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Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness

Zinc Entertainment Inc.

Bomar OOD

Bulgaria

United States of America

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Charlotte Hunter

Jack Derges

Anthony Howell

Eleanor Gecks

Habib Nasib Nader

Barry Aird

Meagan Good

Kaloian Vodenicharov

Ryan H. Jackson

Lex Daniel

Dominic Mafham

Yana Titova

Brian Rudnick

Steve Richards

Rebecca Weigold

Gerry Lively

Axel Nicolet

Alexandra Bachvarova Trifonova

Daniel Jouet

Paul B. Knox

Tracy Fleming

Emil Topuzov

Ina Damianova

Victor Trichkov

Jason Dotts

Michael Chateauneuf

Hristo Genkov

Michelle Jones

Martin Chichov

Debbie Estay

Mihail Yanakiev

Tatyana 'Tita' Sleptsova

Gillian Hawser

Jana Gadjeva

Arta Tozzi

CJ Stewart

Neil Tuohy

Jonas Talkington

Austin Naulty

Lloyd Pitts

Borislav Iliev

Adam Sibley

Radoslav Ignatov

Thomas C. Daniel

Aaron Saxton

Georgi Stanislavov

Radka Petkova

Georgi Manchev

Andrew Grush

Taylor Stewart

***The darkest and most sinister D&D flick yet*** 

On a world where sorcery is real, a greenhorn knight (Jack Derges) teams-up with a dubious group to find his father who was kidnapped by mysterious evil powers. The group includes a witch (Eleanor Gecks), a sorcerer Vermin lord (Barry Aird), an assassin (Lex Daniels) and a goliath warrior (Habib Nasib Nader).

"Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness" (2012), also known as “Dungeons & Dragons 3,” is the third of currently three D&D flicks, unconnected to the other two: “Dungeons & Dragons” (2000) and “Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God” (2005). Evil wizard Damodar (Bruce Payne) was the only link between the first two movies, other than the fact that they both took place in Izmir. This third film abandons all links and takes place in Karkoth.

The first movie was the only one released to theaters and therefore had a hefty budget, but it was hampered by camp and a goofy tone centered around Wayans’ humor. The second one, my favorite, was released to TV and therefore had a lower budget, but still pretty significant at $15 million. This third film is similar to the serious tone of the second, but is noticeably darker. The group the knight joins for his quest lacks the nobleness and camaraderie of the sojourners in “Wrath of the Dragon God.” They’re all either morally dubious or outright sinister.

The D&D universe is similar to the world of Conan the Barbarian, but with a more medieval flair and a little more sorcery. If you like Conan, you’ll probably like this. The locations & sets are superlative while the magical F/X are TV-budget fare, but otherwise effective. The dragon especially looks good and the dragon-slaying episode is great. There’s also a very creative (and dark) zombie girl sequence. On the negative side, this is easily the least of the three flicks in the feminine department, although Eleanor Gecks is a’right, I guess.

The film runs 1 hour, 30 minutes and was shot in Bulgaria.

GRADE: B-

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Charlotte Hunter

Jack Derges

Anthony Howell

Eleanor Gecks

Habib Nasib Nader

Barry Aird

Meagan Good

Kaloian Vodenicharov

Ryan H. Jackson

Lex Daniel

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