The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
| 14 August 2008 (USA)
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All Lodge wants is for his gaming group to finish their adventure. Unfortunately, they're more interested in seducing barmaids, mooning their enemies, and setting random villagers on fire. Desperate to rein in his players, Lodge injects two newbies into the party: a non-player character controlled by Lodge, who the power gamers immediately distrust, and the rarest gamer of all -- a girl.

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jfgibson73

This was a fun watch. It follows a group involved with a role-playing adventure as they try to finish the game over several sessions. The girl is new to the group, and attempts to bring a fresh perspective, while the other three men playing have tried to finish this same "campaign" twice before. Like the first Gamers movie, we see the players sitting around the table in real time, but cut back and forth to the same actors enacting the game in costume, as it might play out in one's imagination. Much of the humor of the movie comes from the disconnect between a character's spoken choice and how the action is portrayed in the costumed world. I thought it was ironic that the scenes that most transported me were not the Medieval portions, but the ones where we see the players in their dorm basement or wherever, playing until 3 a.m. It made me a little nostalgic for those times when I had nothing to do but hang out all night. I did wonder if any gamers were insulted by how their culture was portrayed, even though this movie was almost certainly made by people who play the table top adventures themselves. I also liked how they took a break midway through the movie, and we got to see some of the characters outside of the game setting. Some of the humor was a little goofy, and I thought the storyline of the adventure was a bit simplistic (although not being a gamer, I don't know if it was better or worse than a typical campaign). I guess the bottom line is that if they made more of these Gamers movies, I would watch.

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Tom Knott

This film is so wonderful it captures the gaming life. I laughed so hard while watching this. The movie is about a gaming group that have a hard time with a campaign that their dungeon master came up with. The movie switches from the real world and the gaming world as they play the campaign it shows them in the gaming world as their character, and then switches back to the real world when they are not playing. The campaign is the basis for a module that the dungeon master, Lodge, is writing. The problem is Lodge can't finish his module because the characters can't finish the campaign. They are more for killing and looting instead of role playing. Lodge wants them to role play through the campaign something they have never done before. They decide to bring in some extra help so they bring a,wait for it, girl in to play. Lodge also makes a npc, a non player character, a paladin,who can not witness or do wrong, to play. The film is how they do all this and more I don't want to spoil any of the film so I won't say any more. This movie may not be a big budget film the acting may not be Oscar worthy but if you are into gaming or into dungeons and dragons then definitely watch it. They had a lot of fun making this film and it shows I am not going to bash on it for any movie problems such as continuity or any thing it was a low budget film that is just fun. There is some slap stick comedy which I enjoy and some damn good writing in my opinion. So if you want a fun film try it .

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SeptumSin

There are few films that have had me waiting and waiting for release more than this one. This is the latest film from The Dead Gentlemen group responsible for the original Gamers film and the Demon Hunters films. This group has not been terribly active over the last few years but this film is a definite reason to try and keep things up in following their progress.This film follows a group of gamers who are trying to finish a campaign run by a GM frustrated by his group's disregard for his story. With the help of some new blood they attempt the campaign again with hopes of finishing this time.This movie is a breath of fresh air in the movie community and a great improvement over the original. The movie shows respect for the game much like the original movie did but on top of that this movie shows a dramatic improvement on special effects launching it above the simplicity of college films. The acting is fairly decent and the jokes are quite funny.Unfortunately many of the jokes are in jokes so if you are not a gamer you may not find the film as funny as others. So this is why I give the movie an 8 instead of the 9 that I initially thought of. Any case if you are a gamer or know about gaming check this one out you will enjoy it.

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hausofkrause

I don't play video games at all but my children do.I got a big kick out of this. Would like to see more of this type of film. "very cool" as my youngest would say.Interesting characters and the overall story line was interesting. Like I said I don't play video games but I think that my children would enjoyed this. It was not full of bad language and that is a pleasant change. This visual concept was different which caught my eye. Plus the sound track was pretty good. I might even try out some of the games my sons plays to see because of this film. Who knows maybe I'll be a gamer someday.

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