Dungeons & Dragons Wrath of the Dragon God - Good Bad Flicks

[@Mikeanglo]

When the cleric dies during your first combat encounter EVERYONE might as well re-roll.

[@jfridy]

In the commentary on the DVD by the Wizards of the Coast people, one of them is playing the Cleric Jozan, from the Player's Guide. He remarks how doomed they are once the cleric dies, and then later when they chop the arm of the mage, he yells "THIS IS WHY YOU NEED A CLERIC!"

[@TheNewton]

9:04 That lich scene was possibly the best piece of writing in that movie; a lich enjoying the look on Damodars face is the attitude of an immortal evil doer that expended almost no energy getting not one but TWO other competing immortal evil doers, one an almost god, completely and utterly wrecked 👑.

[@plasticflower]

Yeah I liked that line too, and I think it was the only one I remembered word by word from when I saw the movie ten years ago. The movie does a good job at displaying how powerful the lich is, to the point where the protagonists are kinda beneath him. iirc he doesn't get defeated and actually just leaves, like "meh, whatever" because he's above it all and doesn't need to get riled up about things. I'm glad the video creator doesn't riff on the movie, because even though there's ample opportunity to do so, I think at it's heart the movie is an honest attempt into faithfully adapting D&D into a movie.

[@TheWeebinar]

Having only seen this review and not the movie, I could be missing something but.... Aren't Liches generally understood to be solitary creatures who rarely, if ever, interact with anything else outside of absorbing souls to sustain themselves? In the 5e Monster Manual's entry it says pretty plainly that the only reason they ever interact with other beings is either when their affairs are interfered with or when some sort of event is happening that reminds them of their life. Certainly we see why Damodar would have interacted with the others since he removed the curse that made him a Lich, which again doesn't seem to line up with how Liches usually work as they are made through the rituals that involve bargaining with evil gods that place their souls in a phylactery followed by drinking a potion of transformation. Granted, it wouldn't be too hard to find a few reasons why killing all of these people and awakening a colossal Darcolich might fit in with a Lich's affairs but does the movie ever explain why the Lich does what it does beyond just wanting to see the look on Damodar's face? Is Damodar just cramping this Lich's style? or is the Lich actually Profion and he just can't resist messing with Damodar because that's what he did in life?

[@kinanshmahell8065]

the lich didnt need to steel the orb he could have simply let the city people have it so yes it doesnt make sense

[@lordkrythic6246]

For everyone wondering about the acid and glass vial, here's a quote: "So glass containers are used because Glass bottles do not react with the acids as glass is mostly composed of silica (SiO2) and silicates (SiO3), which leads to strong covalent bonding between Silicon and Oxygen atoms and is therefore chemically inert to react with acids."

[@MrAntice]

@bryan diaz varela diamonds are pure carbon, acids disolves diamonds easily.

[@lordkrythic6246]

@bryan diaz varela Idk. Diamonds are Carbon, though.

[@lordkrythic6246]

@bryan diaz varela Diamond is actually pretty fragile, believe it or not. So no. Diamond armor would be a terrible idea, honestly.

[@MrAntice]

@@lordkrythic6246 unless you are minecraft steve ofc. then bling armor is the best there is.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@lordkrythic6246 diamond may break but to cut and hence shape it you need another diamond. diamond chips are added to saws and drills to cut through stone like a hot knife through butter. the hot part is no joke hence why a water hose to cool it down and prevent the metal of the saw or drill from heating up to where it could bend or break.

[@Mirsellus]

"His Piety is only matched by his power." I don't even like playing clerics, but damn this end credit scene is going to get me to watch this.

[@jfridy]

I really enjoyed this one, it really felt like a D&D game from Junior High or High School. Bonus Points for having the hero's lean a little older, and no brash young chosen one, I hate those. Also the Thief is great, since he constantly warns them of problems, is usually ignored, and then just watches it all go wrong. The budget is a problem, but I'll take this over so many other fantasy movies. ALSO, if you watch the DVD, the commentary, it's done by some Wizards of the Coast guys AS the sample characters in the 3rd Ed. Player's Guide, including the Orc! It's hilarious!

