"Black Knight" is a moderately funny movie, about a man, Jamal, who falls into a lake, and travels back to the middle ages. At first, he thinks he just traveled downstream and found his way to a rival amusement park with a renaissance theme. He wanders around thinking everyone is too serious about their character. When he is stopped at the gates he tries to convince the guards to let him in, but due to his manner of speaking, the guards cannot fully understand him. When Jamal mentions the amusement park he works at on Normandy street, the guards think he is a messenger from Normandy. They take Jamal to see the king, who he thinks is the amusement park's boss. After he delivers a fake message to the king, he is introduced to a beautiful woman who leads him to his bedroom. The woman notices Jamal is wearing a symbolic necklace that only people of the resistance wears. She assumes Jamal is here to kill the king, so she reveals that she is also part of the resistance. Confused, Jamal finds out that he really is back in time and must find a way to get back home. If he does not return home by the time the real messenger arrives the evil king will execute him. But since he falls in love with the rebel woman he must decide between helping the resistance, or leaving them behind and returning home.
If I had to give it a rating, I would say 3/5. It is filled with "clueless person" type of humor, which I love, but sometimes over done in this movie. Most of the dramatic irony that takes place in this movie is when he first travels back in time. The audience knows he is in the medieval ages, but the character on screen still thinks he is in the present. He walks around talking in an "odd" manner and shows zero respect towards the king, who could very easily execute him. This makes the start of the film pretty funny, but after a while it focuses more on the story and less on the jokes. Still I would recommend this movie if you have not seen it yet.
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