This is no game
The Empire of Izmer is a divided land: elite magicians called “mages” rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina vows to bring equality and prosperity to her land, the evil mage Profion plots to depose her.
- 4.4
- 2000
- Released
- 1h 47m
Justin Whalin
Ridley Freeborn
Jeremy Irons
Profion
Thora Birch
Empress Savina
Bruce Payne
Damodar
Zoe McLellan
Marina Pretensa
Marlon Wayans
Snails
Robert Miano
Azmath
Tomas Havrlik
Mage
Lee Arenberg
Elwood Gutworthy
Kristen Wilson
NordaDavid O'Kelly
Three Eyes
Richard O'Brien
Xilus
Edward Jewesbury
Vildan Vildir
Tom Baker
Halvarth
Jiří Macháček
Jiří Kraus
Martin Hub
Karel Vávrovec
Roman Hemala
Released
en
$35,000,000.00
$15,185,241.00
- #martial arts
- #magic
- #anti hero
- #emperor
- #villain
- #loss
- #governance
- #thief
- #dragon
- #dungeon
- #oppression
- #fantasy world
- #sword and sorcery
- #mage
- #good versus evil
Reviews
I saw this at the time it was released in 2000, and I couldn't quite fathom how Oscar winning Jeremy Irons ("Profion") ever found his way onto the screen for this nonsense. The whole thing centres around his megalomaniacal desire to depose the Empress (a shockingly wooden Thora Birch) and seize her sceptre that controls the white dragons. She's having none of that, so he must now seek out the red
Campy, amusing heroic fantasy with – you guessed it – dungeons and dragons. RELEASED IN 2000 and directed by Courtney Solomon, "Dungeons & Dragons" chronicles events in the kingdom of Izmer where the idealistic Empress (Thora Birch) advocates equality between the mages and commoners while the power-mad Profion (Jeremy Irons) plots to overthrow the Empress with the help of his formidable henchma