Jan 30
“In the name of the king” is not that bad people, come on
Jason Statham - Ray Liotta - Burt Reynolds - Ron Perlman.
What would you say if you saw that list of actors on a movie poster? Sounds like it should be good right? Well a couple of weeks ago there was this little movie called "In the name of the king: a Dungeon Siege story" that included all of those actors and a few more that you may have heard of. So why is it that on rottentomatoes.com that movie only has a 2%? Out of 100.
The quick answer is that movie was directed by Uwe Bol. The director of such greats like Bloodrayne, Alone in the dark, and House of dead…Yea he has been stinking up the place with his horrific movies. So how did he get those actors on board to create another potential crapfest? Maybe it was the $70 million budget.
Anyway, I saw that movie, and yes it was bad, but I don’t think it is as bad as people are saying. Even though I thought the movie was bad, I actually enjoyed it. It reminded me of those kung fu movies of the early 90s where everyone was flying around the screen with all sorts of wire tricks and special effects. The actors weren’t bad. The story, however was. Put that aside and the movie had what I liked, a lot of fight scenes and action. Enough to where it deserves more than the 2% that rottentomatoes.com is yielding. maybe 15%
I actually thinking Uwe Bol’s name attached to this movie doomed it. he would have to make a masterpiece before people would think anything other than utter garbage when viewing a movie he directed.
If you decide to go see this movie, remember, it is a bad movie….but it can be fun if you like action and fighting