Over the last few weeks, we’ve all been trying to guess what the Cineworld Unlimited Secret Screening 15 would be, tonight we finally found out what the movie was and it was Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves which was greeted with several whoops and sadly four walkouts!
The new movie is based on the popular game stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head and Hugh Grant. A charming thief (Pine) and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the legendary roleplaying game’s rich world and playful spirit to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure that will have you laughing out loud.
When we get the announcement from Cineworld about a Secret Screening there is so much speculation and excitement about what the movie could be and last month we brought you a list of the possible movies that the Cineworld Secret Screening 15 could be.
We listed Dungeons & Dragons and had our fingers very tightly crossed that it would be the movie and thankfully it was, I have to say a big thanks to Cineworld for bringing us the movie a little early, it is a movie that was so much fun to watch, not only for the all-out action throughout the movie, what I wasn’t expecting was the amount of comedy and one-liners that had the majority of the people in the screening laughing out loud, me included.
There isn’t anything really complicated about the movie, it flows well and the cast is fantastic on screen, I have to say that I’m not a player of D&D, but there are some moments that I picked up on that you would get in the roleplaying games, look out for a moment when the team are going to cross a bridge and Xenk (Regé-Jean Page) tells them the complicated way of crossing the bridge, it’s a hysterical moment.
Also, look out for some laughs in a graveyard as Edgin (Chris Pine) attempts to communicate with the dead with funny moments such as trying to get a corpse (Darren Kent) to answer the 5 questions that will help to continue their quest.
With any movie of this genre, it’s the special effects that help the movie bring the world of Dungeons & Dragons alive on the screen, the effects are great and certainly take you off to the world of the forgotten realms, with its CGI effects and physical effects and make up that take on that journey.
There are also some nice surprises in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, remember when we had the effects for the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings? Well, there are a couple of moments like that and a nice little surprise with a cameo role that did have some laughs ringing out at the Secret Screening.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is such a fun movie, its running time of 2h 14m just flew by, after seeing the trailer a few times during trips to the cinema, I didn’t think that the movie would be packed with so much comedy, but that’s not a bad thing. All the comedy adds to the thrill of the ride while watching the movie.
An All-out Action Comedy with Plenty of Laughs
Movie title: Dungeons & Dragons: honor Among Thieves
Movie description: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Date published: March 12, 2023
Country: UK
Duration: 2h 14m
Director(s): John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Actor(s): Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Summary
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is packed with action and plenty of comedy to keep you entertained through the run-time.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
