Against bet­ter knowl­edge I watched that movie last week. It seems like I was right when I said ear­lier that I don’t trust peo­ple say­ing Boll actu­ally did some­thing right. I have to admit though that the movie was bet­ter than I expected. It has a cheap look and feel and it was quite rem­i­nis­cent of the Eragon movie which too sucked big time. But then, I didn’t expect any­thing else. It’s just the same as with all Boll movies. The music often was plain dis­tract­ing and I wished for a remote with a work­ing mute button.

In the Name of the King is loosely based on Dun­geon Siege; unfor­tu­nately, the film had lit­tle to do with the game. The spe­cial effects were pretty cheesy although I liked the way wiz­ards can travel if need be. The depicted land seemed bleak and quite depress­ing. The enemy – the krugs – looked very bad; I could eas­ily dis­cern the cos­tumes. As far as the act­ing is con­cerned, I won’t go into details. It was hor­ri­ble. To be hon­est, I felt like I was watch­ing a workprint. That’s a shame. Still, more edit­ing efforts might have turned Boll’s lat­est flick into some­thing watch­able. If only …