Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Lets The Good Times Roll

Matt The Catania

Apr 2

In high school, I never got invited to play Dungeons & Dragons with my so-called friends. That's right: I wasn't cool enough for D&D! I did play one game later & found the math-centric experience unappetizing. Shows like Stranger Things & The Flash have tried to make playing Gary Gygax's tabletop role playing game look hip (In Riverdale, citizens play Gryphons & Gargoyles instead! Sadly it'd be anachronistic in the 50's, though that might not stop 'em from tossing G&G back into the mix.), but I'm not amused by watching others play games without boards. Pick a better subject for me to live vicariously through! There was an open game license scandal by Hasbro & Wizards Of The Coast that infuriated hardcore players this year, but I was able to bypass it completely by not being a gamer.

Luckily the makers of the delightful Game Night have adapted expansive game franchise into an actual fantasy movie rather than unexciting voyeurism. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is actually the fourth DnD film. The second & third went straight to video, so you're excused for only remembering Jeremy Irons devouring scenery to renovate his Irish castle in the original. The first is referenced in its subtitle. DADHAT is a pretty snappy acronym. So I will never stop calling it that. I saw it on poisson d'Avril Lavigne, but this critique is no jest. Roll your icosahedrons if you got 'em for this SPOILER review! Or would you rather wait until Jarnathan arrives?