Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God movie review

Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is a sequel to the 1999 Dungeons and Dragon movie (which I reviewed previously), and was released in 2005. This was a far lower budget release than the box office flop that came before it, and honestly it is a far far superior movie to the first one. This movie takes place one hundred years after the events of the events of the first film. Demodar having been cursed by Profion to comeback as an undead creature has decided to get his revenge on Izmir, so he finds a way to resurrect the great Black Dragon God. Lord Berek (fighter), along with Lux (barbarian), Dorian (cleric), Ormaline (wizard), and Nim (rogue) set off to capture the sphere from Demodar to stop the him from awakening the dragon god. Berek's wife Melora, a mage works with the council of mages to unlock the secrets of the ancients who imprisoned the Dragon God in the mountain in the past. If you are a fan of D&D then this movie is made for you, this movie was made using D&D books, for example the Players Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master's Guide. The characters are true to their class and level, the monsters are true to their descriptions and behaviors in the Monster Manual, the spells are true to their description in the Player's Handbook, the spell casters even have a limited amount of spells prepared each day (which actually played into the story line). I like how they even dealt with the issue of barbarian rage. This movie plays out exactly like a third edition D&D game, and as a gamer this movie is an absolute pleasure to watch. This is a movie made for fans of the game, and that being said, to others watching this it might seem like just another lower budget fantasy film, and though there is truth to that, by keeping it lower budget, and not having to give up creative control to company executives, and producers, this movie was made by fans for fans. This movie might not of had the big budget effects that the first one did, but it does look good, and it is true to the game, and that is far more important. This movie also does a great job with backstory and lore (pulled straight out of D&D source material), there is some great character development going on as well. Every character played their roll absolutely perfectly. Other than the lack of budget causing the effects to suffer, and the over all look to be cheaper, I really have nothing negative to say about this movie. There is a third movie in the series called Book of Vile Darkness, however from what I can find, it was never released in the USA, so I am going to have to order a UK import of the DVD, which is cool as my computer is now a region 2 DVD player. Would I recommend this movie? To any D&D player, I would absolutely recommend this. This is the movie that true fans of the game will nerd out over, as we see our game come alive on the screen, this is a movie for us. However if you are not a gamer, I would still recommend it if you like lower budget fantasy films, because this IS a great movie, that even non gamers can enjoy if they don't dismiss it for looking slightly cheap.