up against an evil Magus, played by Ray Liotta, who threatens to overthrow the kingdom with an army of menacing beasts.
The movie also stars notable actors like Burt Reynolds as the king, Matthew Lillard as Duke Fallow and Leelee Sobieski as Muriella. The cast seems to be a jumble of actors that have no chemistry with each other and seem ill suited for their roles. Lillard proves comic relief as the king's usurper, even when he is trying to be serious and when he's trying to say big words. Reynolds gave a passable performance, but the lines that he spouted were not ones that felt natural and it showed. Liotta hams it up for the camera in an okay performance as Gallian, the evil Magus. He just does not look evil enough for the part, but he does spout one of the few good lines in the movie, "In my kingdom, there will be no word for madness. It will simply be called power." Statham brings to the film the incredible stunts that have made him famous from The Transporter movies, yet he is still unsui
ted for his role. He does not seem believable as a farmer named Farmer, who just so happens to fight incredibly well with just a machete and, unbelievable as it is, a boomerang. He looks more like the kind of man who could break some thug's jaw with a broken bicycle pedal.
The cast is the least of this movie's problems. The plot is so convoluted that there didn't seem to be a reason to even include dialogue in the film. There is never any good reason why the kingdom is so important to the different armies. The convoluted plot is so buried that the characters, who had so much potential, seem flat and uninteresting that no one in the audience cares whether they live or die. The presence of ninjas seems so out of place that it boggles the mind. Hanging seems to be a prominent scene ending in many places for this movie. The movie starts and ends so abruptly that it takes the audience a few moments to realize what is going on. The dialogue is so stiff and boring and the scenes were predictable. One surprise twist turned out to be not such a surprise, since I caught it 20 minutes before they even hinted at it. The actors themselves suffered from bad directing, they could not fight and talk at the same time, if you want to call the inane drivel that they spouted, talking. As a fan of fantasy movies, this was a total disappointment and a waste of time and money.
The movie also stars notable actors like Burt Reynolds as the king, Matthew Lillard as Duke Fallow and Leelee Sobieski as Muriella. The cast seems to be a jumble of actors that have no chemistry with each other and seem ill suited for their roles. Lillard proves comic relief as the king's usurper, even when he is trying to be serious and when he's trying to say big words. Reynolds gave a passable performance, but the lines that he spouted were not ones that felt natural and it showed. Liotta hams it up for the camera in an okay performance as Gallian, the evil Magus. He just does not look evil enough for the part, but he does spout one of the few good lines in the movie, "In my kingdom, there will be no word for madness. It will simply be called power." Statham brings to the film the incredible stunts that have made him famous from The Transporter movies, yet he is still unsui
The cast is the least of this movie's problems. The plot is so convoluted that there didn't seem to be a reason to even include dialogue in the film. There is never any good reason why the kingdom is so important to the different armies. The convoluted plot is so buried that the characters, who had so much potential, seem flat and uninteresting that no one in the audience cares whether they live or die. The presence of ninjas seems so out of place that it boggles the mind. Hanging seems to be a prominent scene ending in many places for this movie. The movie starts and ends so abruptly that it takes the audience a few moments to realize what is going on. The dialogue is so stiff and boring and the scenes were predictable. One surprise twist turned out to be not such a surprise, since I caught it 20 minutes before they even hinted at it. The actors themselves suffered from bad directing, they could not fight and talk at the same time, if you want to call the inane drivel that they spouted, talking. As a fan of fantasy movies, this was a total disappointment and a waste of time and money.
Tags & Keywords : Uwe Boll, Jason Statham, Dungeon Siege