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News in Film : Uwe Boll's first good film? No.
Snaileb | 10:13 AM on 12.13.2007 25 comments


"Say it ain't so Snaileb!"

Well my precious Destructicans, I'm afraid so. While none of Uwe Boll's previous video game to film adaptions have impressed me, even scarred me, this film looks to have alot of promise. I swear, it's got floating magicians, ancient evil, special effectical monsters, and all the hoopla that big epic movies are usually recieving these days.


The cast, which I must say is pretty impressive, has been in alot of good movies that I wouldn't hesitate to AT LEAST give it a chance. I mean, Burt Reynolds is the king! No, I mean literally. Jason Statham's last movie was a fugging bomb to say the least, but I loved Crank, as did many of you.

In the Name of the King is the film, and it's based off Dungeon Siege, and video game. The film is out January 11, 2008, but with all the great movies coming out such as Sweeny Todd, AVP2, and I Am Legend, it'll be hard to make room this season.


UPDATE : If you end up seeing this movie, and it ends up being crappy, which is probably will, please don't send me your hate mail and death threats. Instead, send them to :

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Source : In the Name of the King.com


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Thornnn's Destructoid Blog
Looks interesting kind of scorpion king esque. But I love bad sci fi fantasy movies.
shipero's Destructoid Blog
Watching this trailer reminds of the the D&D movie and how terrible it was.
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
But.. it's got the guy from Sliders. What can go wrong?
droobies's Destructoid Blog
Snaileb, you've got to be kidding me, right? Good actors don't make a good movie if they've got horrible direction (look at Smoking Aces). We watched these previews months back when we did the whole Stickam thing, and we all basically laughed our asses off at Liotta and Reynolds looking like they're reading off cue cards, Lillard sounding like a total tool, the army of baddies looking like the Putties from the old Power Rangers show, and Statham doing his badass muggery he does so well (+1 coolness, I'll grant you that). That one chick from Glass House fits in there somehow as well.

This is going to be prime Shitty Movie Night material.
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
Updated for droobies and company.
Spykron's Destructoid Blog
i like uwe boll movie cause i always want to give him a chance. theyve been getting better, slowly.
Mxyzptlk's Destructoid Blog
This movie has been finished for a long time, and all reports suggest it blows as hard as the typical Boll film.
Electrobes's Destructoid Blog
HAHAHAHA
bl4km4th's Destructoid Blog
Crank 2: High Voltage in 2009!
droobies's Destructoid Blog
Snaileb, you really should do some digging and track down the old trailers that we watched. The one you've embedded is a newer one that has been REALLY pared down from the previous trailers. Looks like there's more CG in this one, some better edits, and less dialog... hrmm, wonder if there's a reason for that.

Spykron, you're one of the contributing factors to this idiot getting to make more films. He should have been shot after House of the Dead, hung after Alone in the Dark, and quartered after the two Bloodrayne movies. I wish Lowtax would have kicked Uwe's ass in that boxing match they had.
aborto thefetus's Destructoid Blog
wait, that's a uwe boll movie? shit, I didn't know that. considering uwe boll is directing it, there is no doubt in my mind that this is going to suck.
odintal's Destructoid Blog
some of you should learn to appreciate bad movies.

it's kinda funny that we accept cheesy stiff overdone voice acting and scripts in video games but in movies it's an abomination.
Rockvillian's Destructoid Blog
In the Name of the King is to Lord of the Rings as the Vii is to the Wii.

I stand behind that.
Rockvillian's Destructoid Blog
@odintal

We accept cheesy voice acting cause the point is playing the game, not sitting there watching it for 2 hours.

Unless, the game you're playing is comprised mostly of cutscenes, which then I'll have to question your reasoning altogether.
Spykron's Destructoid Blog
@droobies

no he gets his money from the German government. or something. besides i dont pay to see this shit. Oh god no.
EternalDeathSlayer's Destructoid Blog
I've read a review somewhere for this, maybe aicn. They said it's still fucking terrible, regardless of Statham or Ray Liotta. Boll just cant make a good movie. He was born to fail.
Professor Pew's Destructoid Blog
I've been following this flick since it was announced by Boll. You know it was originally going to be like 4,5 hours, and then split into two 2-3 hour movies? Imagine that...

I want it like I want Postal, but no way is this anything but a stoner movie.
odintal's Destructoid Blog
@Rockvillian
the point of it all is to be entertained. i'm not lobbying for everyone to go see this turd but i'll rent it, get drunk, and watch it with my friends laughing all the way.

unintentional humor is the best there is.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
Ever since seeing him at PAX, I came to realize why his movies are so bad. He thinks he is the greatest thing to ever grace mankind, and he will believe that to his grave.
Kryptinite's Destructoid Blog
I like/love Jason Statham but fuck Uwe.

And yes, Crank was a fun movie :). I can't wait to see Crank 2 and that's no lie.
Rockvillian's Destructoid Blog
@odintal

Agreed! I just wish people would stop giving Uwe money. He's a misguided prick.
Sharpless's Destructoid Blog
Jumping off of Mxy's comment, I think this movie's been screened at at least one film festival already. I remember reading someone's review, saying that it was just as atrocious, if not worse, than Boll's other films. Seriously, guys, there's no point in giving the guy anymore chances. He should not be a filmmaker.
Necros's Destructoid Blog
Ew, do not want.
AgentMOO's Destructoid Blog
Did he say we dress our wounds... gouge evil from its shell?
lolwut
Justice's Destructoid Blog
I predicted this would fail way back
As did everyone else


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