All hail Uwe Boll!  The master of schlock-horror video-game adaptations is back with his most ambitious feature to date.  You may know the name (pronounced ‘Oovy’) from such adapted films as BloodRayne, Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead – all of which scored 5 percent or lower on RottenTomatoes.com, and ranked in the Bottom 100 Movies Ever on The Internet Movie Database (numbers 77, 36 and 23 respectively).  Ouch.

If that’s not ringing any bells, you may also be familiar with Uwe’s work in the ring.  In September 2006, he threw down the gauntlet and challenged his internet critics (which there are legions of) to real-life boxing matches (Uwe being a former semi-pro fighter, naturally).  The result was a 42-year-old hack director beating the shit out of four internet geeks in the span of an hour, proving once and for all that if you mess with the Boll, you get the horns.

In any case, Uwe is back and better than ever.  His latest flick, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, looks to be his biggest bomb to date.  Slated for a 2007 release, it seems like a cross between LOTR and The Matrix, with a dash of career-ending-performance by Ray Liotta.  There also appears to be a nuanced and highly disturbing Sean Connery impression thrown in by Mr. Burt Reynolds that is sure to keep the little ones confused for days.

Check out the trailer here, and lament the death of a solid fantasy-RPG here.