I film sul Medioevo fantastico

Won 2 Leo Awards: Best Costume Design in a Feature Length Drama, Best Production Design in a Feature Length Drama - Won 1 Hessian Film Awards, Special Award - Nominated Leo Awards: Best Picture Editing in a Feature Length Drama

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

2007, regia di Uwe Boll

Scheda: Nazione: Germania-Canada-USA - Produzione: Herold Productions, Boll Kino Beteiligungs, Brightlight Pictures - Distribuzione: 20th Century Fox of Germany, Centfox Film, Cascade Film, Paradise, Benelux Film Distribution, CatchPlay, Dutch FilmWorks, Freestyle Releasing, Peace Arch Entertainment Group, Prorom Media-Trade, SP Films, Sandrew Metronome Distribution, Shaw Organisation, Tandem Films, Vivendi Entertainment - Soggetto: Jason Rappaport, Dan Stroncak, Doug Taylor, e dal videogame Dungeon Siege di Chris Taylor - Sceneggiatura: Doug Taylor - Fotografia: Mathias Neumann - Montaggio: Paul Klassen, David M. Richardson - Art Direction: Roxanne Methot - Costumi: Toni Burroughs-Rutter, Carla Hetland - Musiche: Jessica de Rooij, Henning Lohner - Effetti speciali: SFX Studio, The Orphanage, Elektrofilm Postproduction Facilities, Digiscope, Tvt. postproduction, Technicolor Creative Services VFX Vancouver, Pictorion das Werk, Invisible Pictures, Rocket Science VFX, Tinderbox, Look! Effects, Frantic Films, Upstart! Animation, Arcane - Formato: Color - Durata: 127'.

Cast: Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Claire Forlani, Kristanna Loken, Matthew Lillard, Brian J. White, Mike Dopud, Will Sanderson, Tania Saulnier, Gabrielle Rose, Terence Kelly, Colin Ford, Michelle Harrison, Eva Padberg, Darren Shahlavi, Aaron Pearl, Michael Eklund, Ron Selmour, Paul Wu, Stephen Park, Marcel Maillard.

Trama e commenti: mymovies.it - movieplayer.it - screenweek.it - cineblog.it - cinemastore.it - it.wikipedia.org: «Farmer Daimon (Jason Statham) è un semplice contadino che vive felice con la moglie Solana (Claire Forlani) e il figlio. Un giorno un esercito di Krug (sorta di bestie guerriere) distrugge il villaggio, uccidendo, tra l’altro, i figlio di Farmer e rapendone la moglie. Assieme al cognato Bastian ed al vecchio mentore Norick (Ron Perlman), Farmer decide di armarsi e partire alla ricerca della moglie, prigioniera di Gallian (Ray Liotta), il mago che controlla i Krug e che, dopo aver tentato inutilmente di ammiccarsi Muriella (Leelee Sobieski) figlia del mago di corte Merick (John Rhys-Davies), intende, in accordo col Duca Fallow (Matthew Lillard), spodestare il re Konreid (Burt Reynolds) ed impadronirsi del regno di Ebh».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - allmovie.com - rottentomatoes.com - tvguide.com - variety.com - en.wikipedia.org - reelviews.net - cinemafantastique.be - dirtyrobot-filmopia.blogspot.com - mark-reviews-movies.tripod.com - efilmcritic.com - movies.yahoo.com - hollywood.com: «Based on the videogame Dungeon Seige, we enter another otherworldly realm, the Kingdom of Ehb, where an unspeakably evil army called Krugs rampages across what was an idyllic, peaceful world, destroying everything in its path. Controlled by an equally evil wizard named Gallian (Ray Liotta), it looks like the land, ruled by King Konreid (Burt Reynolds), is indeed in trouble. But when Gallian and his Krugs cross paths with simple family man Farmer (Jason Statham), kidnapping his wife (Claire Forlani) and killing his young son (don’t worry, you don’t see it), Farmer decides to get medieval on their asses. They never knew what hit ‘em...».

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Conosciuto anche con i titoli: In the Name of the King; In the Name of the Father: A Dungeon Siege Tale; Dungeon Siege: In the Name of the King; Schwerter des Konigs. Dungeon Siege; King Rising. Au nom du Roi; En el Nombre del Rey.

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