Uwe Boll And The Strange World Of Film Incentives
Uwe Boll And The Strange World Of Film Incentives Introduction Uwe Boll. Arguably the worst filmmaker in the modern filmmaking world and yet his films, despite being mind-bogglingly atrocious, aren't even the thing that intrigues me most about him. And despite the fact that he's worked with immensely actors like Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Ben Kingsley, J.K. Simmons, and John Rhys-Davies among others, even that doesn't intrigue me as much as the budgets that Uwe Boll has managed to cobble together. According to IMDb, Alone In The Dark (2005) was reported to have a budget of $20 million. BloodRayne (also 2005) took it one step further by managing to rake in $25 million. And of course, In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) had a whopping budget of $60 million! Of course, adjusting for inflation, that would amount to nearly $83 million! Now, you might say: "His films suck big time, but they make money and if they make money, that's enough for the stud...