4. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
And so the inevitable appearance of Uwe Boll films begins, here adapting a video game that a) wasn't that popular to begin with and b) isn't cinematic at all. Here a mediocre video game becomes a horrendous film with the horribly-titled
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. Jason Statham hits career rock-bottom as a character named Farmer - guess what his job is - who has to defend his village against a mob of suspiciously Orc-like creatures intent on ravaging everyone in sight. In fact, the whole thing feels like such a
Lord of the Rings knock-off that, title aside, you'd never even know it was a video game adaptation. To give Boll credit where it's due, though, he must've hired a fantastic private detective, because the roster of talented actors he managed to blackmail into starring in this thing is ridiculous; Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Ron Perlman, John Rhys- Davies (Gimli himself!), Claire Forlani, Kristanna Loken, Leelee Sobieski and Matthew Lillard all sell their souls for who-knows-why, taking part in an absurdly overlong, horribly shot film directed with the usual lack of a shit given by Boll, touted by many as "the modern day Ed Wood". Perhaps most incredulous is that despite grossing only $13m against a $60m budget, Boll managed to wrangle a sequel, which featured, I kid you not, Dolph Lundgren travelling back through time.