In the Name of the King: A Dungeon… In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
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Rise and fight
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son -- two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
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60 million dollars. 60 MILLION DOLLARS. This is my first watch of a Uwe Boll film. I still can't find the words to express how I feel about this 'film' or Uwe Boll, so excuse me if this is a little disjointed.
I'm not usually one to jump on bandwagons but this movie has reduced me to desperation.
The things I don't understand: The fact someone gave him the money (I may have mentioned this before, reportedly 60mil); The fact it has a long cast list of actual known actors (granted of variable quality); The fact it appears to be edited by a bored, distracted teenager, who they also employed to choreograph the fight scenes, co-ordinate the 'special' effects (basically… -
Apparently Jason Statham's worst film but I liked it just fine. Normally I am not a fan of nonsense fantasy and Seige of The Dungeon Name of The King's Tale had as much nonsense and gobbledegook as the best of the fantasy epics out there but honestly I enjoyed it. A lot was to do with the cast, a lot was to do with having no expectations, a lot of it was my mood and honestly I thought it looked really good.
The script was utter piffle and you couldn't take a minute of any of it seriously (especially when Ray Liotta started floating about) but it had tree ninjas and Burt Reynolds' plastic face as king. What's not to…
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Uwe Boll isn't as bad as everyone makes him out to be. However, that doesn't make him good. The man doesn't know how to cast actors aside from recognizing their names, and doesn't understand fundamental concepts like dialogue and proper scene transition. He seems to do a passable job with action scenes, which might be this movie's saving grace, aside from unintentional comedy. From Burt Reynolds' battle helm to Matthew Lillard being Matthew Lillard, there are touches scattered about to enjoy, but overall I felt sorry for pretty much everyone involved in this. Including me for watching it.
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Ridiculously stupid movie. When one thinks it can't get worse, it does. How on earth this director managed to attract such a good casting for this... this risible nonsense?
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I was expecting something shockingly bad, and instead I got a mix of mildly competent and mildly amusing. Most of the action is well staged, there are moments of good special effects, Canada looks lovely, and Ray Liotta's wardrobe is a must-see.
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So... so bad. Boll must have dirt on everyone for them to even consider a part in his madness.
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Doch die Frage ist: sind seine Filme denn wirklich Trash? Trash-Filme setzen zumindest, abgesehen von qualitativen Mängeln, voraus, dass die Macher mit einem Enthusiasmus ans Werk gehen, das die Werke zuweilen recht putzig erscheinen lässt. Doch Bolls Filme, trotz seiner Beteuerung, das Medium zu lieben, zeigen nicht ein Fünkchen Enthusiasmus für die eigene Kunstform. Sie wirken eher wie lieblos zusammengeschusterte Werke, die ganz und gar auf Profit hin erstellt wurden. Besonders seine jüngste Regiearbeit, das für satte 60 Millionen Dollar produzierte Fantasy-Action-Abenteuer Schwerter des Königs – Dungeon Siege (2006; englischer Titel: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale), das wie ein Worst-of der Herr der Ringe-Trilogie anmutet, läßt aufgrund des hohen Budgets und der recht beachtlichen Besetzung…
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Apparently Jason Statham's worst film but I liked it just fine. Normally I am not a fan of nonsense fantasy and Seige of The Dungeon Name of The King's Tale had as much nonsense and gobbledegook as the best of the fantasy epics out there but honestly I enjoyed it. A lot was to do with the cast, a lot was to do with having no expectations, a lot of it was my mood and honestly I thought it looked really good.
The script was utter piffle and you couldn't take a minute of any of it seriously (especially when Ray Liotta started floating about) but it had tree ninjas and Burt Reynolds' plastic face as king. What's not to…
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I think sometimes you need bad movies to put the good ones in perspective. The only thing I knew about this movie going in was that it was going to be the subject of the latest "How Did This Get Made?" podcast on Earwolf, and it was available streaming on youtube. So, why the Hell not? In order to have fun with the podcast, I kept notes as I watched...
Ray Liotta is so bad. How did Goodfellas happen? Ray Liotta is just talking with almost no accent along with characters who are trying to pull off an Old English accent like he's the kid from "A Kid in King Arthur's Court." SHE JUST WANTS A LITTLE PASSION, STATHAM. WTF?…
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I can't even begin to understand how such a large cast of talented performers ended up in this mess of a film. I'm still not entirely sure what the hell was going on through most of the movie, but I do know this: some bad movies can be fun to watch. This movie is way too long to be fun, and simply becomes boring. Yuck. So not worth the time.
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Ridiculously stupid movie. When one thinks it can't get worse, it does. How on earth this director managed to attract such a good casting for this... this risible nonsense?
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I watched this amazingly shitty movie for the Bad-movie-Podcast "How Did This Get Made" and it is really one of the most moronic movies I've ever seen and I've seen my fair share of them.
It's unbelievable how director Uwe Boll (maybe the worst director the medium ever saw) managed to attract such known actors as Jason Statham, Ray Liotta and even Burt Reynolds to this crap. But if you consider that this abomination cost 60 Million dollars to make it's not such a wonder after all. I hope you enjoy you new cars, folks.
The movie hasn't much of a story, but it's nevertheless over 2 hours long and features some of the most boring, long and straight inept…
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A special kind of shit. There's a lot of fighting in this film. It's basically just fighting with the occasional bit of shit dialog.
This week's film on the How Did This Get Made podcast.
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Yes it is terrible. But I've also seen worse.
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I know that many don't care for this, whether if it's just because it's from an infamous director or they just think it's boring crap. Me, I have no problem with it at all. It's nothing too extraordinary but it's a fine-enough action/adventure film set in a fantasy world; I know it's 162 minutes long but the Director's Cut puts in more action and resolves a gaping plot hole or two from the theatrical version, so I'd go with that. If nothing else, you can gawk at a cast of famous faces and marvel at Matthew Lillard acting like he's an even more outrageous version of Captain Jack Sparrow.