In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Plot synopsis:
Set in the kingdom of Ehb, the story follows a man called 'the Farmer' (Jason Statham), an orphan who was adopted by a small village. When Farmer's wife, Solana (Claire Forlani), and his son, Zeph (Colin Ford) leave to sell vegetables at the town of Stonebridge, his farm is attacked by creatures called Krug. With the help of his friend and mentor, Norrick (Ron Perlman), he fights off the Krug and travels to Stonebridge. The Krug, controlled by the wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta), attack Stonebridge as well. Although Farmer fights them, he is unable to save his son Zeph and Solana's parents.Meanwhile, the wizard Gallian feeds incubus-like on Merick's daughter Muriella (Leelee Sobieski) and taps into her magical bloodline. This gives him the power to amass and control an army of Krug to overthrow King Konreid. The King's nephew, Duke Fallow (Matthew Lillard), a good for nothing roué, has let Gallian into the castle to conspire against the King. He asks Gallian about their plan, who in turn ask him what he knows of the man called Farmer.The King's Magus, Merick (John Rhys-Davies), detects that there is something special about Farmer when King Konreid (Burt Reynolds) and his entourage arrive to comfort Stonebridge. Merick ask Norrick if they have met before. It seem that Merick comes to know something special about Farmer. He meets Farmer and tells him that the King needs him more than he realize, who refuses to acknowledge his request and leaves to find and rescue his wife, who has been captured, accompanied by Norrick and Bastian (Will Sanderson), his brother-in-law.When the King returns to his castle, he finds Fallow playing around wearing his crown, sitting on the throne. Fallow impatiently orders Gallian to accelerate their plan. Gallian goes to Muriella's chamber to be with her where she shows her disapproval for him entering her chambers as and when it pleases him, without her wish. She tells him to leave when he ridicules her father.Fallow tries to appease the King while having dinner with him. Farmer along with his two friends are passing through a seemingly dangerous Sedrick forest which Norrick disapproves as there has been stories about the presence of 'things' in there. Some forest Nymphs hangs them upside down and their leader, Elora (Kristanna Loken) tells them to leave the forest and never return again.Through Duke Fallow, Gallian had already poisoned the King when Muriella requests the King that she wishes to help as she can feel something wrong. Just then the King faints due of the poison. Meanwhile, Fallow meets Gallian and it seem that he too had been accidentally poisoned while dining with the King. Gallian gives him an antidote after reminding him who has the real power.General Hallette (Ron Selmour) informs Commander Tarish, who in turn tells Merick that Fallow has fled the castle taking two-third of the Army and other guards with him. Merick figures that Fallow has actually poisoned the King and suspects Gallian's hand in it. Merick confronts Muriella about her involvement with Gallian and tells her what wrong she has done. She apologizes whole heartedly.Elora helps Farmer, Norrick and Basbian to find their way out of the forest as they tell her that they are lost. She leaves as they reach across the forest where Krugs are there. The healed King is informed by Merick about Fallow's treachery. Farmer, Norrick and Bastian infiltrates the captive's camp to find Solana. Just when Farmer finds her, they are taken captives by the Kurbs.The next morning, the healed King, and the Army leaves the castle to battle with Krugs. Through a Krug, Gallian ask Farmer about his identity as he sees danger in him. He is about to hang Farmer, but he manages to kills the Krug.Norrick and Bastian are also taken captive in the same cage as Solana, where Bastian informs her about their parents and her son. Norrick consoles Solana telling her that Farmer will come to her rescue as he must and he needs her.Merick who has felt that Farmer is in danger, finds and rescues him from the ropes. Muriella feels guilty of breaking her father's trust and wishes to commit suicide, but her handmaiden, Talwyn (Tania Saulnier) reminds her of her father's love for her and Muriella leaves the castle, determined to prove herself worthy of her father's trust and love.When Merick brings the injured Farmer to the King's camp, a surprised Tarish ask him why was a dirt-lover (Farmer) of such importance. Merick tells him that Farmer is of special interest for the King who too isn't aware of that. He commands Farmer to be taken to the King's tent, where he reveals to both King and Farmer of Farmer's real identity. Farmer refuses to believe it saying that he had no parents and leaves the tent.The King asks Merick angrily that how can it be as he told him 30 years ago that his 3 year old son had been dead in a massacre. Merick