The Gamers: Dorkness Rising (2008)

That was an excellent one.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Absolutely Fantastic

A Masterpiece!

THE GAMERS: DORKNESS RISING is an indie comedy that explores the wacky world of Dungeons & Dragons and the people who play it. The story is about a real geek who wants to play the game seriously only to have his efforts thwarted by his group of friends wanting to mess around instead. This film is very cheap and slapdash, with wooden acting throughout, and some of the cosplay scenes are largely embarrassing. But there's no denying the enthusiasm of those involved, although to enjoy it you really need to be a fan of roleplaying games yourself.

Sometimes whenever you play a game for the second time around you actually get a little better, that same fundamental truth goes for this film which I personally think is a little better than the first, but that's just me.It does the same thing as the original it parodies on the fantasy RPG genre and has the same story format, however what I like is that they actually did create a sense of characterization and story with both the real world and even the fantasy world they constructed, which actually made me care a little for what happened in both.For it's pluses, the company "Dead Gentlemen" as usual had a low budget but they used it well, the makeup work on the monsters is good, the action is also good it's well choreographed, the locations they used are solid there are more used than in the last one, the film is the right length which means a longer campaign for the characters as well as gives the film a more epic feel; and the acting is solid.But as usual the real magic of the film is in it's script and parody. The writing is clever and above average. Both the visual and verbal humor go together great and there are plenty of memorable lines. There are some instances I found hilarious I'll just talk about a few of them I don't want to say too much, there was this moment which obviously parodies the "Final Fantasy" video games where there is this battle and both sides are just standing there and have to wait till it's one person turn to attack, I couldn't help but crack up because it's true the characters they attack never defend themselves in anyway. Or another where we see Ninjas and Pirates attack one another in an office, this was based on an actually RPG game, seeing this sequence makes me wish "Dead Gentlemen" did a film based on the mere concept. And of course the player that picked the Bard for some fraked up reason, his character gets killed more times than Kenny from "South Park", has it ever occurred to him to pick a character that can actually fight.Overall "The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising" is a solid sequel. If your a fan of RPGs, video games or even the fantasy genre in general then this film is for you, you can't lose with this sequel.

Gamers: DR is not a fancy made movie, it's more like amateur video. Horrible magic effect, really fake fireball, terribly made dungeon, castle, village...... sword, axe, shield, robe, plate..... okok... everything. You will need about 10 minutes to adjust your expecting on visual, then you will get 105 minutes of fun.I'm from Hongkong and it's really hard to find RPers, none of my friends play RPG and I always fancy to be one of the character in the world of D&D. Watching Gamers: DR just show me what would it be like to be a gamer. You see rule books, dices, game set, etc etc etc; You hear terms like "fighter", "wizard", "hit point", "level", "character", "flaming hand", "Chaotic Evil".What RPG fancy me is that it let you do anything u want to, not bonded by software RPG. Gamers: DR provide the same element, you wont know what happen next and it probably just make you laugh to dead. The movie goes both gamers's real life as well as in the D&D world. You will hear the gamer cast the dice when the character in game take action, which make you feel you really participle in the game.I don't want to spoil anything, but in short, Gamers: DR is a must watch movie for RPG lovers. For people never play RPG game, I'm sure you still get many fun from it.

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 .