Message from the King

Poster coming soon

Theatrical - Wide 2013

Directed by James McTeigue
Written by Oliver Butcher Stephen Cornwell

Genres: Action Thriller

JoBlo's Rating

7/10

Synopsis

A mysterious outsider comes into Los Angeles from South Africa looking for his sister. When he finds her in the morgue, dead and with her eye poked out and her toe cut off, he begins a quest through every dark... See more and dirty corner of Los Angeles to discover what happened to her.

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Trailer: Chadwick Boseman is out for revenge in Message from the King

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In CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, Chadwick Boseman played a man from Africa who was on a mission to avenge the death of a loved one, in that case his father. The South Carolina native will again be playing an African...

Review: Message from the King (TIFF 2016)

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PLOT: A man (Chadwick Boseman) from South Africa travels to L.A to find out what happened to his estranged sister. After finding her brutally tortured corpse in the morgue, he sets out to solve her murder and take brutal revenge....

Director James McTeigue is currently casting up Message from the King

Posted 14 years ago

Originally announced way back in July of 2011, the next project from James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) has taken its sweet time getting going. But McTeigue revealed in a recent interview that the casting process is currently underway for the...

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Review: Message from the King (TIFF 2016)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A man (Chadwick Boseman) from South Africa travels to L.A to find out what happened to his estranged sister. After finding her brutally tortured corpse in the morgue, he sets out to solve her murder and take brutal revenge....

Trailer: Chadwick Boseman is out for revenge in Message from the King

In CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, Chadwick Boseman played a man from Africa who was on a mission to avenge the death of a loved one, in that case his father. The South Carolina native will again be playing an African...

Posted 9 years ago

All Articles

Review: Message from the King (TIFF 2016)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A man (Chadwick Boseman) from South Africa travels to L.A to find out what happened to his estranged sister. After finding her brutally tortured corpse in the morgue, he sets out to solve her murder and take brutal revenge....

Director James McTeigue is currently casting up Message from the King

Posted 14 years ago

Originally announced way back in July of 2011, the next project from James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) has taken its sweet time getting going. But McTeigue revealed in a recent interview that the casting process is currently underway for the...

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