says that what the gods do is for good, because if the little boy had been in the castle, he could have been killed by King's enemies. Farmer grew safe and strong in Stonebridge though.The next morning, Merick makes Farmer understand that the King and the kingdom needs him. In the forest, Tarish tells the soldiers that whosoever is with Fallow will be considered as traitor, while Fallow accuses him back for poisoning the King. He is then surprised to see the King with Tarish, who tells him that he can never be a king. General Backler (Mike Dopud), with 11th and 12th Legion of soldiers then join the King. Tarish, who is still unknown of Farmer's real identity and is skeptical of him, tells Farmer that he will keep an eye on him.The big climatic battle between King's army and Krugs begins. Muriella who seeks to join the King in the battle, is pursued by a Krug. Tarish develops faith in Farmer during the battle. Fallow shoots the King to death and runs away from the battlefield. The battle is ends when the King's men manage to kill all the Krugs on the battlefield.Fallow, who is returning to the castle, hoping to finally become King, is then attacked by the Forest Nymphs, Elora and Muriella, who take him back to the battlefield. Meanwhile, Norrick, Basbain and Solana are taken to Gallain's den where they are supposed to become slaves. Norrick who refuses to be a slave, dies courageously fighting with the Krugs, while Basbain and Solana try to flee but are recaptured.At the camp, the King appreciates Farmer's courage. The King realizes that he is indeed his lost son when Farmer quotes a line that King used to tell his son every night. Just before dying, he accepts him as his son and tells him to take up the kingdom after him.At the battlefield, Fallow is forced to fight Commander Tarish. He is about to be slain when someone yells that King is dead. Fallow, who by rule is now the new King, is happy as Tarish, bound by honor, can't kill the King. Merick then announces that the King is dead, and that Farmer is Camden Konreid, the king's long lost son. Farmer is then declared the new King of Ehb.Gallian finds out about Farmer being the new King through one of his Krugs. He also realizes that he has Farmer's wife in his captive. When she ask him how he knows she is Farmer's wife, he tells her that he can feel him in her as she is carrying his son, i.e., she is pregnant with Farmer's child.Farmer leads a small team, including himself, Muriella, Elora and Merick, to rescue his pregnant wife from Gallian. Merick dies to distract Gallian so that Farmer can sneak in with the help of Elora. While the forest Nymphs join the army to fights against the Krugs, Bastian tries to stage a breakout. Muriella becomes the new Magus and together Muriella and Farmer fight Gallian until Solana stabs him with a sword and Farmer cuts his throat off. As soon as Gallian is killed, Krubs retreats themselves. Farmer finally confesses his love for Solana verbally which he had never done before.

Tags: fantasy, murder, cult, violence, flashback, good versus evil, romantic, tragedy, revenge

Review:
I'm a fan of Jason Statham which made me want to see it despite my expectations, plus I work at a theatre and see movies for free which makes me less picky about the movies I watch.Now I don't typically leave reviews for movies, but after seeing this I felt that I needed to warn people.
Up until tonight, I'd never seen a movie directed/produced by this Uwe Boll guy and believe me, as I write this I wish that was still the case.
Even the props were bad, Stathams sword looked like something you'd give a six year old on Halloween.I don't even know if I can accurately put into words how bad this movie is.
However, I like nearly every star, enjoy the genre and have been a big fan of the video games for years now, so I figured that this would be worth seeing (nothing will ever compare to LOTR, but it sounded promising).So yeah, there's not much I can say that hasn't been said here already.
Granted, it's not as bad as last year's Eragon, but don't expect anything close to what Lord of the Rings offered us in terms of epic fantasy adventure.Oh, and those ten star reviews you keep reading?
Uwe Boll does it again, a cast of some of the best actors in one of the worst movies ever made.
The story is bad, really really bad, the acting wasn't good either even with the presence of Burt Reynolds, Ron Perlman and ray Liotta.I have sworn that I won't watch a Boll movie again, they've proved to be a waste of time and money even if it comes in the shape of a 1$ pirated DVD.
And be advised never to watch a Boll movie again, its enough already.EDIT: I've posted this a while back and I just wanted to add something.If you're reading this and you happen to work at a store where you sell video games, please and I beg you memorize the name and face of Uwe Boll and if you see him crossing the street immediately shut your doors and windows and put that close sign.
