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Knights of Badassdom

  • 2013
  • R
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
22K
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Knights of Badassdom (2013)
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Live-action role players conjure up a demon from Hell by mistake and they must deal with the consequences.Live-action role players conjure up a demon from Hell by mistake and they must deal with the consequences.Live-action role players conjure up a demon from Hell by mistake and they must deal with the consequences.

  • Director
    • Joe Lynch
  • Writers
    • Kevin Dreyfuss
    • Matt Wall
  • Stars
    • Ryan Kwanten
    • Steve Zahn
    • Peter Dinklage
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    22K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joe Lynch
    • Writers
      • Kevin Dreyfuss
      • Matt Wall
    • Stars
      • Ryan Kwanten
      • Steve Zahn
      • Peter Dinklage
    • 111User reviews
    • 78Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Ryan Kwanten
    Ryan Kwanten
    • Joe
    Steve Zahn
    Steve Zahn
    • Eric
    Peter Dinklage
    Peter Dinklage
    • Hung
    Summer Glau
    Summer Glau
    • Gwen
    D.R. Anderson
    D.R. Anderson
    • Eddie #2
    • (as Dan Anderson)
    • …
    W. Earl Brown
    W. Earl Brown
    • Randy
    Michael Carpenter
    • Guy Elf
    Kevin Connell
    • King Kerry
    Sean Cook
    • Winston
    Khanh Doan
    • Andie
    Michael Gladis
    Michael Gladis
    • King Diamond
    Basil Harris
    • Eddie #1
    Brett Gipson
    Brett Gipson
    • Gunther
    Tom Hopper
    Tom Hopper
    • Gunther
    • (credit only)
    Margarita Levieva
    Margarita Levieva
    • Beth
    Joshua Malina
    Joshua Malina
    • Travis
    Brendan McKian
    Brendan McKian
    • Joe (Singing Voice)
    • (voice)
    • (as Brendan McCreary)
    Nathan O'Neil
    • Dragon Ride I
    • Director
      • Joe Lynch
    • Writers
      • Kevin Dreyfuss
      • Matt Wall
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    6BigGuy

    Better than expected

    I thought I would watch 5 minutes and then turn it off, ended up watching the whole thing. It was a very odd movie overall, and probably takes the right mindset to enjoy. Basically take a movie with the plot described, but written by high schoolers. Then give them some decent actors, a decent director and a decent film crew. Then have the high schoolers make sure they include the "good" stuff and you pretty much have this movie. So it is a weird hodge podge of decent B-movie, with some A-actors, and a high school film project. I enjoyed it, even if it wasn't great and at times pretty uneven. BTW there is quite a bit of blood and gore, but it isn't super graphic despite that.
    7CelluloidDog

    Fun, actually solid comedy

    Rarely do immature comedies get approval or good ratings. There are a few: Dumb and Dumber or There's Something About Mary….or anyone of Will Farrell's movies. But perhaps viewers take themselves too seriously. This film is centered around a LARP (live action role-playing game) battleground where characters do often take themselves seriously in some sense. Often costumes are makeshift and battle scenes are amateurish. Authenticity is mixed since imagination takes precedence. The movie takes the same approach, hence, the goofy dragon and monster from hell. Peter Dinklage as Hung is a fun, atypical hero and Summer Glau is slinky as Gwen (isn't every medieval female lead named Gwen, short for Guinevere?). Watch it for fun, light humor. It is funny, geeky and goofy. The subtitles are cute/creative, direction is average, acting is average (actors usually shouting), script is good at times, flat at other times and some gag just doesn't work. It's a slightly above average comedy but you have to appreciate the geekiness and lightness of the film. I'd give it a 6.2-6.3 rating…round off to a 7 just to counter the critics. Just unserious fun to bring a smile and chuckle but maybe not for everyone.
    7imbendingtime

    Not as bad as the reviews

    It's not as bad as some of the reviews make it out. But you do have to be a geek at heart.

    You don't have to be a LARPer necessarily, but you do have to know a little about the culture. There are a lot of jokes and references that if you know nothing about roll play, LARP or just general geekdom, they will pass you by.

    So yeah its not for everyone, but it is funny and the actors all put in exceptional performances for what it is.

    It's not meant to be a block buster CG extravaganza, so don't expect a block buster action horror and you will enjoy it.

    But again, if you know nothing about geek culture this will go right over your head.

