The knight life has never been so funny!
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Martin Lawrence is back…way back…in this outrageous fish-out-of-water comedy that's armored with plenty of laughs!" (San Francisco Chronicle)
When a medieval world theme park worker (Lawrence) is magically transported back to 14th century England, he must do battle with an evil king, deadly assassins -- and really bad plumbing!
"A $33 million "rip-roaring comedy!"" Los Angeles Times
"...a sweetly funny tale." Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
"...has comic vigor from begining to end." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"...highly enjoyable." Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
"Rip-roaring comedy!" The Los Angeles Times
Editor's Note
The Martin Lawrence comedy BLACK KNIGHT, sharply directed by Gil Junger, 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 park. Cleaning Medieval World's moat, he falls into the water, only to recover in 14th-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 by what he thinks is the realism of the theme park; 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 afoul 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. BLACK KNIGHT is full of Lawrence's broad humor, and he and the classically trained Wilkinson have great fun playing off each other.
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