Unfortunately, it was completely undeservedly lost in the cinema, but Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves now enjoys almost cult status. No wonder, there won’t be a dry eye here and there couldn’t be a more entertaining fantasy film. Today the extremely entertaining hit is coming to free TV for the first time.
The story of Dungeons & Dragons offers the best fantasy fare, but doesn’t take itself too seriously
Ex-bard Edgin (Chris Pine) was duped in a sophisticated robbery and ended up in prison. However, he is able to free himself from this with the help of the barbarian Holga. The two then team up with a wizard, a druid and a paladin – the perfect role-playing group is ready.
Together the party sets out to rob the villain Forge (Hugh Grant). However, he is not only in possession of a powerful and valuable relic, but is also in cahoots with the evil sorceress Sofina. The top secret mission Accordingly, it is not only extremely chaotic, but also very dangerous.
Dungeons & Dragons delivers perfect fantasy entertainment with lots of humor and a good pinch of heist action
This fantasy film doesn’t work like the rather serious The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but is aimed primarily at fans of the pen and paper role-playing game – and anyone with a lot of humor. That means: Here it is Every fantasy and DnD cliché has been ripped through the cracksbut also didn’t stop at self-irony.
One comes along refreshingly funny and enormously entertaining film who doesn’t shy away from exploring other genres. Ultimately, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves works largely like an exciting heist thriller, only in a fantasy world full of monsters, heroes and magic.
Is there a second part coming? If Dungeons & Dragons had been released just a few months later and after the release of the extremely successful video game Baldur’s Gate 3 (which is also based on Dungeons & Dragons), it would probably have been more successful in the cinema. But Chris Pine has already hinted at a sequel.
TV or stream: When and where does Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves come?
Sat.1 is showing the Dungeons and Dragons film for the first time on free TV this Sunday, November 24th. He expires 8:15 p.m with advertising until 11 p.m. and can then be watched again at 1:20 a.m. in the repeat. He will come again on Sunday, November 1st at 2:50 p.m.
Otherwise, the extremely funny and entertaining fantasy spectacle can also be streamed, for example on Netflix. But Apple TV, Maxdome and Co. also have the film on offer.
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