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Special Features
- Rolling the Dice: adapting the game to the screen
- The Arc: a conversation with Gary Gygax
- DVD-ROM link to gameplay guide
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Wrath of the Dragon God, the sequel to the unfortunate 2000 theatrical release Dungeons and Dragons, is a pleasant surprise in that it not only hews closer to the popular role-playing game that provides its source material, but it's also an enjoyable fantasy adventure with plenty of action and special effects. Longtime movie heel Bruce Payne, who played a second-string villain in the first film, returns here as the evil sorcerer Damodar, who uses a sinister magic orb to launch an attack against a kingdom; a brave but untested group of adventurers (all character types from the game) band together to fight Damodar and his legion of monsters. Gerry Lively, a veteran director of photography on numerous low-budget genre films, guides the proceedings with a capable hand, and the script wisely jettisons the aggravating humor of the previous film in favor of straightforward action and derring-do. --Paul Gaita
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This sequel to Dungeons & Dragons, based on the popular role-playing game, fills the screen with amazing visual effects of spectral ghouls, diabolical traps, thundering armies and huge winged dragons. The story follows five champions of Izmer who must perform prodigious feats of brain, brawn and sorcery.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
DVD ROM Features
Documentary:ROLLING THE DICE: Adopting the Game to the Screen
Interviews:Conversation with Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons
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69 of 76 people found the following review helpful
By Fallensbane
Format:DVD
I have to say I enjoyed it quite a bit. The hero's consist of a Rogue, barbarian, fighter, cleric and wizard. Some funny moments involving the barbarian and the rogue were great. Special effects overall were fine. Nothing award winning but they did the job.
The traps in the film were good, one in particular I absoletly loved. We got to see what happened when spells don't quite work out the way you expected them to (oh oh).
We got to see more of the MM (Monster Manual) creatures in this one than the original (which was basically just a bunch of dragons).
I got to see my favorite creature cause some havoc (Magmin).
Now to put a rumor to rest. Damador is definately NOT a caster in this film. Though they do not say it outright there is a scene in the movie that hints heavily at this (btw I also have official WotC stats the state Damodar at the time of the original movie to be a lvl 7 fighter). So the rumours that Damodar is a lich/caster are false, though there is a lich in the movie.
Overall I think the movie was far better than the original. I could see plenty of spots for improvement but I think they are finally doing the right thing, seems like WotC's imput in the film was listended to this time.
The special features though few are good.
Rolling the Dice: The cast, director and some others talk about translating D&D to screen. There are also behind the scenes clips of stunts and makeup effects.
The Arc: Gary Gygax talks about the characters of the movie, their roles and what he thought of them. Clips of each character in action are shown in this.
Servant of Decay: This is the DVD-Rom special feature. It is a 20+ page 3.5 adventure set in the WotDG world. The adventure takes place in one of Malek's Vault's.
The Commentary: The commentary is the one feature that is lacking on this dvd. Personally I don't care about Wizards of the Coast ED Starks thoughts on it, I would have preferred to have heard from the cast of the film, from what I saw in the other special features it looked like they had a great time making this!
The traps in the film were good, one in particular I absoletly loved. We got to see what happened when spells don't quite work out the way you expected them to (oh oh).
We got to see more of the MM (Monster Manual) creatures in this one than the original (which was basically just a bunch of dragons).
I got to see my favorite creature cause some havoc (Magmin).
Now to put a rumor to rest. Damador is definately NOT a caster in this film. Though they do not say it outright there is a scene in the movie that hints heavily at this (btw I also have official WotC stats the state Damodar at the time of the original movie to be a lvl 7 fighter). So the rumours that Damodar is a lich/caster are false, though there is a lich in the movie.
Overall I think the movie was far better than the original. I could see plenty of spots for improvement but I think they are finally doing the right thing, seems like WotC's imput in the film was listended to this time.
The special features though few are good.
Rolling the Dice: The cast, director and some others talk about translating D&D to screen. There are also behind the scenes clips of stunts and makeup effects.
The Arc: Gary Gygax talks about the characters of the movie, their roles and what he thought of them. Clips of each character in action are shown in this.
Servant of Decay: This is the DVD-Rom special feature. It is a 20+ page 3.5 adventure set in the WotDG world. The adventure takes place in one of Malek's Vault's.
The Commentary: The commentary is the one feature that is lacking on this dvd. Personally I don't care about Wizards of the Coast ED Starks thoughts on it, I would have preferred to have heard from the cast of the film, from what I saw in the other special features it looked like they had a great time making this!
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By KB
Format:DVD
I am a fan of the fantasy genre and have played Dungeons and Dragons way back when. Like most other folks who have fond memories of AD&D adventures, the film version based on D&D was a complete let-down. I wont go into a tirade about it, its been slammed enough!
