28.0%
Based on 16 Reviews
Movie Info
Released:
January 11, 2008
Runtime:
2hr 6min
Director:
Uwe Boll
Writer:
Doug Taylor
Cast:
Jason Statham, John Rhys Davies, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, Leelee Sobieski
Rating:
PG-13 for intense battle sequence.
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.
62.5% San Antonio Express-News Larry Ratliff
It plays like a Lord of the Rings distant cousin that doesn't take itself too seriously.
50.0% Chicago Tribune John Anderson
At two-plus hours, it doesn't seem that long, considering it drops you into its medieval maelstrom with not as much as an opening credit.
50.0% Reel Views James Berardinelli
As bad as the movie sometimes becomes, the battle scenes are generally well choreographed and the final conflict is about as well done as one can reasonably expect.
38.0% A.V. Club Scott Tobias
It's an off-brand sword-and-sorcery epic that cuts so many corners, it's probably a safety hazard.
38.0% E! Online Alex Markerson
This thin swords 'n' sorcery epic is easily the best film hackteur Uwe Boll has ever made -- which means it may be slightly better, on balance, than Ernest Goes to Jail.
37.5% Hollywood.com Kit Bowen
This Lord of the Rings wannabe gives fantasy adventures a bad name.
30.0% IGN Todd Gilchrist
Though it might be dubious praise to say so, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is probably the best film of Uwe Boll's career.
25.0% Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Movies based on video games set in medieval ages might be the dinner theater of cinema.
25.0% Toronto Star Philip Marchand
Vancouver Island and the Canadian Rockies are the setting of this movie, based on the video game Dungeon Siege, and the landscape looks terrific.
20.0% Orlando Sentinel Roger Moore
It has passable swordfights and combat sequences interspersed with all the usual Uwe Boll miscalculations. Bad writing. Bad acting. Inept editing. You know.
20.0% Canoe.ca Jim Slotek
It's the funniest movie of the young year, though it doesn't mean to be.
20.0% TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Director Uwe Boll sticks with what he knows -- how to turn video games into dull, cheap-looking movies.
12.5% Slant Magazine Nick Schager
Only Uwe Boll would assume that the moviegoing public craved a trashy Lord of the Rings rip-off starring Burt Reynolds and Matthew Lillard.
10.0% Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Who among us can explain the enigma wrapped in a riddle surrounded by fierce, ravening, razor-toothed conundrums that is German director Uwe Boll?
10.0% Metromix Matt Pais
It has passable swordfights and combat sequences interspersed with all the usual Uwe Boll miscalculations. Bad writing. Bad acting. Inept editing. You know.
0.0% Film Threat Michael Ferraro
It’s a big hokey fantasy epic that desperately tries to be Return of the King but ends up more on the Dungeons and Dragons side of the tracks.
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