Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Courtney Solomon

Writers (WGA):

Topper Lilien (written by) &
Carroll Cartwright (written by)

Release Date:

8 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Action

Tagline:

This is no game.

Plot:

Profion, a tyrant attempts to overthrow a peaceful kingdom ruled by a tough empress.

Plot Keywords:

Scepter | Mage | Dragon | Council | Dwarf

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jeremy Irons	...	Profion
Bruce Payne	...	Damodar
Justin Whalin	...	Ridley Freeborn
Marlon Wayans	...	Snails
Robert Miano	...	Azmath
Tomas Havrlik	...	Mage
Thora Birch	...	Empress Savina
Edward Jewesbury	...	Vildan Vildir
Zoe McLellan	...	Marina Pretensa
Lee Arenberg	...	Elwood Gutworthy
Kristen Wilson	...	Norda
Martin Astles	...	Orc #1
Matthew O'Toole	...	Orcs
David O'Kelly	...	Three Eyes
Richard O'Brien	...	Xilus

Also Known As:

Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie (UK) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA | Czech Republic

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #37857) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Company:

Behaviour Worldwide

Trivia:

The trailers for this film listed none of the cast, not even Jeremy Irons.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ridley is in the part of the maze with the corridor of fire, he sees the oval shaped exit quickly closing and pauses to prepare to jump through it. When he looks again, the exit has not closed further, but is actually larger than when he looked earlier.

Quotes:

[Ridley has just completed a deadly maze and retrieved the Eye of the Dragon]
Xilus: So, why don't you give me what's rightfully mine? Hmm?
Ridley: What about honor amongst thieves?
Xilus: [Xilus laughs] Oh, what a romantic notion. Do you honestly believe that I could've amassed the wealth that I have if I worried about honor? Ooh, no, no, no, no, no, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. So, pretty boy, if you don't want Hugo here to come rearrange your features for you, I suggest you just give it up.

Movie Connections:

References "The Crystal Maze" (1990)

disgraceful

I can only hope and pray that all the actors and actresses who appear in this film realise their mistake and get alternative means of income, they should be ashamed of the performances they put in. Marlon Wayans does an irritatingly poor and ill-advised Chris Rock impression all the way through the film that just makes you squirm and cringe. The other performances ranged from the badly cast, Thora Birch whose other work has been superb, as the princess to the ridiculous, represented by the performance of Justin Whalin. The total lack of any character development (which for me was needed as the characters are different from the cartoon I used to love) and the shallow acting all meant that I couldn't have cared less what happened to the characters, let alone cling on to the paper thin plot. With all this though, I sat through the entire movie,waiting for the end and feeling sure that Rocky and Bullwinkle Must be better than this pile of toss, and that dude, is saying a LOT...