Black Knight

Screenwriter Darryl Quarles follows up his smash hit Big Momma's House (2000) with another raucous Martin Lawrence collaboration. Lawrence stars as Jamal Walker, an employee at a medieval-themed mini-golf course who wakes up in 14th century England after a blow to the head. Jamal has soon allied ...more

A dispiriting trend from the late '90s has seen countless films chart the interplay of a sassy fast-talker and his polar opposites, and Black Knight is about as good, as bad, and certainly as obvious as these movies get. Those who saw the trailer probably even guessed the inevitable title before it hit the screen at the trailer's end. Eras and cultures have clashed so often on film that the lines practically write themselves, and what screenwriter Darryl Quarles adds to this one is Martin ...more