Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
NZ release: 31 March 2023
Horror, offensive language and violence Rated on: 22 August 2023
What’s it about?
Fresh out of prison, a charismatic thief is joined by a band of unlikely adventurers as they set out on an epic quest to recover a long-lost relic. But their journey takes a dangerous twist when they cross paths with the wrong enemies.
The facts
- Directed by John Francis Daley (Game Night) and Jonathan Goldstein (Spider-Man: Homecoming and Horrible Bosses.)
- Stars Chris Pine, Hugh Grant, Michelle Rodriguiz and Regé-Jean Page.
- English language
- Runtime: 135 minutes
- Based on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
Why did it get this rating?
This film game was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Horror and violence
The film follows an epic, fantastical adventure, filled with fantasy-themed action, violence, and fantasy creatures. There’s brawls, fistfights, and battles involving weapons like swords, knives, and crossbows, alongside the use of magic. In a flashback, a character is killed with a poisoned blade.
Examples of violence and horror include:
- In the opening scene set in a dark and cold prison a female warrior attacks a cellmate after they made suggestive comments about “never sharing a cell with a woman before”. She breaks his legs, knees his head and throws him to the ground. Throughout the film the same character fights many and usually
- A mother is murdered off-screen and hides her baby in a secret compartment in a wall.
- The characters dig up graves to magically speak with the dead about their quest.
- A wizard unleashes destructive spells, causing significant harm to both people and places, including one spell that instantly kills. Viewers see characters foaming at the mouth and dying.
The film is meant to be funny, and injuries are not shown in detail. However, younger whānau members could find some of the fantasy elements and violence a bit scary, and the humour is more catered to a mature audience.
Offensive language
There is occasional but no frequent use of offensive and coarse language including, “sh*t”, “bastards” and “son of a b*tch”.
