Earlier today, I watched the action-adventure fantasy Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves at AMC theaters.
I never played the Hasbro game that this film is based on, but I will say that Honor Among Thieves itself is both a fun and funny film!
The story is about a pickpocket named Edgin Darvis (Chris Pine), who set out to take back his daughter Kira (Chloe Coleman) and the 'tablet of awakening' from Forge Fitzwilliam (Hugh Grant) after Edgin entrusted them to his friend after a heist went awry two years before.
Edgin wasn't alone in his journey...as he had Holga Kilgore (Michelle Rodriguez), Simon Aumar (Justice Smith), Doric (Sophia Lillis) and—albeit briefly—Xenk Yandar (Regé-Jean Page) to help him carry out his plan.
The reason why Edgin needed to reclaim the tablet of awakening was to resurrect his wife Zia (Georgia Landers), who was killed by the blade of a Red Wizard before Darvis eventually met Holga, Simon and company. It didn't help that Forge was now in cahoots with Sofina (Daisy Head)...another Red Wizard who was responsible for getting Edgin and Holga sent to a dungeon after the ill-fated heist.
I won't spoil the rest of the story for you (except to say that the climax paid a hilarious homage to Hulk thrashing Loki at the end of 2012's The Avengers), but I will point out that this is personally the best Chris Pine movie I've seen since he first played Captain Kirk in 2009's Star Trek! His on-screen chemistry with Michelle Rodriguez worked in Honor Among Thieves (no, nothing romantic happened between them during the movie... Only great comedic timing in their scenes), and you believed the camaraderie that Edgin and Holga formed with Simon, Doric and Xenk during their adventure.
And just like his role in the recent Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Hugh Grant played the wealthy smooth-talking criminal in Dungeons & Dragons...though unlike in Operation Fortune, Hugh Grant's character eventually had to atone for his mistakes in Honor Among Thieves.
Daisy Head was great as Sofina—a villain who would feel right at home in a Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and even Star Wars film. Speaking of Lord of the Rings, Honor Among Thieves took place in some beautiful locales as well...but in areas shot in Iceland and Northern Ireland, not in New Zealand.
I would have to say that Paramount Pictures did a great job turning Dungeons & Dragons into such a hilarious and fun-filled flick! Hasbro should be proud.
Though ironically, the 2012 movie Battleship—which was also based on a Hasbro board game of the same name—wasn't as well-received by critics over a decade ago. That's a shame considering that Battleship was a decent sci-fi action film; it would've gotten a different response had Universal Pictures not associated the movie with an old kid's game.
Going back to Honor Among Thieves, Bradley Cooper had a hilarious cameo in this film. Go see it in theaters now to find out who he played in the movie...
Two thumbs up for Dungeons & Dragons!
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