Rating of
3.5/4
Smarter-than-average sword & sorcery spectacle
Indyfreak - wrote on 06/20/23
What an effortlessly fun and charming romp this was. The directors embraced the weirdness of the D&D game without belittling it or getting too obsessed with minor details. Instead they let the action and humor do the world-building. Meanwhile the cast is clearly having a good time.
Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez have a nice rapport together as two rogues who gather a team for a near-impossible heist. Hugh Grant is quite funny as a dastardly schemer who holds Pine’s daughter captive.
The action scenes are energetic and zany. There is a lot of cgi but it looks cool and imaginative instead of mind-numbing. The script feels like the lines are improvised and the dialogue is very quippy. It does have a James Gunn/Joss Whedon
sensibility to it.
This movie could have easily been tiresome and ponderous. But luckily the cast and crew made it quite enjoyable to watch.
