Dungeons And Dragons Honour Among Thieves Review
Dungeons And Dragons Honour Among Thieves is the latest movie version based off of the famous Wizards Of The Coast game. The plot follows the bard Edgin Darvis (Chris Pine,) prior to imprisonment, Edgin spent years as a member of the Harpers, an order of peacekeepers, until a Red Wizard he had arrested killed his wife. Accompanied by barbarian Holga Kilgore (Michelle Rodriguez,) Edgin attempted to make a new life for himself and his daughter Kira (Chloe Coleman) by turning to theft, teaming with amateur sorcerer Simon Aumar (Justice Smith) and rogue Forge Fitzwilliam (Hugh Grant) and his mysterious acquaintance, Sofina (Daisy Head.) While raiding a Harper stronghold, Edgin attempted to steal a “Tablet of Reawakening” to bring his wife back to life, but he and Holga were captured, while their accomplices escaped.
Review
This movie surpassed my expectations massively and I was already pretty damn excited for it. The trailers do it absolutely no justice and I’m firmly of the belief that whoever was in charge of marketing for this film shouldn’t be trusted with another project. Whilst trailers make the movie look like a fun adventurous romp, with unfortunately Marvel style humour, that’s not what I got. Yes it was funny but it also had so much heart and emotional storytelling put into the relatively short runtime. Chris Pine’s Edgin absolutely shines here as an actor who can steal a spotlight, Justice Smith’s Simon was a very close second though but that’s likely because I could relate to his individual story’s struggle. That’s what really shows the writing for this movie as absolutely amazing, get a room of a hundred people and each of them will likely say Edgin is their favourite character but will almost all choose a different second favourite based entirely on how closely they can relate to that character’s struggles.
The humour is spot on, enough to stop the film from being too depressing but not so much that it’s used as a crutch. The snappy and witty thing the characters say feel authentic and real, something you’d say to your friend none of it feels forced in any way (unlike some studio’s movies I could mention.) The story isn’t anything massively stand out but honestly it doesn’t have to be with such strong writing behind the characters.
As I said to a friend recently “my only regret is only going to see it once.”
