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Dungeons And Dragons

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Mathew Scott

Starring Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Zoe McLellan

Director Courtney Solomon

Category IIB

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No, this is not a documentary about the Central shop Fetish Fashion, it's a film based on the sword and sorcery role-playing game that swept the world back in the 1980s.

The plot of this muddled affair has something to do with red and golden dragons, a thing called the Rod of Savrille, a couple of thieves (Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans), dwarfs, elves, a sect called Mages, and an evil dude called Profion (played by Jeremy Irons, who really needs a word in his ear).

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Profion wants to control this fantasy world. They should have just let him have it; at least then things would have ended sooner. The cast bumbles its way through proceedings like no one really knew what was going on. And, I suspect, no one did. Okay, fans of the game might take something away from the cinema, but it'll be a mystery to anyone else.

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