![]() Hung, Eric, and Joe are three best friends who've not amounted to much in the traditional sense. While Hung and Eric spend all of their lives LARPING (Live Action Role Play), Joe spends his time between his lowly metal band and his girlfriend. When Joe is dumped, due to being directionless, Hung and Eric convince him to join them on the battlefield in their live action role play game. As they take to the woods to reenact their dungeons and dragons-like game, they unwittingly conjure up a blood-lusting Succubus from hell. Joe Lynch's Knights of Badassdom is a mediocre fantasy comedy that has its moments, but ultimately fails to cash in on its promising concept. The film relies far too heavily on the inherent comedy centered around Live Action Role Playing instead of building off it, making for a film that is mildly amusing but never much more. Knights of Badassdom is not a film I would classify as bad, but simply a film that should have been so much better, given its unique subject matter. The high point of the film might be its cast, with Peter Dinklage giving this silly concept his all, along with a host of fun cameos. If there is one ting that surprised me about Knights of Badassdom it's the brutality of the violence, with the film not holding back in letting the blood flow. In the end, Knights of Badassdom just isn't very funny, though it does have a few moments that reminded me of some of the better off-kilter 80's horror comedies.
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June 2023
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