Black Knight (2001)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Gil Junger

Writers (WGA):

Darryl Quarles (written by) and
Peter Gaulke (written by) ...

Release Date:

21 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

He's About To Get Medieval On You.

Plot:

Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.

Plot Keywords:

Knight | Medieval | King | Castle | Fast Food

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Jamal Walker / Skywalker
Marsha Thomason	...	Victoria the Chambermaid / 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 O'Connor	...	Mrs. Bostick, 'Medieval World' Owner (as Isabell Monk)
Kevin Stillwell	...	Knight #1
Mikey Post	...	Young Man (as Michael Post)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, sexual/crude humor and battle violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38476) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Carolina Beach, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The scene where Princess Regina trips over her bed sheets was not scripted, Jeannette Weegar really did trip and fall, but the director liked it so it was kept and put in the final cut.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jamal is introduced by the dwarf before he talks about "Jamal in the Box" he has his pocket on his shirt to cover the logo underneath, but when he asks if anyone has had a froth-a-chino it is gone to reveal the logo and then the very next shot it is back on there again

Quotes:

Guard #1: Who be ye?
Jamal: Who be I? I be stompin' yo ass you put your hand on me one more again!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "According to Jim: Cheryl's Day Off (#1.21)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

SOUND OFF (DUCKWORTH CHANT)

Hollywood, please stop making this kind of garbage...

How did this get made? I sat through about 30 minutes of this stinker on cable TV and decided that I'd wasted enough of my life.

Martin Lawrence is as about as unfunny as they come, robbed of his foul-mouthed "street-smart" vulgarities in this so called "comedy". He resorts to mugging that would shame even Jerry Lewis from the brief time I spent watching this auto accident of a movie. Can we make a movie that doesn't present a hipster being thrown into the past and immediately "funking" up the locals? The scene where Martin gets his groove on, teaching a medieval orchestra to play Sly and the Family Stone was like having my fingernails pulled out. Somehow this movie seems subtly racist to me, since I cannot imagine a reverse scenario being made. This kind of mindless junk gets made because people will pay to see it...making lousy actors like Martin Lawrence rich and ensuring the inevitable worse sequel. If you support this kind of thing, you get what you deserve. NO stars. Deserves worse, if that's possible.