[@Jakman217]

"From the player of the elven ranger" - Hey, it's not plate-mail. It's a mithril breastplate *which* counts as light, because mithril lowers the wieghtclass of the armor by one! I'm Perfectly fine in it. I even took Medium Armor Proficiency for it. Sorry, had to defend something so pointless and nerd out a bit. Love your reviews and enjoy watching them every so often.

[@Risu-sama]

He said the movie was in development for 10 years as well, that would put it in second edition, meaning that a ranger could actually wear platemail anyway. Either way it's hardly something worth getting upset over.

[@Areala21]

My gaming group sat down to watch this when it premiered on SciFi back in 2005, prepared to laugh and make fun of it the way we did the first. But once we realized holy shit, they were actually TRYING to make a good film this time around, we all got into it. It's not a good movie, by any stretch of the imagination, but I love it anyway: all the little nods to the pen and paper game, the old modules, and the way the party members tend to bicker among themselves the way basically every long-running gamer group does. My stomach kinda did that flip-flop thing when Ormaline loses her arm too. Even though you don't see it, just the scream she lets out when it's fused into the wall after the teleport is...*shudder*. It's never a good thing in a campaign when you have to ask another party member to perform an amputation. Thank you for this awesome review. Any chance we'll see you talk about the third?

[@GoodBadFlicks]

+Areala21 Thanks! I still have to track down the third, its not available in the US. Most likely I'll do it if it is good and I can get a copy.

[@Areala21]

Well, "good" is rather subjective. I think "Wrath of the Dragon God" is the best of the three, but "Book of Vile Darkness" is still better than the first. BoVD also takes a chance on a different plot idea than your normal swords and sorcery picture: all the main characters are clearly, unambiguously on the 'Evil' axis of the alignment scale. We all knew somebody back in the day who always wanted to play an assassin or an anti-paladin, so it's D&D through their eyes. Not a pretty sight, but one worth exploring anyway, even if Gary Gygax himself didn't care for evil-aligned PCs. :)

[@Michael_Chandler_Keaton]

Areala21 I love it. Especially Bruce Payne's performance as Damodar.

[@captcorajus]

@@Areala21 I realize your comment is 3 years old, but the full movie is on youtube. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHOth6apd7CoZ8U

[@talisredstar1543]

i agree. this was your Good B movie, but miles ahead of the first attempt of a film. Dorian was actually my fav character.

[@Mister-Thirteen]

So White Draco-Lich, 2 Liches, at least 30 Bandits, 4 Darkmantles, 5-6 Gargoyles, 1 Black Draco-Lich. Versus 5 Level 7 characters? Well this screams TPK.

[@kirbs0001]

Level 9 wizard has access to 5th level spells. add in a level 7 fighter with a vorpal blade, and I think the DM used well-suited enemies. If it was a Champion archetype fighter, the DM could have thrown MUCH more difficult enemies at them. If it was a divination wizard, along with a level 7 champion fighter with a vorpal blade.... DM would have to start throwing beholders into every encounter just to even the playing field

[@kiltpirate]

@@kirbs0001 have you ever played the 3rd ed? This was when 7th level fighter was a waste of levels and 5th level spells would simply bounce off the dracolich! To become a (normal) lich you HAVE to be a 12th lv spellcaster and a dracolich was also a bloody dragon. White dragon was the weakest of all dragons, but this one still managed to take out the cleric! 5th ed rules you're talking about have seriously balanced out the difference between the casters and other classes, but the power level these guys went against is freaking insane. also, vorpal sword back then was just a fancy way to throw your gold away. most undead (vampires were an exception) and things without heads / whose heads you couldn't reach were just immune to it.

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

@@kiltpirate A 7th level fighter with a vorpal blade is O.P. as all heck, no one below 12th elevl EVER had a vorpal blade in our campaigns! White Draco-Lich, 2 Liches, at least 30 Bandits, 4 Darkmantles, 5-6 Gargoyles, 1 Black Draco-Lich. Versus 5 Level 7 characters is a TPK.

