Black Knight (2001)

Average rating

(60%)

Starring:	Martin Lawrence \| Marsha Thomason \| Vincent Regan \| Tom Wilkinson
Director:	Gil Junger
Studio:	20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	95 mins
Genres:	Comedy
Languages:	English
Released:	December 09, 2002
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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

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.

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5 out of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Dreadful

SV from London, 19th July, 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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