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I saw "In The Name of the King" lately, and I actually really liked it and would give it an 8 out of 10. I thought the roles were well cast for the part they played-- while everything WAS rather overdone, the movie felt like that was what they were going for- it felt almost like watching something from D&D play out. Sure there were some parts that required some supension of disbelief, but come on-- we can accept that the armys have monster-warriors and wizards, but not ninjas? At the same time characters had some minor touches such as a lack of conventional weapons (only one of the heroes had a sword, even Jason Statham's main character was using a machete from his I found interesting.
The characters being portrayed as archetypes as heavily as they were created a few moments that were just kindof silly, such as the main character being named Farmer (or the fact that he didn't refer to his son by name until after he died) but the villians were still interesting enough to keep my attention until the end.
Yes, it was directed by Uwe Boll. I was actually surprised to find that out. Even considering this though, I still found it to be a fun movie that was worth watching. I would definitely recommend it but I recommend watching it with an open mind-- this isn't Robin Hood, or King Arthur, this is a much more "weekend D&D" style of story but I don't think that's such a bad thing. ^_^
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