Courage in face of adversary is a gift
Sep 24, 2005
<b>Title: </b>Black Knight <br><b>Genre: </b>Comedy Drama<br><b>Duration:</b> 1:37minutes<br><b>Cast:</b> Martin Lawrence, Tom Wilkinson<br><b>Available:</b> On DVD, VCD and VHS<br><b>Reviewe by:</b> Roger Mugisha
HOMETHEATRE
Title: Black Knight
Genre: Comedy Drama
Duration: 1:37minutes
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Tom Wilkinson
Available: On DVD, VCD and VHS
Reviewe by: Roger Mugisha
MARTINLawrence plays Jamal, an unsettled fast talking conman employee at a medieval-themed amusement park.
One day, while cleaning the moat, Jamal sees something shiny in the water.
When he bends down to pick up the treasure, he suddenly finds himself transported back to 14th century England, where nasty King Leo (Kevin Conway) and his even nastier right-hand man, Percival (Vincent Regan), hold the countryside in a grip of terror.
After inadvertently saving the life of Sir Knolte (Tom Wilkinson), a disgraced knight, Jamal survives his first encounter with the king and his men by pretending to be a courier from France (with the name of “Jamal Skywalkerâ€).
Then, when an accident causes Jamal to thwart an assassination attempt, King Leo grants him property and a title.
Enter a woman named Victoria (Marsha Thomason), who comes to Jamal with a plea: help her overthrow the king and place the rightful queen on the throne in his place.
As a comedian doing stand-up routines, Lawrence has the ability to be explosively funny, but rarely has even a fraction of that talent been evident in his motion picture roles.
In Black Knight, except for a few occasions when he is obviously mugging for the camera, Lawrence doesn’t seem to be trying to make viewers laugh, and the movie’s comic aspirations are not aided by a script that has trouble generating half-hearted chuckles.
Tagline: What kind of place has people that don’t wear Reeboks or watch basketball?
Lesson: Courage in the face of any adversary is a gifted attribute that people should share.
Title: Black Knight
Genre: Comedy Drama
Duration: 1:37minutes
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Tom Wilkinson
Available: On DVD, VCD and VHS
Reviewe by: Roger Mugisha
MARTINLawrence plays Jamal, an unsettled fast talking conman employee at a medieval-themed amusement park.
One day, while cleaning the moat, Jamal sees something shiny in the water.
When he bends down to pick up the treasure, he suddenly finds himself transported back to 14th century England, where nasty King Leo (Kevin Conway) and his even nastier right-hand man, Percival (Vincent Regan), hold the countryside in a grip of terror.
After inadvertently saving the life of Sir Knolte (Tom Wilkinson), a disgraced knight, Jamal survives his first encounter with the king and his men by pretending to be a courier from France (with the name of “Jamal Skywalkerâ€).
Then, when an accident causes Jamal to thwart an assassination attempt, King Leo grants him property and a title.
Enter a woman named Victoria (Marsha Thomason), who comes to Jamal with a plea: help her overthrow the king and place the rightful queen on the throne in his place.
As a comedian doing stand-up routines, Lawrence has the ability to be explosively funny, but rarely has even a fraction of that talent been evident in his motion picture roles.
In Black Knight, except for a few occasions when he is obviously mugging for the camera, Lawrence doesn’t seem to be trying to make viewers laugh, and the movie’s comic aspirations are not aided by a script that has trouble generating half-hearted chuckles.
Tagline: What kind of place has people that don’t wear Reeboks or watch basketball?
Lesson: Courage in the face of any adversary is a gifted attribute that people should share.