Black Knight is a 2001 American fantasy adventure buddy comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Martin Lawrence. In addition to Lawrence, Black Knight had a supporting cast of Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, and Kevin Conway. In the film, Lawrence plays Jamal, a theme park employee who is transported through time to medieval England. The film was shot at various locations in North Carolina, mainly Wilmington and Carolina Beach. Black Knight was theatrically released on November 21, 2001 to negative reviews and grossed $39.9 million against a production budget of $50 million. Plot Jamal Walker is a slacker working at Medieval World theme park, which is about to have big competition from Castle World. While cleaning the park's moat, he tries to retrieve a medallion and gets sucked into 1328 England. He first meets the drunkard Knolte, then finds what he believes is Castle World, so he goes to investigate. They believe he is a French Moor, from Normandy, as he tells them he is from Florence and Normandie, a famous intersection in LA. Jamal is soon taken to King Leo, who assumes he is the Normandy messenger he's expecting to unite England and Normandy. He realizes it isn't a theme park after witnessing a beheading. Introducing himself as Jamal "Sky" Walker, his high school basketball nickname, he gains the king's trust by accidentally preventing his assassination, and is made a lord and head of security. Jamal learns from Victoria, a chambermaid, that the king overthrew the former queen. Jamal, believing he can't help, tells her so. Debating with Victoria, who insists that his medallion deems him to be a man of honor, she leaves, frustrated with his cowardice. Later that night, Princess Regina, the king's daughter who is infatuated with Jamal, sneaks into his bed. He believes she is Victoria, so sleeps with her. The real Norman messenger arrives, seeking the Princess Regina's hand in marriage for his liege, so Jamal is exposed as a fraud. The infuriated king throws him into the dungeon to be executed. In the dungeon, two failed assassins tell the tale of the Black Knight. He could not be bought or bribed, and fought for justice. He had been swallowed whole with a gold sword by a fierce dragon, so he cut himself from its belly and could himself breathe the fire of the dragon. The three are brought forth for