Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God | |
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DVD cover for the film
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Directed by | Gerry Lively |
Produced by | Courtney Solomon |
Written by |
Robert Kimmel Brian Rudnick |
Starring |
Mark Dymond Clemency Burton-Hill Bruce Payne Ellie Chidzey |
Music by | David Julyan |
Cinematography | Igor Meglic |
Edited by | Rodney Holland |
Distributed by |
Sci Fi Pictures original films Warner Home Video (DVD) |
Release date
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Running time
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105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12,000,000 USD |
Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Gerry Lively. It is a made-for-TV stand-alone sequel to the 2000 film Dungeons & Dragons, which in turn was based on the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (or D&D). The only returning actor is Bruce Payne reprising his role as Damodar. The film was released in theaters in Europe and some parts of North America, and released on DVD on February 7, 2006.
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is followed by the third film of the series, Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness, shot in 2011 and direct-to-DVD released in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2012.
One hundred years after the first film, Damodar survived his defeat by Ridley Freeborn, having been cursed by his former master, Profion, to walk the earth as an undead entity. Driven insane by the curse, he seeks revenge against the kingdom of Izmir, and the descendants of those who defeated him.
After years of searching with the aid of two dark talon lizardfolk shaman, he locates the Orb of Faluzure, an ancient artifact linked to the power of Faluzure, a dragon god imprisoned under Saragasso's mountains. With the Orb's power, he heals the curse, and prepares to awaken the dragon to destroy Izmir.
Lord Berek, a fighter and former captain of the king's guard, now a bored lord of the King, and Melora, his wife, a young mage, investigate reports of poison gas emanating from Saragasso's caves and find the still-slumbering dragon. Researching the threat in Izmir's library, Melora excitedly reports to Oberon, the head of the Mages' Council, that Faluzure was imprisoned three thousand years ago by a powerful ancient civilization called the Turanians, who also created the Orb. While trying to locate the Orb through magic, Melora is cursed by the much-more powerful Damodar, and begins dying slowly.