[@sleepinggorilla]

5 level 7 characters in modern 5e D&D would be like fighting the Avengers. I had 7 9th level players up against Iymrith, the Legendary Ancient Dragon. Supposed to be the God-level Blue Dragon in D&D. Each character has some kind of hold or debuff spell and she burned through all her saves immediately. They pinned her down and beat her with swords for 6 rounds, because she doesn't even have ANY resistances in 5E, and she just died. Pathetic.

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

But think of the XP!

[@kurokaze511]

I love how stupidly accurate that line is, " me and the level 20 wizard are gonna go fight the dragon, we'll be back yesterday." Kind of had that happen once because a DM kept giving his NPCs plot armor.

[@thegreycrusader]

To save you the trouble of searching, Glass bottles are ideal for storing most acids and bases. Ordinary glass is largely inert and does not react chemically with most substances, including aqueous substances like acids and bases. It is also nonporous, which means it will not absorb or contaminate chemicals.

[@matthewmichaelson9806]

In the first movie, Izmer is a great empire, like Rome. Ishmer looks like a backwater kingdom in Eastern Europe. Looks like that 'equality for both commoners and mages' by the empress didn't pan out to well! lol

[@swaghauler8334]

You have to love that D&D "steals" the runes it's using in this movie from another major RPG and competitor... Runequest. The runes on those books are straight out of 2nd Edition Runequest.

[@MrZachRainville]

As soon as the uPlay joke came in, I knew I had to give this video a thumbs up. You're the best, Cecil.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

+MrZachRainville :)

[@RyuSpike]

I'm sure that if they made a D&D movie now, it would get a much larger budget because there is a *much* bigger audience for the series now than when these movies came out.

[@ineffable1129]

Nah, even D&D books are unbearable fan faction level works and those are the better authors. Part of the problem is the game itself like nearly all games went from something hardcore to something far more forgiving and simplistic. Plus even back in the day the path which allows for player progression doesn't translate to story telling. Lastly it's just easier not to deal with a bloated greedy franchise that would certainly want some things done their way. There is a reason why no game movies have ever been successful and it has nothing to do with budget, the brand interferes with the writing too much. They could get away with a modern litRPG story where the cast knows they are inside of a game world and break the 4th wall a lot, but I doubt something serous would ever work.

[@sam21462]

@@ineffable1129 - The Silent Hill Movies as well as The Resident Evil movies have been quite successful and "Warcraft" banked almost half a billion dollars.

[@TheSkizz89]

Chris Pine is the lead for the D&D movie that comes out next year.

[@Rensune]

"Thousands of fans" TF, man. It's MILLIONS. In America Alone. Worldwide, it's At Least Several Dozen Million.

[@Razalkarp]

Well, a million is ten hundred thousand. So...

[@lakkakka]

Doesn’t feel like millions when you try to find a group to play with in real life.

[@jacobnorris8256]

3 million would make it 1% of US citizens, which is to put mildly, way too fucking much. Maybe it'd be millions if you count everyone who has ever played it to any extent, but actual current remotely dedicated fans are most definitely not at that number. And since i'm pretty sure dungeons and dragons is (mostly) just a western thing, mostly american at that, the worldwide number of fans is definitely below several dozen million too. EDIT: dungeonvault.com/how-many-dnd-players-are-there-worldwide/ Estimated number is about a single dozen million players worldwide.

[@deathstrik3]

@@jacobnorris8256 D&D is just as, if not more popular in Japan as it is in the US. There are light novels there written about the campaigns they played, which were turned in to anime series, Record of Lodoss War, Log Horizon, and Overlord being a few examples. Also D&D has been getting more and more popular in the last few years thanks to things like Critical Role. Which pulls 2mil+ views on their uploaded sessions. The numbers in the link you put also seem kind of odd, since the numbers for Roll20 are relatively low given that Roll20 stated that as of last year they have 3,000,000+ users. It also doesn't list Fantasy Grounds which is another big VTT and has a few hundred thousand people playing D&D on that alone. But the quote was also regarding fans of D&D, not just players. There are people who only read the books, and play the video games and are fans of the settings, but have never played the actual Tabletop game.

