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A medieval theme park employee travels back to the Middle Ages. |
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Martin Lawrence, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Conway, Jeannette Weegar, Marsha Thomason |
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Remember when mischievous "Bad Boy" Martin Lawrence was funny? I mean, remember "Big Mamas House" and "Blue Streak." Werent those funny flicks? Well, youll have to rely on those dusty memories because "buffoonery" and "painfully unfunny" are probably the best adjectives to describe Martins latest comedic attempt, "Black Knight."
Martin plays Jamal Walker, a fast-talking con man with big plans for the future, but in the mean time hes stuck in a menial medieval theme park job. Walker slips into the park's "moat," trying to retrieve a shiny medallion and emerges in 14th century England with knights in shining armor, a wicked king and damsels in distress.
The films premise is a take-off on Mark Twains classic fish-out-of-water tale, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court," where a modern man travels back to the days of yore and dazzles the 14th century residents. The premise of the film had the potential to be funny, but in the end, filmmakers gave us bad puns and a series of telegraphed, culture clash clichés. The highlight of the film comes when Walker has King Arthurs court boogying to Sly & the Family Stone's ''Dance to the Music."
Pre-packaged and littered with bathroom humor and sight gags, "Black Knight" falls short of Martins usual comic prowess.
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