In the Name of the King
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Uwe Boll |
| Produced by | Uwe Boll Dan Clarke Shawn Williamson Wolfgang Herold |
| Written by | Doug Taylor |
| Based on |
Dungeon Siege by Gas Powered Games |
| Starring |
Jason Statham Leelee Sobieski John Rhys-Davies Ron Perlman Claire Forlani Kristanna Loken Matthew Lillard Ray Liotta Burt Reynolds |
| Music by | Jessica de Rooij Henning Lohner |
| Cinematography | Mathias Neumann |
| Edited by | Paul Klassen David M. Richardson |
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Production
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Boll KG Productions / Herold Productions / Brightlight Pictures
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| Distributed by |
20th Century Fox (Germany) Freestyle Releasing (US) |
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Release date
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Running time
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127 minutes |
| Country | Germany Canada United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000,000 |
| Box office | $13,097,915 |
In the Name of the King, also known as In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, is a 2007 German-Canadian-American action-fantasy film directed by Uwe Boll and starring Jason Statham, Claire Forlani, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman and Ray Liotta. It is inspired by the Dungeon Siege video game series. The English spoken film was an international (mostly German and Canadian) co-production, filmed in Canada. It premiered in the Brussels Festival of Fantastic Films in April 2007 and was released in theatres on November 2007.
In the previous war involving the Kingdom of Ehb, a three-year-old boy was found wandering the field of the Battle of Oxley Pass by the rancher Norick (Ron Perlman) and adopted by the town of Stonebridge. While Norick could be considered his stepfather, the child was cared for by the entire town, including the family of Basstian (Will Sanderson) and Solana (Claire Forlani). His identity unknown, the boy grew up to be known as Farmer (Jason Statham), married Solana, and was raising his first son Zeph (Colin Ford) when war suddenly struck again with a surprise attack by the Krug.
The adversary was a Magus-in-exile, Gallian (Ray Liotta), sadistic, megalomanical, and very powerful, influencing the normally primitive, almost animal-like Krug to take up arms, don armor, and fight against Ehb with a courage, intelligence, and ferocity that surprises all of the Kingdom's inhabitants. While King Konreid (Burt Reynolds), Commander Tarish (Brian J. White), and a significant proportion of Ehb's standing army surveys the damage at and seeks recruits from Stonebridge, the King's nephew Duke Fallow (Matthew Lillard) and Muriella (Leelee Sobieski) allow Gallian to infiltrate the castle. Muriella's father Merick (John Rhys-Davies), the King's Magus is with the King at Stonebridge, and takes the liberty to investigate the matter of Farmer's true identity.
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