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[misplaced_ice]

I have a high tolerance for shit movies but ... In the Name of the King - just don't bother.
It is the movie of confusing because it has a pretty good cast (Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, Burt Reynolds, Claire Forlani and John Rhys-Davies) but it is quite the crap movie.

It wasn't even amusingly bad.

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[jwm]

‘Directed by Uwe Boll’ should have been a warning :-)

[teeth_of_thyme]

I just looked it up on wikipedia, and all sorts of things should have been warnings...

"In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is a 2008 fantasy film based on the Dungeon Siege video game series" The games were mediocre but nothing to make a movie about. Especially as, according to the wiki and what I remember of the game, the movie follows the plot of the first game. And the main character is called 'Farmer'.
"German power metal band Blind Guardian recorded the movie's main theme"
"The film received extremely negative reviews from critics."
"Like most Uwe Boll movies, it is now included in many lists of the worst films of all time."

[anarchangel23]

The movie follows the plot of the first game? Hardly. The first game didn't have a plot. It was more linear than Diablo, which is pretty feckin' linear. Despite that, the game was more fun than the movie, but the movie did have some redeeming features, one of which is watching the good cast chew through the torturous script.

[misplaced_ice]

I can't imagine how much more painful it would have been without a good cast.

I think blame can be shared between director and writers - and also the editor. Editors can make a huge difference and this film is really choppy and still 2 hours so maybe the editor was cutting out chunks left, right and centre.