Seriously, Burt Reynolds, Leelee Sobieski, Ray Liotta, and John Rhys-Davies, I thought with all these well-known actors it would be good.
We have to admit that Ray Liotta's "Goodfellas" reprise as an evil mage was the most amazing thing we've seen since Jack Lemmon's service as Horatio in Branagh's "Hamlet." Of course, this mention of Uwe Boll's effort alongside Kenneth Branagh is totally appropriate, except that Branagh's "Hamlet" had little entertainment value of any kind.
his polyester wizard suit bespoke a man with guile but then behind a squeaky line was Ray Liotta's smilewhen Uwe Boll directs a film the casting's done with style that's why for evil, nothing's like sweet Ray Liotta's smileand though we hoot and holler at such feckless goofy bile now laughing all the way to bank is Ray Liotta's smile.
Boy, I was wrong.Like previous reviewers that have posted before me, I would say that this movie was "choppy," in that you never are watching one scene/actor for more than 5 minutes at a time.
:) Cool and cheesy like a Shatner marathon.Secondly, there is enough eye candy for everyone.I didn't think I'd find a hidden Oscar-worthy film, but I knew I might have a great time hootin' at bad lines of overwrought dialogue.
I did, but I also found myself following a nice B movie story with various nits to argue with friends(Why the women are mostly wasted in their roles, another talky villain?, mostly dropped plots suddenly found, but only for fight scenes), but still?
I wonder how well it would have done with Hans Zimmer or the late John Williams behind the music 3) Nothing particularly new in the story, very similar to parts of LOTR and EragonOverall i liked it, and people who gave it such bad scores must not be into this sort of genre, or are being too picky, as its an enjoyable movie to watch..
The really bad thing is they did manage to get some moderately good actors in the film, like Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Burt Reynolds, and Claire Forlani (who is also extremely hot).
I was very pleasantly surprised.The movie I saw was very entertaining fantasy story with a great cast, great scenic locations, engaging battles, outstanding costumes, that kept me thoroughly entertained for it's entire running time.I would describe the acting as "adequate".
Some of the characters seemed over the top and the worst by far was Ray Liotta (I've never been a great fan of his), but overall they got the job done.I liked the magic in this movie.
The fight near the end with the floating swords was very nicely done, and all the magical effects seemed "believable" as far as magic goes.The scenery and costumes were fantastic, it gave "dark ages" feel to it, dirty and gritty.All in all, I really enjoyed this movie.
No such luck, here.As other reviewers have pointed out, the action choreography is lame, the camera work weak, the editing often insane, the art direction and cinematography limited or nonexistent, the musical score pointless at best...where to begin?Well, I have nothing personal against a silly, anachronistic, amateurish action movie script that is concocted as a means of wiling away a harmless hour or two, even when it results in bad acting because of the director's complete lack of vision.
Or that Burt Reynolds in a miscast role is the most memorable thing in a movie starring Ray Liotta, also miscast, with Matthew Lillard, also miscast.
Leelee Sobieski basically sleepwalked through this thing, reprising bad bits form her St. Joan effort of several years ago, and Jason Statham frowned and grunted his way through the film, whereas Burt Reynolds couldn't even bother to be conscious for it and stared his way through it all, projecting the most godawful monotone and excruciating boredom with the whole thing (remind me again: **WHY** does anybody consider this fossil an actor??!).
The title itself brings great curiosity, but like all Uwe Boll movies this one bears hi's marks.
Bad script, bad play, bad actors, bad backgrounds, bad story.Uwe please stop making movies which have roots in games...
EDIT: Well, thinking about it, an 8 might be a bit more than it deserves, but I'll leave it at that.When I played the film, I expected to see something horrifically bad - based on what I'd read about Uwe Boll's productions.
I just couldn't understand how can a person possibly make such bad movies with famous actors, and my curiosity had taken control of me - I wanted to see.And I stood amazed.
But I saw one that does indeed deserve your time.This movie definitely was several grades better than most other titles in the "fantasy" genre (like the ones they show on TV here in Bulgaria).
