The Kid Who Would be King tells the story of Alex, a twelve-year-old British schoolboy whose everyday problems are dwarfed by his discovery of the mythical sword Excalibur. Now, with the most powerful sword in history in the hands of the most powerless schoolboy in Britain, an epic adventure begins as Alex and his friends must thwart a medieval villain named Morgana, who is hell-bent on destroying the world.
This was your textbook January released family film. It has no business really being in theaters or getting a wide release but at this point families are so desperate to take their kids to something not called Mary Poppins that Hollywood throws something like this out there to take the parents' money. And that is pretty much exactly what this is. A borderline at best family movie to watch that takes a known story, puts a twist on it and preaches a bunch of morals and what not to the kids and families that are watching.
I wouldn't really recommend families drop the money it would cost to go see this on this movie. I know it's like a few more weeks but there will be much better family movie options soon with Lego Movie 2 and How To Train Your Dragon 3. Just wait for those.
