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Movie Info


Genre :

Action, Adventure

Release Date :

January 11, 2008

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Uwe Boll

Starring :

Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, Leelee Sobieski, Burt Reynolds, Ron Perlman, Will Sanderson, Claire Forlani, Brian J. White, Kristanna Loken

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  1 of 5 [Rate It]

1 of 4

“..just too exhausting to be fun..”
by Maitland McDonagh [TV Guide]
3 of 5

“..In the Name of the King works in its own weird, inexplicable way..”
by Josh Tyler [CinemaBlend]
Review rate : D

“..easily the best film hackteur Uwe Boll has ever made..”
by Alex Markerson [E! Online]
1 of 5

“..another lame copy of every crappy sword-and-sorcery epic ever made..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
Review rate : F

“..a Frankenstein's monster of a movie, cobbled together from bits and pieces of the game and propelled by a defective brain with the initials UB..”
by Frank Swietek [One Guy's Opinion]
2 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Philip Marchand [Toronto Star]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Michael Ferraro [Film Threat]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]

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Really bad...ninja's with bells on. Ray Liotta with his 80's hairdoo and members only jacket is a sorcerer. Weird. Burt Reynolds is the king. Poor Burt. Some weird tree girls help them along the way. Dumb.

posted by Debs on Apr 30, 2009
 
 

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