At the end takes place an impressive battle between wizards (Ray Liotta , John Rhys-Davies and his daughter played by Lelee Sobieski) and Farmer .This exciting movie displays unstopped action, thrills ride, spectacular fighting, violence and is pretty entertaining , though mediocre .This is a tale of magic , imagination, blood and wizardly set in a mythical world from Middle Age full of barbarisms .
Also jarring were the horrible costumes and prosthetic monster make-up, both of which looked like they came from a local, cheap Halloween costume store...the special effects were slightly better and the backdrops/settings and set dressings were truly of good quality but this is about the only thing that can be said in favor of this film.
There was virtually no character development and two of the main characters (played by Jason Stratham and Ray Liota) did not even feel like they fit in the time period/genre of the movie.
This movie isn't as bad as Space Mutiny; I'll give Uwe Boll that.
It should make for a good laugh.All-in-all, despite it being a pretty average movie, it's Uwe Boll's best so far..
and is true, if you want something new in a fantasy movie then expect some good story.
If you like fantasy movies you should see this movie.(comments here need a little more objectivity - i'm really not interested to come on IMDb and read 30 comments with phrases like "i think this director is so bad - he should stop hurting people!".
At least I had low expectations now, so I wasn't disappointed when I discovered - yes - it's certainly was not up to what you'd think by looking at the famous names in the cast.The actor who astounds me the most is Ray Liotta.
I can see Burt Reynolds taking anything since he's peak days are long gone, and Leelee Sobieski, because she's never been a star, but Liotta?Actually, to present both sides, the action scenes, the costumes and the story overall are not boring and not the worst thing I've ever seen.
I can only hope he was supposed to act that ludicrously, but if that's the case his character is so annoying, it's not fun to view.Jason Statham: well, I've had it watching his movies.
I loved his early work ("Snatch," "The Transporter," etc.) but now he's just a ridiculous action-freak-character, one of these guys who can beat up 50 people by himself in every film, especially this one, as "Farmer." I have to admit, however, I did like him using a boomerang as a weapon.
I simply saw this film without expectations or preconceived ideas.In all, it is a very good B movie.
However there were some nice surprises, as Jason Statham and Ron Perlman delivered well and notably Burt Reynolds was actually convincing and not contrived in the role as the king.If you're looking for good escapist fare, but not expecting the Lord of the Rings, this movie will satisfy..
I've seen bad 1980 music videos with a better plot than this movie.
you guys got my 3$ or so, so use it in good health knowing the next time i go to see or rent a movie with you in it, i'm gonna be extra cautious..it's really a shame that acting awards and acclaim isn't like boxing.
If you want to see a fantasy movie, and you have seen all the good ones, this is worth a spin.
I mean, I don't know the reasons for Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, and Ray Liotta agreed to do this movie, but the only thing I can think of is greed.
I would give it a 3 for some bad acting, 5 points to the story, a 6 just because its a descent film!It's not a masterpiece but its good.
wait, actually THAT would have made a better movie than this.Im convinced that the writers took a good script for a fantasy epic, ate it, crapped it out, and wiped with the film and sent it to the theater.
Ewe Boll, the director, must have naked pictures of some big finance people in Hollywood to still be making movies because as others here said, had I known he directed it, I would have skipped it all together.
He must, because there is no way on earth he could possibly think his movies are good.The plot was ridiculous, everyone had different accents, and the dialog was some of the cheesiest garbage I've ever heard in my life!
Ray Liotta, Jason Statham and Ron Pearlman are all good actors and that alone gives you a reason to watch this.
This movie can do nothing but hurt the careers of any and all of the actors and actresses, except maybe Burt Reynolds.If you like rubber monster masks, synchronized vine swinging women in bad robin hood costumes, ninjas, and evil mafia crime figures played by Ray Liotta, then you might want to watch the film, after they dump the DVDs in the garbage.The director Uwe Boll should be arrested and charged with "movie poisoning", some viewers may feel nauseous or even get sick from seeing this movie.There should be a rating lower then 1!!!!.
But if you want a good well acted action RPG type of movie and not a version of the game itself, then you might enjoy this flick.
It seems that whenever some lame-ass hack like Uwe Boll brings a film based on a video game to the big screen, the result is excremental (albeit from either his mouth or the other "thing" that, fortunately for you moviegoers, I won't mention to spare you the insanity).
