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Bookmark this pageIn the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
Director: Uwe Boll
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From Time Out New York
Crapmaster Uwe Boll (Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne) continues his campaign of cinematic terror with this soul-grindingly tedious fantasy epic, in which a lowly farmer (Statham) finds himself thrust into the center of a battle between awful hairpieces (Reynolds) and atrocious acting (Liotta, Lillard). With grunting rubber-suited Orc-like creatures and woodland elves posing fetchingly on vines like refugees from Cirque du Soleil, Lord of the Rings is the obvious referent; in fact, In the Name of the King does feel about eight hours long. Don’t go for the campy laughs; there are none.Author: Hank Sartin
Time Out New York Issue 642: January 17-23
Cast & crew
Director: Uwe Boll
Cast: Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Kristanna Loken, Claire Forlani, Matthew Lillard, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds full cast
Duration: 124 mins
US Release: Jan 11 2008
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