Review of Knights of Badassdom (2014) by Sean G — 30 Jan 2014

This film about live action role players has been languishing on a shelf since its trailer excited nerds several years ago. This usually means that a movie is terrible or occasionally that the studio believes its audience is limited. There was hope that Knights of Badassdom was the former but despite low expectations this movie is terrible; amateurish storytelling, disjointed pacing, bland acting and worst of all it doesn't recognize its strengths. It disposes of its most interesting characters/the actors doing good work with bad material.

It definitely has its charm and funny moments, mostly in the performances from Peter Dinklage and Jimmi Simpson, but overall it is a great concept with derivative and amateurish execution.