In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
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Wesley Morris
The director, Uwe Boll, remains committed to long, dull, mediocre action films. His tenacity is a virtue.
James Berardinelli
If this isn't Boll's best effort to date, it's better than his usual output. If he can continue to improve, his name may no longer be synonymous with a punch line.
Laura Kern
Like actors in an amateur stage play, the large, mostly all-star -- or has-been star -- cast of In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale look, rather dazedly, to be playing dress-up.
Sam Adams
Uwe Boll isn't the worst director in the world, but In the Name of the King might be more enjoyable if he were.
Scott Tobias
Boll has been compared to Ed Wood, but there's nothing personal about his ineptitude; he's just a deal-maker completing a transaction. Save perhaps for his fan club of ironists, movies like In The...
Frank Scheck
The film never achieves a suitable level of camp that would make it at least unintentional fun. It also is terminally boring at its 127-minute running time, making one supremely grateful that a...
Critic reviews
Wesley Morris
The director, Uwe Boll, remains committed to long, dull, mediocre action films. His tenacity is a virtue.
James Berardinelli
If this isn't Boll's best effort to date, it's better than his usual output. If he can continue to improve, his name may no longer be synonymous with a punch line.
Laura Kern
Like actors in an amateur stage play, the large, mostly all-star -- or has-been star -- cast of In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale look, rather dazedly, to be playing dress-up.
Sam Adams
Uwe Boll isn't the worst director in the world, but In the Name of the King might be more enjoyable if he were.
Scott Tobias
Boll has been compared to Ed Wood, but there's nothing personal about his ineptitude; he's just a deal-maker completing a transaction. Save perhaps for his fan club of ironists, movies like In The...
Frank Scheck
The film never achieves a suitable level of camp that would make it at least unintentional fun. It also is terminally boring at its 127-minute running time, making one supremely grateful that a...
Joe Leydon
A plodding patchwork of derivative fantasy-adventure, medieval production design, risible dialogue, unimpressive CGI trickery and haphazardly edited action sequences.
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Cast and credits
Actors | Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Burt Reynolds, Leelee Sobieski |
Director | Uwe Boll |
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Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
Run time
127 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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