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Black Knight on DVD (2001)

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Average rating: (61%)
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Starring: Martin Lawrence | Marsha Thomason | Vincent Regan | Tom Wilkinson
Director: Gil Junger
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 95 mins
Certificate: PG
User collections: The genius of Martin Lawrence
Genres: Comedy
Languages: English
Released: 09/12/2002

Brief synopsis of Black Knight

Sharply directed by Gil Junger, the Martin Lawrence comedy BLACK KNIGHT borrows its theme from A CONNECTICUT YANKEE AT KING ARTHUR'S COURT, with Mark Twain's Yankee being replaced by Jamal Walker (Lawrence). Jamal works at a decrepit California theme park in danger of being put out of business by a rival theme park. Cleaning Medieval World's moat, he falls into the water, only to recover in Fourteenth Century England. There, Jamal meets Sir Knolte (Tom Wilkinson), a dissolute knight, before he stumbles into the court of the usurper King Leo (Kevin Conway). Jamal is impressed at what he thinks is the realism of the rival theme park, and only after witnessing a gory beheading does he realize, with horror, where he really is. Jamal encounters the beautiful Victoria (Marsha Thomason)--who is scheming to return the Queen (Helen Carey) to the throne--and falls fowl of the evil Sir Percival (Vincent Regan). Joining forces with Sir Knolte and Victoria, Jamal teaches the rebels some helpful football, golfing, and boxing moves, before he dons the armor of the awesome Black Knight.

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Radio Times

For those who do not care a lot for Camelot, this could be your movie. It struggles to turn a loose version of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court into a suitable vehicle for comic Martin Lawrence, whose inconsistent performance doesn't help the cause a bit. Lawrence plays Jamal Walker, an underachieving employee at on-the-skids theme park Medieval World. After falling into a moat, he is magically zapped back to a 14th-century England that he initially fails to comprehend because “they're all such good actors”. Director Gil Junger seems unable to control Lawrence's tedious cheeky-chappy persona and leaves little room for laughs, action or other characters. Consequently, most audiences will be turned off by this derivative romp.

Halliwell's Film Guide

A sort of hip hop version of Mark Twain's venerable story of a modern man taken back in time that brings an occasional smile, though Martin Lawrence's humour does not travel well.

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Rated - 4 starsBlack Knight (2001)

Sparkie from BRISTOL, UK , 18/01/2006

I found this to be very entertaining, mainly because it is SILLY! .............................. After watching the extras I just had to watch the film again.

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Rated - 1 starsDreadful

SV from London , 19/07/2004

I sat through this film thinking that it would only gain redemption if Martin Lawrence was spontaneously speared - preferably through the mouth, as that was the main source of irritation and unintelligable slang.

It is perfect for those who have no problems with their intelligence being insulted, or who don't care about such trifles as historical accuracy, or watching a bumbling tw*t spouting witless gibberish for the best part of two hours.

This is a good film for children, however, but only if they are very, very bad.

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Rated - 1 starsWhat rubbish...

Michael Oglesby from Norwich, UK , 13/01/2005

Black Knight is... well..., crap. It was painful to watch and boring. The script was poor, full of American slang 'Yo'll dog!' etc, the acting was pathetic, the direction was terrible. I think that you get the message?

The DVD has special features, but due to the fact the film was so bad, I didn't watch them. Straight back in the post. The film does offer Director Commentary, yeah right...

My recommendation, don't bother. 2 hours of my life I can't get back.

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Rated - 3 starsGood Family Fun

A customer from Nottingham, UK , 10/05/2005

I watched this with my 12 year old son and we really laughed. Martin Lawrence films always have the feel good factor and this one is no exception. Not his very best film, but by no means as bad as some of the reviews suggest.

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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