polipjpolipj This is absolutely my FAVOURITE Movie. I enjoyed it when I was 13, and I still enjoy it now that I'm 25. I Think it is very creative, and was just a great idea. Martin Lawrence is just awesome, he's got a great ability to add his own funny habits and actions to films, and it really pays off in this movie. I think its very funny, and pokes fun at the medieval lifestyle of the past and over all it just has a very good premise and I believe this is a very underrated comedy. Of the people I have recommended this movie, most have come back with high opinions.This is not a boring, humorless persons type of film, You have to be able to have a laugh without taking things too seriously to enjoy this.Whingy old men should keep there distance.

mrdjx The Black knight is a painfully unfunny film, that hangs on the most obvious joke that a time travel movie can make. That is that the hero from our present time, will travel to the past and impress the locals by introducing them to modern pop culture. In the Black knight, the title role is Jamal Skywalker (Martin Lawrence) who after taking a knock to the head, wakes up to find himself in England of the year 1328 and be caught up with rogues who want to overthrow the King and restore the throne to the former Queen. Jamal is mistaken by the King as being a representative of Normandy, and thus finds acceptance among the locals. That is until he accidentally deflowers the kings daughter. Jamal finds help along the way , in the form of a disgraced knight named Knolte (Tom Wilkinson) who despite being a drunken present, is quite capable of returning to his former glory. The problem with the Black Knight is that the jokes are too obvious. In an attempt to stop an execution from happening, Jamal decides to terrify the witnesses by proving he is a fire generating sorcerer. How? By showing them his lighter of course! Worse there's a recurring joke where Knolte survives death 3 times! Hey,if its not funny the first time, keep repeating it until the audiences laughs as a way to pray that their torture may end. Those stuck in the predicament of having suffer through this trash will at least learn the following things:That any producers for a comedy film should write the name Martin Lawrence on a blacklist. That time travel fish out of water comedies like this and Encino Man are old, stupid unoriginal, and horrifically unfunny, and that the best time travel comedy, Back to the Future, was funny because its protagonist found himself in sticky and awkward situations that had hilarious implications. Black Knight seems to think that audiences will laugh in the opening when Jamal pulls out a nose hair. If the same had been done to the films writers, I might actually have a chuckle or two.3/10Absolutely disgusting

Jackson Booth-Millard After seeing Big Momma's House and of course Bad Boys, I was keen to see quite a few of the black leading actor's films, even the ones that are not highly rated by the critics, but this one sounded worth a go at least. Basically at Castle World, the shabby and low profit medieval themed amusement park, is low level worker Jamal Walker (Martin Lawrence), who is magically transported back to England in the 14th Century by a special medallion in the moat. He explores the woods and eventually the kingdom, he believes for a while that everyone around him is acting like they are in the medieval times, even after seeing the old way of using the toilet, a beheading confirms the time he is in though. While there, Jamal is mistaken as a messenger from Normandy, and trying to fit in as best as he can, i.e. getting on with King Leo (Kevin Conway) and all the other people around him, of course his modern day ghetto attitude doesn't always fit. He also has many encounters with the beautiful Victoria the Chambermaid (The Haunted Mansion's Marsha Thomason), who reveals there is a plot to kill the king, she is part of it, because he has been hated by many people for quite some time. Jamal, claiming himself as both a messenger and a jester, and donning the name "Sir Skywalker", has also gained an enemy with the mean Sir Percival, Leo's Chief Henchman (Vincent Regan). There is a legend of the Black Knight, it may in fact be Jamal who that legend refers too, as he does gain bravery to get Victoria and Sir Knolte of Marlborough (Tom Wilkinson) on side to make armour and go against the bad guys and return the rightful Queen to the throne. Eventually Jamal decides it is best to return to the present day, via the way he came, he is sad to leave Victoria behind, but he may have in fact found her again with modern reincarnation Nicole (still Thomason), before falling back in the moat again and transported into a Gliator themed arena. Also starring Jeannette Weegar as Princess Regina - Leo's Daughter, Daryl Mitchell as Steve and Michael Burgess as Ernie. Lawrence with his cheeky-chappy persona is quite funny most of the time in this film, and the modern day mixing with the olden days format is amusing in many moments, so it's a reasonable comedy. Okay!

The_Orenda It's interesting for me to see the effort involved in the making of Black Knight. The extraordinary effort of the production design, the subtle yet notable use of makeup, all of the action/comedy throughout the entire film and even Martin Lawrence pulling any rabbit he can find out of his hat, all of this cannot save a crummy script from itself. Black Knight is a half hour too long, with more information given and chances for comedy wasted.Jamal is a clean kid working at a Medieval amusement park. A chance encounter with a medallion in a moat ends him up in the real Medieval times, circa 1328, right in the middle of an uprising.I felt many scenes were unnecessary. The climactic action scene could have been done better. Instead of leaning on Martin's improv all the time, Black Knight could have used a wittier tone, such as the scene with the turnip thief, which was one of the film's saving graces. Or a feel-good entertaining film, and have scenes such as the dancing hall, put them throughout the movie and at least you would have something to remember the film by. But the constant exposition throughout Black Knight is a shining example of what to be careful of when making a film.