Dungeons & Dragons

Synopsis: In a world where the forces of evil have magical powers and peasants are powerless, only a rag-tag group of young adventeres can save the day. Profion is the diabolical mage who plots to take over the kindom of Izmer. The Empress Savina fights to return peaceful times to her subjects. Now, the hopes of Izmer rest with Snails, Ridley, and the fighers brave enought to help them battle the dark forces of Profion. Dazzling special effects and spellbinding performances conjure up a supernatural film that brings the adventure home to you.

Rating: PG-13 Fantasy Action Violence.

Run Time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes

Director: Courtney Solomon

Dvd Extra's: Documentaries, Deleted Scenes, Feature Length Commentaries, Special Effects Deconstruction, Trailer, Cast and Crew, Subtitles: English.

Hidden Features: None

Nudity Factor: None

Of Note: This movie was created by director Courtney Solomon, this being his first film. He acquired the exclusive rights to make the film from TSR (Tactical Studies Rules), when he was only 19 years of age in 1990. Over the next 10 years, he put together the meager funding used to make this movie.

Recommendations: Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring -- Lord of the Rings - Return of the King -- Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

Trailer: Windows Media Player Dungeons & Dragons Trailer

Review by: Jason James Rating

The one bright spot of this film are some of the visual effects. Some of them are as good as any I have ever seen. Others lack major polish. To me the dragons were close to looking great but just didnt quite get there. The acting was hit or miss as well. Sometimes they were convincing others they were just laughable. I can appreciate that the director tried really hard to capture the spirit of Dungeons & Dragons and in several cases he did just that. One other aspect that just really didn't work for me was the costumes. The ones that didn't look like a rubber suit looked very cheap making the film seem like a cheap B movie. Granted the director raised the money for this film himself and had to spare coin somewhere. One area he didn't skimp on were locations. All the locations were done very well and complimented the feel of the movie very well. The Dungeons & Dragons universe has so much material to draw from that almost any movie is going to be a disapointment. This one falls short of many fans expectations as well as mine. Though I don't feel it is as bad as many do I still don't think it ever fully captured the spirit of Dungeons & Dragons.