My 'Dungeons and Dragons' knowledge isn't very vast, but I have always really liked the idea of it, despite never playing the game, so, I decided to see 'Honour Among Thieves' on a somewhat of a whim, I felt like going to the cinema, this was playing, I heard good things, so, I thought why not.

This film was an utter surprise, my expectations were rock bottom, I thought it would be passable at best, but, instead I got one of the best blockbusters I have seen in years.

The film follows a thief called Edgin, played by Chris Pine, as he gather a crew to rescue an old artefact.

In a landscape dominated by some of the most abysmal of blockbusters, 'Honour Among Thieves', stands out as, while nothing exceptional, it showcases a level of filmmaking quality usually absent in these types of blockbusters, especially in DC and Marvel's recent efforts. There feels like there is genuine passion here, an effort to make something visually distinctive, it actually feels like a filmmaker's vision.

The script, while riddled with clichés and some pacing issues, is surprisingly tight, and most importantly: funny and engaging. This film has several great laughs, but more surprisingly some genuinely impactful emotional beats, which the comedy never intrudes upon. Its characters are all distinct and memorable, they don't feel like cardboard cutouts of film protagonists.

The cast are also great, and have great chemistry, Chris Pine in particular surprised me with his fun and charismatic performance.

In short, 'Honour Among Thieves' is by no means perfect but it is a throughly refreshing and fun blockbuster that felt lost to time, I would recommend to D&D fans and non-fans alike, it's a real winner that I would love to watch a sequel to.

D+D is what the adventure-comedy/fantasy genre needs to take notes from. In a world saturated by superhero films and remakes/retreads of old favorites, this was a breath of fresh air. It was fun, funny, and generally entertaining. The characters made sense, and the funny parts weren't focused on awkward or cringe situations that are totally unnatural, unlike most modern films.

The casting of Hugh Grant here is inspired. He's been doing some tremendous work in all of the films he's been in lately, and it is awesome to see him taken seriously as an actor beyond just his old rom/com days. He's good as a villain, and the rest of the story plays off of him very well here. Likewise, the main cast all does a great job playing both for and against type.

Admittedly, I don't know D+D lore, so I don't know how well this satisfies true fans, but I think it works well as a basic story/film. It reminds me a bit of Firefly/Serenity- a not too serious take on a well-worn genre that manages to do a lot more right than it does wrong.

SCORE: 8.4/10

I was fully expecting this to be a trailer movie, and by trailer movie I mean that the trailer is basically the entire movie in order to market the best parts to get people to show up in theaters. Sure a lot of the scenes in the trailer were important parts of the story, but there was a lot more added that I found really enjoyable. This is one of the first films I realized that predictability is actually a good thing sometimes. If you were able to predict the punchline of a joke or where the story is going next, it means that it is how you would've written it. That isn't always a bad thing. Dungeons & Dragons is totally a movie that the entire family would enjoy that is packed with good dialogue, good action, and an entertaining storyline.

It was funny. The whole Jarnathan bit was hilarious at the beginning and the situational humor kept getting better and better as it went on. However, there was still it's fair share of bad jokes that had the older crowd dying such as "Hopefully he's got nothing up his sleeve", "nope, just my arms". That one got an unusually large amount of chuckles. The rest of it was entertaining story-telling. All of the characters we got to meet were pretty interesting and worked well together. It felt like it was doing its best impression of Jumanji, and almost pulled it off. The emotional scene at the end where Edgin chooses to save Holga instead of his wife was great, but the pacing of the entire movie didn't allow it to marinate for the maximum connection to the audience. It was a nice gesture, but didn't hit as hard as it could've.

Hugh Grant as Forge the villain was very convincing, as well as the scary wizard Sofina. Just like many other funny moments throughout the film, it was hilarious to see Doric do to Sofina what Hulk did to Loki in the first Avengers movie. Asking the dead questions was also a top moment in the movie for me. This movie was certainly at its best when allowing us to enjoy the silly adventure all the characters were on to stop Forge's plan, as well as the amount of times their plan had to be amended or adapted due to forces both in and out of their control. Xenk was a strong character and it was awesome to see him come back at the end, as we also discover the story was in the point of view of Forge, as he was trying to be forgiven by the council. It was a nice callback to the beginning of the film and a perfect way to end it.