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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

In the Name of the King
In the Name of the King - theatrical poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
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
Production
company
Boll KG Productions / Herold Productions / Brightlight Pictures
Distributed by 20th Century Fox (Germany)
Freestyle Releasing (US)
Release date
  • April 11, 2007 (2007-04-11) (Brussels International
    Festival of Fantasy Films)
  • November 29, 2007 (2007-11-29) (Germany)
  • January 11, 2008 (2008-01-11) (United States)
Running time
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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