ROTTEN TOMATOES: Has Uwe Boll Directed His Final Big-Budget Flop?

Has Uwe Boll Directed His Final Big-Budget Flop?

Director's films likely to lose money on a much smaller scale from now on.

by Jeff Giles | January 15, 2008

Dozens of you have repeatedly wondered what it would take to keep Uwe Boll from making more big-budget films. As of today, you may finally have your answer.

In a piece titled "Boll Ejected from Big-Budget Ring," The Hollywood Reporter details the probable effects that the failure of Boll's latest film, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, will have on his career. Reached for comment by the Reporter, Boll -- the proud owner of a five percent lifetime Tomatometer rating -- displayed remarkable prescience:

"In the future, I will focus on small films such as (the video game adaptation) 'Postal' or (the Vietnam war drama) 'Tunnel Rats.' These are films that represent my true passion, and they can be done with small budgets."

Despite his commercial difficulties -- the Reporter notes that In the Name of the King only managed to bring in $3 million last weekend, lengthening a chain of flops that includes BloodRayne and Alone in the Dark -- Boll has been able to continue securing funding for his films through German tax shelter funds. Those funds have been outlawed, however, which places Boll in the unenviable position of trying to finance his new films based on the performance of his old ones.

So it looks like you won't have Uwe Boll to kick around anymore -- not in as many theaters, anyway -- but whatever happens to his career from here, he still stands a 99.9% chance of going down in history as the only director to ever assemble Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, Leelee Sobieski, and Ray Liotta in a single film. (We aren't sure what that means, exactly, but it sure was fun to type.)

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Elixor writes:
on Jan 15 2008 05:37 AM

Thank you Germany.

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calmeacham writes:
on Jan 15 2008 05:40 AM

This is great news to start my Tuesday off.

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Mr. Bowler writes:
on Jan 15 2008 05:41 AM

There is a god!

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Astr0creep writes:
on Jan 15 2008 05:44 AM

THERE

IS

A

GOD

!!!

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StupidSmurf writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:08 AM

And so, a boil (Uwe Boil!?!?) on the arse of cinema is finally lanced!!!!!

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jacog writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:22 AM

Nice, Smurf... nice.

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jeremyd4 writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:27 AM

but... but... he hasn't had his Plan 9 from Outter Space yet????

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Dave the Destroyer writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:33 AM

Interesting. I wonder who he'll blame for THIS downturn. Possibly....the AUDIENCE?
Yeah, that sounds about right.....

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Shatter24 writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:38 AM

Yay! May his big budget career rest in peace.

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walkingdead09 writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:42 AM

It's nice to see people get fired in Hollywood like in the normal life. I mean, Jason Strathman does all these action movies and they just put them in different time settings, its like Rob Schneider. Let's make him an Animal, and then lets make him a 16 year old girl and then lets make him a gigelow. Or All Will Ferrells movies...He's a nascar driver at the top has a fall from grace makes a come back. He's a news anchor, at the top fall from grace makes a come back, hes a figure skater at the top and makes a comeback. Come on, what happened to people making flicks like Pulp Fiction, Mememto and so on and so forth.

I like how this guy gets fired and says I can get back to my real passion, if I lose my job and start flipping burgers I will tell my wife that Im back to my real passion.

HAHHA I love to internet rant.

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Astr0creep writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:42 AM

In reply to this comment (#1470908)
It's not a video game... yet. *starts writing game design document*

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:45 AM

I'm pretty sure this is the third or fourth sign of the appocalypse-- Something actually happening according to logic, reason and good sense within 1000 miles of Hollywood.

Now we must focus our attention on those unforgivable turds who make the 'Epic Movie' and 'Meet the Spartans' travesties...

"You men have bled with Wallace. Now bleed with me!"

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LowBalls writes:
on Jan 15 2008 06:52 AM

In Hollywood, if you make bad movie, you pay for it. In Germany, bad movie pay for you! (not anymore)

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dennischu22 writes:
on Jan 15 2008 07:04 AM

Finally, his reign of terror comes to an end.

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aconline writes:
on Jan 15 2008 07:09 AM

I was holding my breath for another round of Uwe Boll boxing. They should film that and show it in theaters. It would do better then the fecal matter that he passes as a movie.

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EdwardBlake writes:
on Jan 15 2008 08:11 AM

How the hell is it possible for one guy to make so many beyond crappy movies?

Further, why the hell do so many incredible actors decide to work with him? Michael Madsen, Ray Liotta, Sissy Spacek. WTF!!!

I once saw ten minutes of House of the Dead. I was so angry I might as well have been bitten by a rage monkey.

That Neill Blomkampf guy looks (emphasis LOOKS) like he has some potential. Those Halo shorts were pretty cool on such a low budget. If Hollywood wants to give big budgets to a no-name fanboy, let it be him.

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cypress550 writes:
on Jan 15 2008 08:20 AM

lets hope this news is true

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Gimy writes:
on Jan 15 2008 08:33 AM

edblake...he must give good head. who knows, maybe its like a dare thing between actors. "hey jason...i bet you won't...take a role where you play a tranvestite hooker from Thailand that has to win a dancing contest to afford the surgery for a sex change! well, its either that ooooor...you do a movie with Uwe boll. i dare you!" it has to be something. i saw Bloodrayne and initially saw the cast and i'm like...woah, this should be great! this is before i knew of Boll. i have never seen GOOD actors be so bad. i actually pressed rewind during some of those scenes and tried to study how the h3ll a guy can take GOOD actors and make them sh3t. only other guy i've seen do it THAT well is george lucas. its almost impressive if you think about it. take really good actors and somehow make them horrible. it'd be like coaching the 1992 USA Dream Team(jordan, magic, bird)...and having them lose to the Republic of ****scanistan.

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Astr0creep writes:
on Jan 15 2008 09:08 AM

Well, one thing Uwe thought us is that good actors don't make good movies. Good writers and directors make good movies.

Actors are nothing more than props that move and speak on their own.

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Prosper761 writes:
on Jan 15 2008 09:44 AM

German lawmakers must have finally seen one of Boll's films and realized what they were allowing him to do to the unsuspecting movie-going public. I say we celebrate their decision to stop Dr. Boll and his insidious plot to ruin movies forever...

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