Now comes a made-for Sci-Fi Channel sequel. I thought, yeah another Sci-Fi cheapie film with horrible production values and cartoonish CGI and wooden acting. I rented it anyway and was very suprised to find out how good it was. Granted, it was obviously made on a limtited budget, but it was above-average for a Sci-Fi Channel film. The film makers obviously had a love for the source material and took great pains to remain faithful to the spirit of D&D.
The plot is standard stuff: A city is in peril from a gathering Evil and a select few must become its champions and go forth on a quest to retrive a magical artifact and destroy said Evil once and for all.
All of the actors in their respective roles do a competent job of portraying their 'class'. However, the female Barbarian was more eye candy than anything else.
Bottom line: If you are a fan of D&D, rent it. The extras on the DVD are informative and entertaining, except the audio commentary. On the DVD I had, I could not hear Ed Stark( special projects manager for Wizards of the Coast) and the two other people on the track were in 'character' of a halfling thief and half-orc fighter. It got a bit annoying and there were gaps in the conversation.Maybe I had a defective disc, but I could not get through it all and shut it off.
Now comes a made-for Sci-Fi Channel sequel. I thought, yeah another Sci-Fi cheapie film with horrible production values and cartoonish CGI and wooden acting. I rented it anyway and was very suprised to find out how good it was. Granted, it was obviously made on a limtited budget, but it was above-average for a Sci-Fi Channel film. The film makers obviously had a love for the source material and took great pains to remain faithful to the spirit of D&D.
The plot is standard stuff: A city is in peril from a gathering Evil and a select few must become its champions and go forth on a quest to retrive a magical artifact and destroy said Evil once and for all.
All of the actors in their respective roles do a competent job of portraying their 'class'. However, the female Barbarian was more eye candy than anything else.
Bottom line: If you are a fan of D&D, rent it. The extras on the DVD are informative and entertaining, except the audio commentary. On the DVD I had, I could not hear Ed Stark( special projects manager for Wizards of the Coast) and the two other people on the track were in 'character' of a halfling thief and half-orc fighter. It got a bit annoying and there were gaps in the conversation.Maybe I had a defective disc, but I could not get through it all and shut it off.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Fastjack
Format:DVD
I really liked this movie, It first came out on Sci Fi Channel so it was a low budget sci fi channel movie. But over all it was a lot better then the first one. The first one had a 100 mill dollar budget and it sucked. This movie was pretty cool and done very will and fun to watch, Lionsgate / sci fi (NBC) done a lot better with a low budget. They actually followed what a group of adventurers would be doing during a average adventure. It brang me back to the old days of DnD.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb BluRay release
For the film itself it was certainly a step up from the first film, though that isn't really a difficult feat to pull off. Read more
Published 19 days ago by John Lynch
4.0 out of 5 stars
D&D Movie
Pretty good if you're a fan of D&D and RPGs. Story could be a little more interesting, but fun to see someone's vision of a game...
Published 2 months ago by C. Griffin
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lackluster very very low budget movie
The costumes are cheap cosplay types, with fake leather, etc and its obvious they are using foam weapons and armors. Read more
Published 3 months ago by CircleswithinCircles
4.0 out of 5 stars
You want dungeons and dragons? You got it
Although I've never played Dungeons & Dragons, I read one of the books years ago and numerous others from the sword & sorcery genre, especially REH's Conan, not to mention numerous... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Wuchak
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good movie great time filler
First off this movie isnt as bad as people say.ill admit it could be alot better.but it aint that bad its a great time filler. Read more
Published 5 months ago by charles
3.0 out of 5 stars
Only a 2-star movie, but a 4-star D&D movie.
Judged as a movie in general, this isn't very good. In fact, it's below average. Not bad, but below average. In star-rating terms: 2 stars. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Edward Dove
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sequel
This dull sequel to the Dungeons & Dragons movie (NOT the awesome Dragons of Autumn Twilight!!!) has little to offer other than a couple dragon scenes. It was filmed in Lithuania. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Joseph Adams
4.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect if you have played D&D or like it.
Ah yes I finaly get to unleash my inner nerd while watching this movie. This movie show what a game of dungeons and dragons would be like. Read more
Published on August 10, 2010 by Uvula25
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great sequel
Don't fore go this movie on the basis of the first. As other people said this one was MUCH better. For sure it could have been better in parts, but overall it was very good. Read more
Published on May 21, 2010 by Barry Steenbergh
1.0 out of 5 stars
Please stop already.
The second installment in this ongoing travesty has an even lower budget than the first. If you enjoy D&D (or were a fan in your youth) you will get more satisfaction from staring... Read more
Published on August 27, 2009 by P Trooper
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