Better Late Then Never

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Fantasy is always a fun genre because you can do anything with it and just about anything can happen. This is another film from the that group I love "Dead Gentlemen" and they did it again.Not much I can say it's parody on the RPG counter culture but it does it cleverly mainly on it's format which is kinda similar to the fantasy films "The Neverending Story" and "The Princess Bride"; it makes perfect sense because that's exactly what playing the game is like, roll the dice, make whatever moves your character can make, all to imagine the outcome of your actions.The action is good, the choreography actually does look up to par. The music is also good though it's not as memorable, but their still good tracks. The make up work on monsters is good. The locations they used were solid, they worked well with whatever they could get. The special effects are decent, not too shabby but what can you expect from a low budget amateur film. But the really magic is once again in it's script, the dialog is just very good it's above average writing. I really like what the characters say they all have some good memorable lines. It's once again an example of verbal humor going together well with visual humor, and I'm a fan of verbal humor.The only problem with this film is just simply that it was too short, may'be it was because of budget or this was how it was meant to be but still I really felt like the film could of had some more minutes in it, that campaign the characters were on could of been a bit longer.But oh well, overall "The Gamers" is a solid fantasy film, so if anyone is a fan of RPG board games or video games, or even a fan of the fantasy genre then "The Gamers" is a game you can't lose.Rating: 3 stars

Went back and watched this after seeing the "sequel." Definitely not as well-acted or put together as Dorkness Rising (which is amazing!), but the bright spots of the film made up for any of that. The budget for this couldn't have been much, but I still enjoyed watching it.You can tell that the people who put it together have a real love for gaming themselves, and that goes a long way in how I view the film. While not overly polished, it comes across as a labor of love with nuggets of brilliance speckled throughout.I recently found out that it comes in two versions, and that the later one has a "family friendly" option. If you have small kids or are offended by swearing, you'll want to go with that version--though it seems to me that most actual gamers have the mouths of the "uncut" version.Worth picking up if you're a gamer, worth a viewing if you're not.

As someone who has never really played an RPG, I'd just like to take the time to comment. I used to think of gamers as a pathetic lot who couldn't socialize in a real world and therefore had to find a fantasy land in which to associate with other introverts. Now I know I was right...but the movie was hysterical and I can sympathize a little better. Though short, the plot was catchy and the jokes, even if I missed a few were fairly apparent and quite amusing. With all the appropriate characters of any good story and a wit scarily similar to my own, I can honestly say I was at least giggling throughout the entire film. Just sit back and take it for what it is...a movie about life as a few know it made with $500 and a roll of the dice.

I am a gamer, and this movie had me cracking up for the entire 48 minutes. It's short, but it gets its point across. From the looks of things, a comedy troupe made this movie. They obviously had a very low budget. The sets looked very fake, but it was okay. It sort of added to the humor.Sometimes, with higher budget movies featuring big stars, the actors seem wrong for the parts. The guys in "Gamers" seemed exactly right for their roles, as if they really ARE gamers in real life. Each actor played two roles: a gamer, and his character. The gamers were funny at times and argumentative at others, just like real live gamers. The characters - a barbarian, an archer, a mage and a thief - were cheesy and overdramatic, just like the characters played by a lot of real live gamers. The film might as well have been a documentary about players of role-playing games. As I watched the silly drama unfold, all I could think was "This is how my gamer friends and I look to outsiders!" The idea made me laugh.I'd bring this movie to a party or friendly gathering. It's not too long for the subject, it's funny, and it's almost true to life.