Black Knight (2001)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Gil Junger

Writers (WGA):

Darryl Quarles (written by) and
Peter Gaulke (written by) ...

Release Date:

21 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

He's About To Get Medieval On You.

Plot:

Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.

Plot Keywords:

Knight | Medieval | King | Castle | Fast Food

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Jamal Walker / Skywalker
Marsha Thomason	...	Victoria the Chambermaid / Nicole
Tom Wilkinson	...	Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Vincent Regan	...	Percival, Leo's Chief Henchman
Daryl Mitchell	...	Steve
Michael Countryman	...	Phillip, Leo's Chamberlain
Kevin Conway	...	King Leo
Jeannette Weegar	...	Princess Regina, Leo's Daughter
Erik Jensen	...	Derek
Dikran Tulaine	...	Dennis
Helen Carey	...	The Queen
Michael Burgess	...	Ernie
Isabell O'Connor	...	Mrs. Bostick, 'Medieval World' Owner (as Isabell Monk)
Kevin Stillwell	...	Knight #1
Mikey Post	...	Young Man (as Michael Post)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, sexual/crude humor and battle violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38476) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Carolina Beach, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The scene where Princess Regina trips over her bed sheets was not scripted, Jeannette Weegar really did trip and fall, but the director liked it so it was kept and put in the final cut.

Goofs:

Continuity: Jamal falls into the lake, but the bills he hands the vagrant are not wet.

Quotes:

Jamal: 9-1-1! 9-1-1! White man down! White man down!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#29.7)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

JAMAL DANCE 11 AND 12

Stupid, unfunny insulting to even the most moronic intelligence

There are movies that are absolutely stupid, and yet incredibly funny; Animal House and Caddyshack come to mind. Black Knight is absolutely stupid and incredibly UNfunny. Along with black holes, quarks, and the meaning of life, the greatest mystery of the universe is why Martin Lawrence has a career: The guy is not only not funny, but manages to be truly pitiable -- shucking and jiving like an nineteenth century minstrel. I'm surprised the NAACP doesn't protest his performances, or this movie for that matter.

It's hard to find a redeeming virtue in this movie -- the script seems to have been lost by all indications, the "acting", even using the word in quotation marks gives too much credit, is lousy; and the sets look like they were worked up in a high school basement for a student production.

I'm not sure what audience the makers were going for; Martin Lawrence is often marketed to black audiences, but in this movie he and the love interest are the only blacks in the movie. Of course all the whites are depicted as complete idiots, but Lawrence out-idiots them all.

Another example of Hollywood's contempt for the movie going public. They think they can trowel out any sort of bilge and make money. Let's hope they wake up soon, and if they're going to give us silly movies, make them funny.