DVD Movie Rating for: Black Knight

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Black Knight

Jamal Walker is a bumbling African-American loser with a lousy job at a crummy theme park called Medieval World, which is receiving heavy competition from a superior stadium with a similar theme, Castle World. Jamal's pathetic life, however, is dramatically altered while cleaning the stagnant moat. He finds a medallion in the moat, and while trying to pull it from it's spot gets sucked into a vortex after an apparent knock on the head. Awakening in England, 1328, he bungles his way through this strange new world, learning his modern lifestyle learned in the ghetto clashes strongly with the Renaissance period. Believed to be French, for his odd dress and manner of speech, Jamal finds himself banding with an attractive freedom fighter named Victoria, and Knolte, an alchoholic, penniless former knight who failed his queen and allowed her to be overthrown by an evil queen, whom Jamal is forced to perform for as a jester named Sir Skywalker. However, he may be forced to become no less then, indeed, a black knight, who will have to fight in a vicious battle - after making love to Victoria, of course.

DVD Production Details of: Black Knight

Director: Gil Junger

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen

Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
DVD Features:
Commentary by director Gil Junger

Commentary by scene-specfic Martin Lawrence

Theatrical trailer(s)

Outtakes

Stunt Scenes

Choreography Featurette With Paula Abdul

Behind the scene featurettes

Storyboard to scene comparisons

Deleted scenes with optional commentary

Widescreen anamorphic format

Cast of the movie: Movie_Name_

• Martin Lawrence .... Jamal Walker aka Skywalker
• Marsha Thomason .... Victoria the Chambermaid aka Nicole
• Tom Wilkinson .... Sir Knolte of Marlborough
• Vincent Regan .... Percival, Leo's Chief Henchman
• Daryl Mitchell .... Steve
• Michael Countryman .... Phillip, Leo's Chamberlain
• Kevin Conway .... King Leo
• Jeannette Weegar .... Princess Regina, Leo's Daughter
• Erik Jensen .... Derek
• Dikran Tulaine .... Dennis
• Helen Carey .... The Queen
• Michael Burgess .... Ernie
• Isabell Monk .... Mrs. Bostick, Medieval World Owner
• Kevin Stillwell .... Knight #1
• Mikey Post .... Young Man (as Michael Post)

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In Black Knight, Martin Lawrence plays an amusement park employee who is magically transported back to medieval times and helps return a queen to her rightful throne (while learning some valuable lessons along the way). Despite the script's lack of logic and originality, Lawrence is an engaging performer, with a loose-limbed amiability that makes him most enjoyable company, even if he's not necessarily a better actor than most comedians. If Lawrence ever does a movie with a decent script, he might really have something; as it is we'll have to settle right now for the cheesy yet funny sight of Lawrence teaching a medieval band to play some Sly and Family Stone.

A mainteance worker (Martin Lawrence) is on his job at a Medival Theme Park. Then he gets a rude awakening, when he unexepectedly gets in a mishap at work and wakes up in a unexplain place transports him back in the 14th century England. Armed with his fast-talking modern-day street smarts, he must help a rebelious maid (Marsha Thomason) and a failed knight (Tom Wilkinson) to fight an Evil King (Kevin Conway) and the King Evil Knight (Vincent Regan) to regain to have the Queen's honor in thier fight of glory.

Directed by Gil Junger (Ten Things I Hate About You) made a entertaining light-weight fanatsy comedy, it's fun thanks to Lawrence's comic enjoyable performance. This wasn't a huge hit as it should have been but it's a perfect rental for Lawrence fans and for the Family viewing. DVD's has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an fine Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an good commentary track by the Director and an Scene-Specific commentary by Actor:Lawrence. There's also Three Deleted Scenes with/without the Director's commentary, Outtakes, Behind the Scenes featurettes and more. The film is highlight by the good-looking cinematography by Ueli Steiger (Rock Star) and an fine music score by Randy Edelman (Dragonheart). This is a fun flick. Super 35. Grade:B+.

Likable but uneven comedy about a medieval theme park worker who gets transported to the 14th century, where he reluctantly gets involved in a plot to overthrow the king. Lawrence, as always, has lots of energy but all his enthusiasm can only carry an average script so far; laughs are inconsistent and the premise wears out long before the finale. The final scene is expected, but effective. **