[@jacobnorris8256]

@@deathstrik3 Japan (and Korea for that matter) are culturally very influence by the west anyway (I assume due to USA and their historic relevance), and in the case of Japan especially things related to fantasy, so it's still a case of western culture at play. And i'm pretty sure the book readers and video game players are an *extremely* small portion of hte playerbase comparatively, so that's not really even worth counting.

[@barlotardy]

Oh, for a Ravenloft miniseries!

[@fleetcenturion]

They basically had one in the 80's. It was called _Dark Shadows,_ and it sucked donkey balls! The parody movie with Johnny Depp was better... because it was a parody.

[@ronniejdio9411]

Yea come on netflix

[@1971chrismiller]

Whatever happen to that big budget Dungeons and Dragons movie, still waiting on it.

[@MerolaC]

I lost it a the wizard DRM. Excellent episode Cecil!

[@rexfellis]

Man, Inverness, Barrier Peaks, and you mentioned Tomb of Horrors in the last video. Were you in our group in the 90s and I didn't know it? haha Great video as always. Both of these movies bring back fond memories. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@josh.8104]

7:47 He sits on an uncushioned throne all day, he *absolutely* has hemorrhoids.

[@christianmanka3884]

7 years later I can say that D&D finally has a good film

[@Dymose]

"It was a colossal draco-lich." Fun fact for anyone paying attention: that wasn't just a draco-lich, that was Falazure, the "Night-Dragon", AKA the first draco-lich and major black sheep of the draconic pantheon. That's why the film was called "Wrath of the Dragon God". Falazure is the dragon god of Death and Undeath. He represents an end to life, even immortal life so referencing him at all is a huge taboo. It's a shame we didn't get anyone from the Bahamut side of things who knows the hidden dragon-lore in the movie. Like a cleric of Bahamut would have been great. They'd have been shitting themselves over the presence of that draco-lich. Typically, when evil dragons pop up, you call Bahamut's boys for help. In the lore, Falazure gets put to "sleep" (More like suspended animation) because noone can figure out how to kill him and Bahamut has enough problems dealing with his 'darling' sister to deal with a draconic deathcult... I guess it kinda makes sense that they went to Obad-Hai, since he represents nature and the natural cycle, while Falazure represents the death of all things and undeath. Still waiting for a real (IE one with an actual budget) D&D movie, though I'm glad they made this one more faithful... Thanks for looking at this one, G.B.F.!

[@vutava8292]

Figures I only see this comment *after* digging out my Draconomicon to write my own correction comment. At least now I can skip the writing part.

[@SpectrumDT]

Faluzure is awesome. I would join his cult.

[@TheGamerZapocalypse]

@6:45 "While they try and get into the vault they're attacked by the Capital One Bandits..." XD

[@DarthArachnious]

A Drizzt movie would be awesome. But I think black face is keeping studios away from doing that more than anything. But I really hope Mtv does a good job with Sword of Shannara.

[@RecklessFables]

It would need to be animated.

[@renynzea]

@@RecklessFables Yeah, that was my thought as well. I don't think any person could do justice to the action portrayed in the books.

[@jjenk911]

Jolly Rancher of Sight. Best. Item. Ever!

[@johnlemus7921]

I think this is my favorite of all of the Good Bad Flicks Videos. Thank you and happy new year.

[@euansmith3699]

10:04 Damadar is sporting a very fetching Coat of Many Tongues.

[@Soulfly415]

I've been watching your series for about a week and they are great. Today i've been digging in my old VHS collection and found two fantastic underwater horror classics, both from 1989 - Leviathan and Deepstar Six. Sadly both films are very, very underrated which makes them perfect for your series.

[@journeyman1218]

I started watching the more serious indepth production videos... but I love these funnier ones!

[@mladenkulic446]

In 2023 D&D Honor Among Thieves was released and Cecil still hasn't seen it.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

lol yeah...

[@athoopes]

3:45 That Clint Howard joke had me floored!

