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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
File:Inmkgame.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byUwe Boll
Written byDoug Taylor
Produced byUwe Boll
Dan Clarke
Shawn Williamson
Wolfgang Herold
StarringJason Statham
Leelee Sobieski
John Rhys-Davies
Ron Perlman
Claire Forlani
Kristanna Loken
Matthew Lillard
with Ray Liotta
and Burt Reynolds
CinematographyMathias Neumann
Edited byPaul Klassen
David M. Richardson
Music byJessica de Rooij
Henning Lohner
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox (Int'l)
Freestyle Releasing
Release date
January 11, 2007
Running time
127 minutes
156 minutes (Director's cut)
CountriesGermany
Canada
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[1]
Box office$13,097,915[2]
$14,865,984 (Home media)

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is a 2007 fantasy action film directed by Uwe Boll, inspired by the Dungeon Siege video game series. It was produced by Brightlight Pictures and distributed by Freestyle Releasing and Vivendi Entertainment in the United States and Canada. 20th Century Fox took distribution overseas. In the Name of the King was released in the United States on January 11, 2007.

Plot

Set in the kingdom of Ehb, the story follows a man called Farmer (Jason Statham), who was adopted by his village. When Farmer's wife, Solana (Claire Forlani), and his son leave to sell vegetables at the town of Stonebridge, Farmer's farm is attacked by creatures called Krug. With the help of his friend and mentor, Norrick (Ron Perlman), he travels to Stonebridge; however, the Krug kill his son and capture his wife. With the help of Norrick and Bastian (Will Sanderson), Farmer's brother-in-law, he intends to find and rescue his wife.

The Krug are being controlled by the wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta) who is amassing an army to overthrow King Konreid (Burt Reynolds), with the assistance of the King's nephew, Fallow (Matthew Lillard).

Cast

Loken previously played the lead role in Uwe Boll's BloodRayne. Will Sanderson has also been featured in all but one of Boll's video game-based films, starting from House of the Dead.

Production

The production budget was $60 million.[1]

Parts of the film were shot in Robert Burnaby Park

Boll has said that two versions will be produced due to length. The first will run for a little over 120 minutes as a single movie trimmed down for cinematic release. The second, a director's cut, will be for DVD and run for approximately 165 minutes.[3]

The film was shot near the Municipality of Sooke, the westernmost area of the Greater Victoria, Capital Regional District (CRD), British Columbia. Locals and First Nations people were recruited as extras and for other duties.

Soundtrack

The German power metal band Blind Guardian recorded the movie's main theme, "Skalds and Shadows".[4] The British progressive metal band Threshold contributed the song "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" from their album Dead Reckoning. The Swedish power metal band, HammerFall, also contributed a track, "The Fire Burns Forever". Wolfgang Herold was the executive soundtrack producer.

Reception

Box office

In the Name of the King was a box office bomb, grossing $2.98 million in its U.S. opening, not cracking that week's top ten.[5] As of February 13, 2008, it has grossed $10.3 million worldwide, including $2.47 million in Germany, $1.39 million in Russia and $1.22 million in Spain.[6] Afterwards, Uwe Boll announced that this would be his first and last movie with a large budget.[5]

Critical reception

The film received extremely negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 4% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 44 reviews. Not only that, it was ranked 49th in Rotten Tomatoes's 100 worst reviewed films of the 2000s[7] and in 2009, Time listed the film on their list of top ten worst video games movies.[8] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 15 out of 100, based on 11 reviews — indicating "extreme dislike or disgust."[9] Many critics bemoaned the film's close resemblances to other fantasy films, especially the popular Lord of the Rings films.[1][10][11]

Sequel

Main article: In the Name of the King 2

Despite being considered a bomb, Boll has begun work on a sequel.[12] Filming began on December 1, 2010 for a 2011 release. Dolph Lundgren and Natassia Malthe are starring.

Home media

The DVD, released on April 15, 2008, does not include the 165-minute version. The Blu-ray release in December 2008 contains this edition. 813,147 units were sold, gathering a revenue of $14,865,984, more than its box office grossing.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c DVD Talk discusses the budget of In the Name of the King
  2. ^ "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale". The-Numbers. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  3. ^ Bloody-Disgusting - All Things Horror [dead link‍]
  4. ^ Blind Guardian in the movies: Rocking the King
  5. ^ a b In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale at Box Office Mojo. Accessed February 13, 2008.
  6. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=inthenameoftheking.htm
  7. ^ "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  8. ^ "Top 10 Worst Video Game Movies". Time Magazine. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  9. ^ "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  10. ^ "Hollywood.com Reviews". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  11. ^ Kern, Laura. "New York Times: Movies". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  12. ^ "AFM: Uwe Boll's In the Name of the King 2 "Coming Soon"". Twitchfilm. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  13. ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/DSIEG-DVD.php
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