In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

PG-13

2008

2h 7m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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As war looms in an idyllic kingdom, a man named Farmer begins a heroic quest to find his kidnapped wife and avenge their son, who was murdered by horrible warriors called Krugs. Meanwhile, villainous Gallian sends his evil army to overthrow the rightful king and steal the throne.

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Critics Consensus

Featuring mostly wooden performances, laughable dialogue, and shoddy production values, In the Name of the King fulfills all expectations of an Uwe Boll film.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

04/16/2019

It's as if someone had thrown a whole lot of money at Ed Wood and let him go wild, minus the angora.

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Hank Sartin

Time Out

11/17/2011

1/5

Don't go for the campy laughs; there are none.

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

01/20/2008

.5/4

Only Uwe Boll would assume that the moviegoing public craved a trashy Lord of the Rings rip-off starring Burt Reynolds and Matthew Lillard, and only he could then manage to make such a potentially riotous endeavor so humorless.

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Beatriz Maldivia

Espinof

04/16/2019

I would never recommend this film to anyone who was going to take it seriously. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Más Gamers

05/08/2017

2/4

A fantasy class-D story starring talented actors at their worst moment. [Full review in Spanish]

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JoBlo

JoBlo's Movie Network

04/15/2011

Don't waste your time.

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William A

@RT98866858 Jun 27

This a phobe. This whole cast is ass on. This might be a better movie if Paul Blart saved the king. There’s more of these? Why? Pre phobes the lot

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Michael A

@Kinich61 May 31

Horrible direction and music soundtrack. The producers must have had a tremendous amount of money in order to lure in so many established actors to this lousy Lord of the Rings wannabe rip-off.

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Rob G

@RT06346555 Apr 12

If you’re looking for an Oscar winning film & performances look elsewhere. This is a harmless bit of swords & sorcery fun more akin to a Sunday matinee and I rather enjoyed it.

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Jan 25

Frankly, this is one of his better feats that’s still tastelessly crappy, while proceeding with absolute caution. Boll’s cheaply rejected vision for "Lord of the Rings" without an ounce of distinction for the creatively dissolved source material from frivolous performances – though rare few evoked chuckles adjacent to being laughably bad – and childish sequences unceremoniously presented. (C-)

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Hughe J

@Hughe Oct 3

In The Name of The King was released in 2008 and is a discount Dungeons and Dragons type film directed by the infamous Uwe Boll and starring Jason Statham playing Jason Statham, Ray Liotta as the bad guy, and Burt Reynolds playing Burt Reynolds. This is as straightforward a plot as it gets: Jason Statham's son is killed and he wants revenge against the Krugs (discount Orcs) and their leader Ray. So he ventures out in his quest and lots of terrible CGI battles happen, we hear some terrible dialogue, and Burt Reynolds phones in a few scenes for old times sake. Dungeon Siege is so bad it's almost, almost, good. Honestly there's no redeeming quality here as even the jokes don't land and this goes on for over two hours. This, this was just awful.

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Kitiara W

@RT48074193 08/17/2025

What the hell did I watch. The bad guys loaded an "orc" into a catapult and set him on fire to launch at the good guys. They missed and hit a tree. This is the stupidest movie ever. Watch only if you want to see the dumbest script ever written.

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Synopsis

As war looms in an idyllic kingdom, a man named Farmer begins a heroic quest to find his kidnapped wife and avenge their son, who was murdered by horrible warriors called Krugs. Meanwhile, villainous Gallian sends his evil army to overthrow the rightful king and steal the throne.

Director: Uwe Boll
Producer: Shawn Williamson, Dan Clarke
Screenwriter: Doug Taylor
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Boll KG
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Battle Sequences)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 11, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.5M
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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