[@Outrider85]

I always saw the three D&D movies as the progression of a DM and his players learning the game. In the first movie, they just got the game and are still learning the rules. They make a ton of mistakes and the DM tries to throw in everything he finds in the books that he likes even if it doesn't make sense or is inappropriate for the party's level. In the second movie, the DM has calmed down some and the players know how to play their classes. However, the DM is more interested in telling 'his' story that that of the group, so most of the major discoveries and the ultimate victory end up going to his NPC wizard who stayed home through the adventure. In the third movie, the DM has figured out how to run a decent game, but the party has grown tired of playing the heroes (except for one of them) so everyone shows up with evil characters and the DM has to try and still run them through the campaign he wrote while they do horrible crap.

[@IntergalacticPants]

The biggest problem I had was the fact that they bragged about following the source material, and then they have a black dracolich breathe fire. They at least could've made it green fire.

[@vladofwallachia4787]

My only real problem with the film is that Bruce Payne doesn't have enough to do. He just steals the orb of whatever and that's it.

[@Blisterdude123]

He was probably the most expensive actor in this. The more he does, the more it costs.

[@dillonr6265]

I loved this movie when I was growing up. It was great

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯 Underatted film and one of the under appreciated films of 2005

[@blucifer4865]

HEY, CECIL! HAPPY BELATED CELEBRATION OF 50,000 SUBS! I have been watching your videos since you had only a 1,000 subs. Congrats! :D

[@spiff2268]

Ah, I remember when I got my first vorpal sword in D&D. The first time I had sex paled in comparison by far.

[@erikwilliams1562]

spiff2268 made a Monk with Vorpal weapons. You ever headbutt a man’s head clean off? Glorious

[@tommytwotacos8106]

Yeah, first time i saw a vorpal sword in use i almoat rerolled my cleric as a warrior.

[@TacDyne]

[protip] Don't try to have sex with the vorpal sword. Grab a girl instead. [/protip]

[@semperfi5857]

TacDyne - before having sex with said girl for the first time, always, always, always - ask.....

[@SpectrumDT]

Did it go snicker-snack?

[@31webseries]

There was a sequel???

[@GoodBadFlicks]

+31webseries 2 actually.

[@31webseries]

+GoodBadFlicks Wow

[@31webseries]

+GoodBadFlicks Wait American Psycho 2 too??? OMG, so many unknown sequels. Probably for the best.

[@LockeWick]

+31webseries Yeah, I would advise that you skip over American Psycho 2.

[@azraelswrd]

+31webseries I don't recommend the 3rd one but it reruns on Sy-Fy a lot (but it's edited so no gore or nudity).

[@Exisist5151]

5:16. Wizards probably have identify but it’s a ritual so it takes like 11 minutes to cast

[@ApocalypseKurtz]

That dig at UPlay was awesome. And the purple stuff! Classic stuff GoodBadFlix!

[@rowandax6189]

Love your videos especially when you tackle films outside of your comfort zone. If say 1/3 of your videos were about more popular and recent films I think you would reach a much larger audience. Keep up the great work.

[@bruceleo2607]

I love this movie! I think it's time for another rewatch. Sure the production value is crap, but that's part of its charm. It's almost like homebrew.

[@NoMoreNever]

I watched this movie tonight and to be honest I did not expect much, maybe a good laugh, but consider me pleasantly surprised. This is what the first movie should have been in my opinion. I have to give the people behind it props for actually putting in an effort this time and making the best movie they could make, with less than half the budget of the first movie no less! The scene where the elf mage teleports the party into Damodar`s castle and half her arm materializes inside the wall was actually pretty good. Damn it, feel free to call me soft, but I did actually care about these characters! Which is more than I can say of any of the heroes from the first movie. And speaking of Dungeons&Dragons the Rpg, the demise of the cleric in this movie was very reminiscent of how a friend of mine died while fighting a dragon. The difference being that he wasn`t frozen and then eaten, but showered in acid by a black dragon. And yes, he was a cleric too. Good times!

[@OctoBuddah009]

I really like the fact that you show the stats of the characters in both D&D films.

[@jeromegautier6608]

2:38 Hum, probably a german Dracula then, from the 30s.

