Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Movie Review

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Before I review this movie I want to put it in a larger context, and that is with a maze movie that has been re-made. Cube (1997) is an original horror sci-fi classic that takes place in a large mazelike cube. Cube (2023) is the Japanese remake with essentially the same plot but a major difference in IMDB rating, 4.5 vs. 7.1. Because the original found success late and not in theaters the Japanese version did more than 4X the box office !?! Dungeons and Dragons was a 2000 movie with a horrible 3.6 rating and this is the new version of it (not really a remake). So how is it?

Well it feels like a good Marvel movie to me. A fantasy adventure quest with witty banter and over the top characters. You get action and laughs all around a fun story in an interesting fantasy world. I enjoyed it. Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez do a nice job taking on the bad guy played by Hugh Grant, and they do it surrounded by a cast of interesting characters. During the last section of the movie the team enters an arena where teams attempt to solve a giant maze that includes treasure, traps and monsters. And of course sometimes the walls move !

I give it a 7.3/10.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) Movie Review

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I was sitting back watching this movie when out of nowhere I hear the word labyrinth and need to go back and re-watch a portion of the movie. In Shazam’s world there are doors to different realms. One of the charcters comes out of one and they mention that that door is just a labyrinth.

As far as the movie, this sequel is lacking some of the fun of the first movie. There are a few laughs and a few nice scenes but overall it is a bit bland. While I enjoyed the performances from Helen Mirren and Lucy Lui - is anyone scared of them as the opponents in a superhero film ? Overall, eh.

Maze movie ? Not really. Worth seeing - only if you like DC comics/films.

I give it a 5.8/10.

Cube (2021) Movie Review

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Japanese remake of the sci-fi mystery classic Cube (1997). This remake starts in the same way - 6 men and women wake up in a Cube shaped room and they all speak Japanese and don’t know why. OK, ok. Actually while they do speak Japanese the real problem is they do not know why or how they got there and they need to work together to escape the mazelike cube that is boobytrapped. Then I watched the entire movie and found out the REAL REAL problem is that this movie is not very good. At all. Not every movie needs to be remade, and while I was excited for this one I was very very wrong. But, I did enjoy the movie more than the reviews which were very very. Overall it is a skip for me.

I give it a 5/10.

Suspect Zero (2004) Movie Review

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The film follows FBI agent Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart) as he investigates a series of murders committed by a mysterious serial killer who is hunting other serial killers. As Mackelway delves deeper into the case, he begins to suspect that there may be more to the vigilante than meets the eye.

I was watching this psychological thriller and enjoying it although the pacing was a bit slow at times, never good for a thriller. Ben Kingsley is good in the film as you would expect but there was something missing in the story. Audiences agreed as this film lost money. But, the reason I am reviewing it so many years later is because of the final scene, which takes place in a spiral stone labyrinth in the desert ! I can’t tell you what happens without saying SPOILER so I’ll skip that part.

I give it a 6.1/10.