In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers (WGA):

Doug Taylor (screenplay)
Jason Rappaport (story) ...

Release Date:

11 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Rise and fight

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Krug | Farmer | Rescue | Trap | Kingdom

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jason Statham	...	Farmer
Leelee Sobieski	...	Muriella
John Rhys-Davies	...	Merick
Ron Perlman	...	Norick
Claire Forlani	...	Solana
Kristanna Loken	...	Elora
Matthew Lillard	...	Duke Fallow
Brian J. White	...	Commander Tarish (as Brian White)
Mike Dopud	...	General Backler
Will Sanderson	...	Bastian
Tania Saulnier	...	Talwyn
Ray Liotta	...	Gallian
Burt Reynolds	...	King Konreid
Gabrielle Rose	...	Delinda
Terence Kelly	...	Trumaine

Also Known As:

Dungeon Siege (USA) (working title)
Dungeon Siege: In the Name of the King (USA) (working title)
In the Name of the Father: A Dungeon Siege Tale (Canada: English title) (working title)
In the Name of the King (USA) (working title)
Schwerter des Königs - Dungeon Siege (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences.

Runtime:

127 min | Germany:156 min (Director's Cut DVD)

Country:

Germany | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Malaysia:U | Taiwan:PG-12 (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43935) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | UK:12 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-13 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

Trivia:

Shot in 2005.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Muriella: I knew you'd come.
Gallian: I told you I would.
Muriella: I mean, I felt it. I felt it before you came.
Gallian: You are developing your powers well, Muriella. Our time together is paying off!

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Dungeon Siege (2002) (VG)

Soundtrack:

The Fire Burns Forever

Who is Uwe Boll and what did we do to him to deserve this?

I went into this expecting a bad movie, you could say I was hoping for the best but expecting the worst. I'm a fan of Jason Statham which made me want to see it despite my expectations, plus I work at a theatre and see movies for free which makes me less picky about the movies I watch.

Now I don't typically leave reviews for movies, but after seeing this I felt that I needed to warn people. Up until tonight, I'd never seen a movie directed/produced by this Uwe Boll guy and believe me, as I write this I wish that was still the case. There are no redeeming qualities to this movie and you realize it within the first ten minutes. The cast is brutal, Statham, Liota and Reynolds are all laughable as the main characters. The evil army of 'Krug' reminded me of the dudes in monkey suits in the early Planet of the Apes movies. During action scenes you see the same shot over and over again as if they only had one shot of 'bad guy hit by arrow'. Even the props were bad, Stathams sword looked like something you'd give a six year old on Halloween.

I don't even know if I can accurately put into words how bad this movie is. The best way to describe this pile is to piture you and your friends trying to remake 'lord of the rings' in your backyard, because what you ended up with would be of similar quality.

If you read this review, don't make the same mistake I did. Don't watch it to see if it is as bad as the guy on the IMDb said it was. This movie should only be shown to criminals in jail as further punishment for their crimes.