[@daviddreher8588]

Capital One Bandits. LMAO!🤣

[@icepic21]

Gotta give em credit, they at least wanted to give as much attention to detail to the source material. even the character sheets and class abilities, pretty cool stuff I'd say. Wish it had a bigger budget, would've been even better I wager!

[@HorroRviXenKate]

Bruce Payne = fantastic actor , loved him in the first segment of the horror anthology movie , NECRONOMICON ... and for a change he is playing a good guy in that one lol

[@GoodBadFlicks]

He was awesome in Passenger 57

[@Diggnuts]

If slowly turning your head and growling some words is good acting... then.. no.. He still is a shit actor.

[@wolfshanze5980]

D&D will never get the green light for a big budget movie after Tom Hanks masterfully skewered D&D with his totally not over the top acting in the far out movie "Mazes and Monsters".

[@TheSkizz89]

A Chris Pine led D&D movie comes out next year.

[@GraHaz]

this aged great

[@wolfshanze5980]

@GraHaz "Totally not over the top acting" Folks, it's called sarcasm... there have been many D&D movies, all of them AFTER Tom Hanks Mazes and Monsters. It was just a subtle hint to watch the movie... a so bad it's good movie. Sarcasm is lost to our younger generation sadly... irony can be pretty darn ironic at times.

[@masterofallgoons]

​@@wolfshanze5980- well... his comment was sarcastic.. soooo... I guess sarcasm isn't wasted on him.

[@autismpointofview4031]

For being so powerful. Damodar doesn't do anything. He doesn't fight at all or throw any spells. He just gives up from a knife wielding 7th level barbarian.

[@dfailsthemost]

I actually prefer the look of this over the 1st one.I know the 1st was a bit higher quality but I just like this aesthetic

[@J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle]

I liked this one, I was surprised that it was more or less faithful to pnp DnD. Scene with Lich who just leaves Damodar actually makes sense if you pay attention to his dialogues with Damodar... and I just loved how he just leaves, like "Oh fuck off, I am not your bitch".

[@deanfranz]

"Is there an F5?" *audible utensils drop* VERY intense, don't even say that!!!

[@PaladinGuy]

"Where's the Mountian Dew?"

[@GoodBadFlicks]

+Tassadarky I'm attacking the darkness!

[@sigurdbjohansson]

I'd LOVE to see a film adaptation of the Darksun books from the Prism Pentad!

[@andysalter7192]

I don't understand that sentence at all!🤔

[@sigurdbjohansson]

@@andysalter7192 Then you should try to find a copy of "The Verdant Passage" by Troy Denning :)

[@robertlykins728]

This movie could have been so much better then what we got!

[@bradpotts1747]

does it say iv spent to much time online when my first thought upon hearing "put on my robe and wizard hat" is the ERP saga of bloodninja

[@riseabove71]

Man. Just found your channel and you’re frickin hilarious! Keep up the great work.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@AndroidSamsung-qz9pl]

*WATCH SKINWALKERS TRAILER!* Replace the whole cast with these guys (tough grandma as cleric maybe) and the Director (James Isaac) too. D&D would be a BADASS movie.

[@Siderite]

You should check out the movies from Arrowstorm Entertainment. I thought Shadow Cabal was really great and Mythica is not that bad either. I would love to know your opinion of those.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

+Siderite Zackwehdex I did a few of their Kickstarters. Did Shadow Cabal and loved it as well as Survivor and Orc Wars. I would have put in for Mythica but didn't have the money at the time.

[@CmotDribbler]

7 years ago, and now your Hasbro dream has come true, and it was awesome!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Looking forward to seeing it.

[@TheReelGeno]

Is that DORIAN in the white robe that walks up to Ormaline and Nim near the end of the movie? If it is, he looks pretty good for someone that was frozen, eaten and exploded by a freakin' dragon!

[@MrChupacabra555]

Thumbs up for the opening commentary alone. When are we fans going to get a GOOD DnD movie, Goddammit!! ^_^

[@dusk78]

Hope you do a follow up for Honor Among Theives

[@joshuacollins9346]

The straight to dvd sequel to this was the best of these movies. They keep trying to make them funny, and it's too difficult. They just need to make it a serious action movie with maybe some horror.

