The Excalibur Kid (1999)

Zack doesn't have your ordinary adolescent problems. Transported back in time to medieval England, he lands in the middle of a vicious battle between an evil witch and Merlin, the master ... See full summary »

Director:

James Head

Writer:

Antony Anderson

Stars:

Jason McSkimming, François Klanfer, Mac Fyfe

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason McSkimming	...	Zack
François Klanfer	...	Merlin (as Francois Klanfer)
Mac Fyfe	...	Arthur (as Mak Fyfe)
Francesca Scorsone	...	Morgause
Natalie Ester	...	Gwyneth
Serban Celea	...	Sir Ector
Theodor Danetti	...	Old Man at Court (as Teodor Danetti)
George Duta	...	Jeffy
Camelia Maxim	...	Gail
Claudiu Trandafir	...	Jim
Constantin Draganescu	...	Old Man with Cart
Iulia Boros	...	Innkeeper
Adrian Ciobanu	...	King Carados
Vitalie Bantas	...	Dolt 1 (as Vitalie Bantis)
Marcel Cobzariu	...	Dolt 2 (as Marcelo Cobzariu)

Storyline

Zack doesn't have your ordinary adolescent problems. Transported back in time to medieval England, he lands in the middle of a vicious battle between an evil witch and Merlin, the master sorcerer, for control of Arthur's kingdom. It's up to Zack to help Merlin and Arthur reclaim the magic sword Excalibur and return Arthur to his rightful place on the throne.

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Plot Keywords:

magic | excalibur | sword fight | fencing | merlin the magician | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief mild language

Details

Country:

Canada Romania USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Magia de Excalibur

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canarom Productions, Castel Film Romania, Chesler/Perlmutter Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofs Scarface (1983)

User Reviews

Decent in its way

First of all, there is no "real" story of Arthur except that there's about a 51% chance that someone called (not necessarily named) Arthur lived in the 5th century, and helped hold off the invasion of Britain by the Saxons for several generations. The rest of it is fiction, and maybe it all is. Some of it is from legends that were floating around the area of modern Ukraine hundreds of years before Arthur, but somehow got attached to him, but most of it is from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when every writer in Europe wanted to write a better Arthur story than the last guy. (Without copyright laws, no one can say what is "canon" and what is "fanfic".)

"Modern guy finds himself in Camelot" is a very old idea; it's been done dozens of times, and a lot of the attempts have been dumber than this one. At least the young hero has some idea of what's happening to him, instead of being the brainless slacker I expected.

"The Excalibur Kid" is an agreeable time-waster at the worst.