“Greatest Stew in Movie History”: Rated 1.2 out of 5 This fantastic movie from the 2000s that almost everyone forgot about!

“Greatest Stew in Movie History”: Rated 1.2 out of 5 This fantastic movie from the 2000s that almost everyone forgot about!

Think Hollywood still hasn’t focused on the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game before Honor Thieves , released on April 12th? No!

Let’s go back 23 years to December 27, 2000. The turn-of-the-millennium apocalypse didn’t happen, but another disaster was unfolding in theaters: Dungeons and Dragons, directed by Courtney Solomon.

On paper, the film already had the actors to appeal to the audience. Justin Whalin played Radil, the hero, gained by his fame in the TV series Loïs et Clark, in which he camped with Jimmy Olsen. Marlon Wayans, who plays Snails, was also at the height of his “hype” for the horror film and Requiem After the Dream.

Thora Birch, who lends her features to Savina, was also a rising star at the time after her performance in American Beauty. Plus, the film’s big villain pro (that’s not made up) is British superstar Jeremy Irons.

With a $45 million budget, Dungeons and Dragons would be a monumental critical and commercial failure! It will only bring in 33 million globally.

“I’m evil!”

An industrial disaster for the studio at the time, New Line Cinema (it was catching up with the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy).

The film is rated 3.17 out of 10 on Rotten Tomatoes. According to critics, Despite the presence of talented actors, the acting is really bad. Besides, some people are “Shocked by Marlon Wayans’ character, calls it a racist throwback to black stereotypes.”

Justin Wallin and Marlon Wayans

On AlloCiné, Dungeons and Dragons has a dismal score of 1.2 out of 5 stars (2,249 average ratings). The audience is talking “One of the worst movies ever”, “Madness The Likes Of We’ve Rarely Seen”, “Zero Regrets From Zero” or directly “The Biggest Pie in Movie History”.

In 2010, Empire magazine ranked Dungeons and Dragons 39th on its list of the 50 worst movies of all time.

According to the website Nanarlandthis film, “Deliberately targeting teenagers and children with its raunchy script, its cheesy humor and old-fashioned adventure, it doesn’t exploit the dark world of dungeons and dragons in any way. Unfortunately, we’re closer to Xena The Warrior than Willow.”

According to media reports specializing in Nanar, the heroes “Sometimes they let loose in the middle of the countryside or in the ruins of castles, spewing out poorly written and meaningless dialogue. It exudes evil, the end is rushed.”

Bruce Payne and his lipstick

“The director is probably no worse than anyone else, there’s not much he can do to save the look. The special effects are incredibly poorly integrated and the actors seem to be playing whoever shows off the most – the contest is won hands down and tied. Jeremy Irons and Marlon Wayans by in opposite registers.

This Dungeons and Dragons, which opened the new millennium 23 years ago, is interesting until the discovery of the new version released on April 12.

This time the adaptation is much more successful. On AlloCiné, it has a 3.2 out of 5 press rating and a 3.9 out of 5 audience rating.

Source: Allocine

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