[@yaimcjsdad]

Your commentary is pure comedy gold

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@TheKrakenfist]

0:48 Isn't that Feiya and Merisiel from Pathfinder? Speaking of Pathfinder, a lot of their adventure paths would make good movies.

[@theriffwriter2194]

The part where they chopped that guy's arm off looked pretty good. Better then a lot of big budget films. His reaction, on the other hand...

[@kaiterenless1888]

When Damodar says "before the damnation could be removed" he's referring to the undead curse, not the parasite Profion placed in his head.

[@thomassmith6232]

This movie was so much better than the first that there is no comparison. I wish that these folks could have made another with decent funding.

[@JemyM]

I liked this way better than the first, simply because it overall felt closer to the source material without trying too hard.

[@davidgantenbein9362]

JemyM It also lacked the abundance of annoying characters from the first one ... and this one didn’t abuse a Beholder as a cheap watch dog.

[@stonkez8452]

" The 'terrifying' CGI monster turns up " LOL Were they overclocking the local supercomputer too much ?

[@1987MartinT]

Maybe Profion put a second curse on Damodar without him knowing it. When Damodar died after being thrown from Profion's Tower he returned from the dead as a lich.

[@barret-xiii]

I feel like this was one of those things that was created as more of a backstory element that was never shown in the original. After watching the sequel, remembering when Profion "cures" Damodar, I assumed he just removed the brain parasite, and the undead curse was implemented long before the first film even began; Like he was made into a personal muscle that would be forced to serve him indefinitely until freed from the curse.

[@zetetick395]

Ya nailed this one C! Lots of funny lines & good jokes! :)

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@HiVoltish]

Pocket lint? POCKET LINT!?!? You're granting Hollyweird way too much generosity.

[@SinageSounds]

Oh, I really forgot that this was filmed in Lithuania, my home country. Trakai castle is really a nice place to see :)

[@clairewarner5704]

I really enjoyed wrath of the dragon god.. The 1st D&D movie was utter shite (barring Jeremy Irons but he always brings his a game) but this felt like a genuine d&d movie. Clerical and Wizard magic, barbarians, elves.. The script was a little weak at points and the cgi was dicey but I really liked it.

[@Vigriff]

Agreed.

[@stuartbagley2586]

You nailed it. With double the budget, they really could have given it an extra layer of polish. It had a lot of heart.

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

Claire did you ever see dungeins and dragons book of vile dsrk ess ever tit was third dungeons and dragons movie that. she out in 2012 for the scifi channel jt was lie way darker sbd vent thsnnothertwo dud you see dungeons and dragons honour amongbthices yet tges new dungeons and drsgons movie

[@briguy677]

You should do a review of the 1980 film: Hawk the Slayer. Awesomely bad with some good moments, and Jack Palance chewing the scenery like he hadn't eaten in weeks.

[@MegaGothrocker]

Where did you get the appropriate character sheets plus art for all the characters? Theyre all really neat!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

They were in either a Dungeon or Dragon magazine from back then. (I don't remember which one, its been years since I did the video)

[@MegaGothrocker]

@@GoodBadFlicks Dont worry, was just curious tbh XD Thank you anyway, and for your quick replies. I've been binging your videos for the last 3 days and Im loving your channel :) Keep up the good work!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Awesome, glad you are enjoying them :)

[@TokyoPOPjunkie]

Watched the two D&D movies over a decade ago, and only recently (finally) got around to playing the game myself. It's loads of fun, and at the end of this video, you tell me WB might make a big budget film? I hope the two year gap has not squashed this idea, as I would love to see it.

[@Liquidcadmus]

This looks WAY better than the first one, I didn't even know this existed. the fact that there appears to be no childish idiotic humor like in the first one, makes me interested in watching this one. I didn't mind the low budget of the original, but the cringe "humor" just made me angry, it was the same type of stuff as Jarjar binks in SW.

