Based on the cult board game of the same name, “Dungeons & Dragons” is a laughably bad fantasy film that makes the “Lord of the Rings” movies look like “Citizen Kane” by comparison. I know next to nothing about the board game but this is a bad movie regardless. Even if you can tolerate the bad acting, the special effects are awful and are on par with the disastrous “Mortal Kombat: Annihilation”.

Tyrannical sorcerer Profion (Jeremy Irons “Die Hard: With A Vengeance”) plans to overthrow Empress Savina (Thora Birch “Patriot Games”). The only ones that can save the Empire of Izmer are mage Marina (Zoe McLellan) and thieves Ridley (Justin Whalin “Child’s Play 3”) and Snails (Marlon Wayans “White Chicks”) by preventing Profion from acquiring a rod that control the red dragons.

Jeremy Irons is easily the best thing in “Dungeons & Dragons”. He is really having fun here and he is very entertaining to watch. I only wish he had more screen time. The Ridley and Marina characters are pretty generic fantasy protagonists. The performance from Marlon Wayans as Snails is unbearable. I would rather watch a feature-length film with Jar Jar Binks and Pauly Shore (“Bio-Dome”) than see another minute of Marlon Wayans as Snails. The dragons look terrible especially considering “Reign Of Fire” came out only a few years later.

“Dungeons & Dragons” will probably make you laugh with its over-the-top acting, cheesy dialog and horrendous special effects. Jeremy Irons is legitimately entertaining because he knows how absurd the whole production is but most of the performances are just bland. The most significant improvement the filmmakers could have made would have been to completely remove Marlon Wayans from this movie altogether. If you are a fan of fantasy movies then look elsewhere because even the first “Troll” movie is better than this.