With that being said, doing that provides "remedial" relief for the actors and critics who presumably were subjected to Boll's unique brand of "film making" which I'm sure gave them the feeling of being like Alex DeLarge in "A Clockwork Orange" forced to watch unspeakable horror.If you are a bright, meek, intelligent individual, skip this excrement of Uwe Boll.
When it comes to the fight scenes in the movie, they're actually not as bad as everything else, but I guess that's not really saying much.
Then again I guess that's a good thing because once you're done watching this movie you probably don't want any more.
I don't understand how he can convince such good actors to play in his horrible movies.In my country Romania you can find 50 director better that him, and the budgets that he gets is unbelievable.I'm horrified by his movies.I don't understand how very good actors like Ray Liotta;Jason Statham;Burt Raynolds accept to work with this guy.Every movie i have seen by Uwe Boll was badder that a B-movie and each time I put myself to watch a movie by this director I hope to be good when I see all the good actors BUT NO is the same .
I have only one suggestion for the people that don't know Uwe Boll's work :DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WHIT HIS MOVIES!!!!.
Forget everything you've read about Uwe Boll and watch this film with an open mind and you're in for a surprise.
You'll notice those who did, liked it.Ray Liotta was a little over the top for my taste, but Perlman, Stratham and the rest were solid.Uwe Boll is proving his detractors wrong this year by releasing two good films.
In The Name Of The King just may be Uwe Boll's best movie but that's like saying Sleepy was the tallest of the Seven Dawrfs.
This movie was so truly terrible that my ten year old and I actually had fun pointing out the plot failures, the scene failures, the parts that were stolen from other movies....Ray Liotta looks like Wayne Newton trying to play a villain.
It is not going to make a lick of sense and you will be sorry you wasted any time on it."This one fooled me and I supposed a lot of you (judging by the high number of negative comments) because it had some really good actors on the cover- John Rhys Davies, Ron Perlman, Ray Liotta, etc.The plot is boilerplate fantasy, but who cares.
OK, so after looking at the list of actors and actresses that are in this film, Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Leelee Sobieski, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, etc..., I honestly thought this would have been a decent movie.
Based on the PC game "Dungeon Siege"; In the Name of the King takes you on a wonderful journey through your imagination You imagining that your 10 year old brother could have made a better movie than this film.
It's a mess and a amateur attempt at that.Dialogue  Dull, uninteresting, and just plain silly most of the time.Directing-Producing- it's Uwe Boll; well known for getting sucker investors to fund his film work.Casting  The miscasted actors are (in order): Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Jason Stratham, Matthew Lillard and Claire Forlani.
I'm actually embarrassed for the actors.Instead of watching this movie and wasting your time, pick up "Last of the Legion" which is too short to really get into the detail it needs but at least is entertaining.
I have unknowingly seen Uwe Boll films before this one, but did not know this was the same director as those other flicks while watching.
I will have to find more Uwe Boll films now, as after watching Alone in the Dark the other night I am becoming a fan of his work..
There was not much wrong with the fighting scenes, good fun I thought, and camera and directing were certainly not great, but I've seen much worse.All in all it's a somewhat generic fantasy movie that does some things bad and some things good.
People seem to love to hate this director, but I don't know him.So as a completely neutral unbiased viewer I rate this film a 6.5/10 Quite alright for when you feel like watching a fantasy flick some night..
Please Mr Uwe Boll,.i do not hate you,nor do i like to watch and waste my time viewing these ridiculous movies you have been producing.
The special effects are decent, but some bad transitions manage to spoil them too.Overall one of the least enjoyable movies I've seen in a long time.
Watch it if you want to see for yourself how good movie editing usually is!.
I just love movies with a bad plot, unrealistic scenes, over the top acting.
I expected this movie to be really bad, but still fun to watch.
I can only wonder why great actors like Lyotta, Rhys Davis and Statham ever decided to star in this movie.
i never quite got into this movie actually , you figure with the list of a-list actors like statham sobieski, liotta , and an aging reynolds should have been quite the cast wrong i say,, ray liotta first of all seems so awkwardly out of place it isn't funny, burt reynolds,, um well he should stick to comedy not fantasy,, lelee well at least i can say she's a joy to look at in this one.