[@NerdGlassGamingPA]

Wohoo a new one ! I was literally waiting here this to come out ! :D

[@brycevo]

Dungeons and Dragons deserves a fair shake nowadays.

[@Jezthesiren]

...there was a third one? I'm conflicted. I feel like it *should* surprise me that I've never heard of this until now... but it really, really doesn't.

[@cryptking6283]

R rated too.

[@ChitenBugMan]

It's actually really good compared even to the first one

[@Sandsquid21]

The Book of Vile Darkness. You can find it here on this site and was by far the best writing and acting of this franchise

[@CorbCorbin]

+5 Vorpal Weapon(long sword) Ahhh, I rolled so many 20s, that my Dungeon Master added a quest in which we couldn't use any of our current weapons.

[@TheHorrorMiserMontyG]

While I'm not a big D&D fan, I did love the animated show of Dungeons and Dragons. I wonder if they ever decided to make a movie based off that part of the franchise.

[@Madbandit77]

I tweeted the same thing to Cecil, but, as a D&D fan, he felt the film should be more pure to the original material.

[@robertknight3776]

As a D&D fan, we don't talk about the animated series....

[@dennislogan6781]

Wizards of the Coast is working on a new D&D cartoon currently.

[@SoulGale1]

I remember I liked this movie when I watched in the theater. Yes, this movie had a theatrical realease in my country (Mexico)

[@jeffwads]

I loved this movie. It was D&D to the core.

[@cyberruck]

Have you seen the 2007 trick R Trick movie? Would you please do it?

[@bloodrosereaper2099]

1:30 - ouch. would you like some ice for that burn?

[@Mark73]

I rented it on DVD solely for the special audio track that had a commentary by the sample characters from the D&D Player's Handbook. Lidda and two others. Sounds cool, but wasn't actually worth it.

[@Burygee]

This guy is fucking class! You always make me laugh man, love your channel!

[@AlexSanLyra]

Yeah, I watched this move on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. I like it. Edit: Having a big budget was never a real problem for story telling. Remember that many "big budget" movies end up being really bad... like REALLY bad... cus then studios exert more pressure on the producers... and force certain changes... we've all seen it before a million times over. I prefer this moveis over a hundreds of big budget movies.

[@kraftswithkerzor8670]

Is that the same litch thing from the scifi channel earthsea movies?

[@liznoir3549]

Great review! I didn't know this existed! I miss playing too!

[@MattHawes]

Unlike the first film, this one looks like it was decent, despite the CGI. I may actually track it down. Great review!

[@azraelswrd]

+MattHawes Yeah, the budget is low but it looks/feels like they tried because it was going straight to video. I liked this one more than the first and third D&D film.

[@alucard624]

+azraelswrd Same here. This one actually felt like they gave a damn about the source material and tried to be faithful this time. Never have seen the third one but I hear it's even worse than the first one though.

[@m.o.5531]

dude there's a 2013 film called HOTEL INFERNO that you should check out if you haven't(wouldn't surprise me if you have though). it's gory, small budget but you can see the crew's devotion in its special effects...oh and it's in P.O.V.

[@sunsonsonsun]

Clint Howard? This dude is ruthless with his commentary.

[@Avarn388]

This movie was really fun. While it had some glaring flaws, it was as you said more accurate and faithful to the source material. I think the reason why D&D never shined was simply due to the first movie. Jeremy Irons, great as he was, was way too over the top. And the last we say about Marlan Wayians the better. Finally, it also doesn't help that Lord of the Rings came out a year later. Thus, the mythical, fantasy aspect of D&D ironically had a spiritual successor within the movie. And while most diehard fantasy buffs and fans of D&D know the differences between it and Lord of the Rings,most of the mainstream audiences don't know. So lack of interest combined with studio apprehension to not have a failure culminates into what we have. But still, I'm happy we're getting another attempt. Now, if only they can make a Thundercats live action movie. If they can make Transformers, TMNT, they can at least take this 80s series and turn into something. Just don't be like Transformers. Be like Lord of the Rings. But I digress. Great video as always.

[@AwareWolfOnWheels]

I didn't even know they made a sequel, tempted to watch it now.....