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Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:2
Rotten:22
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Critics say this movie has a cheap look and is badly directed. Despite the presence of talented actors, the performances are really bad, and additionally, some people are offended at Marlon Wayans' character, calling it a racist throwback to black stereotypes.
Theatrical Release:Dec 8, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $14,813,627
Synopsis:
The Empire of Izmer has long been a divided land. The Mages -- an elite group of magic users -- rule whilst the lowly commoners are powerless. Izmer's young Empress, Savina (Thora Birch), wants...
The Empire of Izmer has long been a divided land. The Mages -- an elite group of magic users -- rule whilst the lowly commoners are powerless. Izmer's young Empress, Savina (Thora Birch), wants equality and prosperity for all, but the evil Mage Profion (Jeremy Irons) is plotting to depose her, and establish his own rule.
The Empress possesses a scepter which controls Izmer's Golden Dragons. To challenge her rule, Profion must have the scepter, and tricks the Council of Mages into believing Savina is unfit to hold it. Knowing that Profion will bring death and destruction to Izmer, Savina, must find the legendary Rod of Savrille, a mythical rod that has the power to control Red Dragons, a species even mightier than the Gold.
Enter two thieves, Ridley (Justin Whalin) and Snails (Marlon Wayans), who unwittingly become instrumental in Savina's search for the Rod. Joined by a feisty Dwarf named Elwood (Lee Arenberg), and helped by the Empress's expert tracker, the Elf Norda (Kristen Wilson), the young heroes go in search of the Rod of Savrille.
From the deadly maze of the Thieves Guild at Antius to an Elven Village, secret grotto and abandoned castles, Ridley and his band must outwit Profion's chief henchman Damodar (Bruce Payne) at every turn while back in Izmer, Profion prepares to do battle with the Empress. All depends on the Rod, but outcome of the race to reach it first is far from certain, and Izmar's very survival hangs in the balance…
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch, Justin Whalin, Bruce Payne
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch, Justin Whalin, Bruce Payne, Marlon Wayans, Kristen Wilson, Lee Arenberg, Robert Miano, Tom Baker, Richard O'Brien, Zoe McLellan, Edward Jewesbury
Director: Courtney Solomon
Director: Courtney Solomon
Screenwriter: Topper Lilien, Mark Leahy, Carroll Cartwright
Producer: Corey Solomon, Kia Jam, Tom Hammell
Composer: Justin Caine Burnett
Studio: New Line Cinema
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Reviews for Dungeons & Dragons
The average episode of Xena or Hercules offers a more compelling and imaginative photoplay.
The special effects ... are nothing special, which is as close as this painfully derivative clunker is ever going to get to a ringing endorsement.
The movie has the cheap software look of something found on the Space channel at 4 a.m.
This movie may be the clumsiest, most inept cinematic exploitation of an item with kid appeal that we have yet seen.
Sinks in a sea of cheesy effects, cheap clichés, dispiriting narrative and the one thing an action fantasy can't afford: boredom.
It's not so much like stepping into the pages of The Hobbit as being thrust into the random action of a video game.
Alas, much of the dialogue is the silliest sort of fantasy mush, and a good deal of the picture appears to have been shot while the lighting guys were out to lunch.
The Wayans role is a total cringe -- a cowardly and stupid nonstop talker who is easily manipulated by and wholly devoted to his mentally superior buddy.
If you don't like the movie, it's solely because you're not a fan of this type of escapism. It couldn't possibly be because the movie stinks. Well, this one does.
A mildly entertaining but tepid extravaganza more suited to television than the big screen.
This tacky-looking, incoherent, badly acted and hopelessly directed disaster is easily the dullest adventure film of 2000.
All the dungeon masters, warriors and illusionists out there who have devoted countless late-night hours to D&D have a right to feel disrespected, if not insulted.
The disconnects are so strange that with a little more effort, they could have become a style.
Consists of a barrage of poorly staged fight scenes and dialogue that not even Arnold Schwarzeneggar in Conan the Barbarian could bring himself to utter.
An ambitious spectacle that should enthrall preteens and remind their parents of the innovative daring of the Star Wars movies.
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