    Great performances by all, need to say that again.
    6jaywensley2004

    Genre mash-up makes for a fun video and popcorn evening

    LARP's on a lark get chewed up and spit out for laughs in "Knights of Badassdom" (BTW: a terrible title!). The elaborate medieval role players are nothing but gore fodder, the production values are surprisingly high (the costumes are brilliant) and one of my favorite actresses (Summer Glau) is a highlight as she vamps it up in a pretty-good bad movie. This movie is made to order for Riff Trax, or just gather your nerdiest friends for a night of (deliberately) cringe-worthy dialogue and as fine a rednecks vs. nerds battle as has ever been filmed.

    I would compare this movie to "Sharknado" in that both give the impression of being movies that were originally written as serious genre films (disaster and horror respectively) and someone had the sense to make them so over the top as to become entertaining camp.
    6knight110tim

    Promising Start, But Doesn't Know Where To Go...

    Knights Of Badassdom exists in a mystical confluence, equal parts Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Animal House, Galaxy Quest and Friday 13th but never quite rises to the brilliance of its forebears.

    Having just been dumped by his girlfriend, wannabe doom metal singer Joe (True Blood's Ryan Kwanten) is 'kidnapped' by his two best friends - hardcore LARPers Eric (Steve Zahn) and Hung (Game Of Thrones' Peter Dinklage) - to the site of their next big event, The Battle Of Evermore.

    Joe is reluctantly talked into joining the Live Action Role Playing game - helped by the presence of the lovely Gwen (Firefly's Summer Glau) - but, unfortunately, in his quest for authenticity Eric has purchased a magical tome off eBay that turns out to be a long lost book belonging to the famous Elizabethan sorcerer John Dee.

    When Eric reads a page at random as a mock spell, he unknowingly summons a succubus from Hell that proceeds to feed on the souls of the LARPers.

    Soon after that Joe and Gwen realise that people are dying for real and take up arms to strike back at the monstrous demon and try to save their friends.

    Knights Of Badassdom starts very promisingly, with plenty of loving nods to both LARPing and Dungeons & Dragons (this certainly isn't a mockery of geeks), but once the horror aspect enters the mix, the film doesn't really know where to go.

    Now, I'm pretty certain that I read a ways back that this release of the film was not the director's vision of the story but a cut put together by the producers. This might explain the feeling that after a while the story is just spinning its wheels.

    What starts off as belly-laughing funny (very much in the style of The Big Bang Theory, but with more swearing) that had me thinking this might one day equal The Holy Grail as geeks' go-to game quote movie eventually lapses into mildly amusing, by-the-numbers fare.

    There are plot holes a-plenty and a lot of undeveloped characters (for instance, what was the deal with the redneck paint-ballers and their major hate-on for the LARPers? Outside of explaining why the police didn't turn up at the camp site when the slaughter began, they were totally redundant to the plot), which again suggests to me to retrospective re-cutting of the film for whatever reason, making do with what footage was on-hand.

    Don't get me wrong, it's good and certainly clever in parts, but there's an inescapable feeling that it could have been much better. There are some great characters, and great "in-story" world-building by the LARPers, but it all degenerates into a big slug-fest with a rubber-suit monster.

    Depending on your mood - and your attitude to random absurdity in movies - the climax of Knights Of Badassdom will either have you smirking at its ridiculousness or reaching for the remote control to turn off the television.

    It's such a shame because I genuinely believe this could have been - if done right - a cult classic. As it is, I fear it will simply be swept under the carpet as a missed opportunity and promptly forgotten about.

    Of course, the film's biggest mistake: not enough Dinklage.

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    • Trivia
      The main cast went through Live Action Role Playing sessions before filming and Peter Dinklage was declared the most successful out of everyone.
    • Goofs
      At around 6 minutes, Larry Zerner can be seen smiling when he's supposed to be storming off angrily.
    • Quotes

      Eric: And Guinevere the fearless, who's plus-three ass of perfection should keep the memory of she who should not be mentioned at bay.

      Gwen: Plus-three? Clearly you underestimate my endowments.

    • Connections
      Featured in Men in Suits (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Into the Abyss
      Written by Kevin Dreyfuss, Bear McCreary, and Matt Wall

      Performed by Brendan McCreary

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    • Release date
      • April 11, 2014 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hiệp Sĩ Vương Quốc Bá Đạo
    • Filming locations
      • Spokane, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bayview Films
      • IndieVest Pictures
      • North by Northwest Entertainment
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $123,854
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,449
      • Jan 26, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $123,854
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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