Knights of Badassdom


After being dumped by his sexy girlfriend Beth, Joe (Kwanten) reluctantly decides to join Eric (Zahn) and his LARPing (Live Action Role Players) friends in the woods rather than stay behind and feel sorry for his newly single status.

There he meets hot, ass-kicking, intimidating LARPer Gwen (Glau), and finds himself plunged into a surreal adventure wilder than he ever imagined when a make-believe wizard casts an all-too-real spell from an ancient book.

That spell releases an actual demon with a taste for human blood -- and souls -- that starts systematically decimating the players in this suddenly deadly "game." Will our guys become the heroes they have been pretending to be before time runs out?

CURRENT STATUS: 
Now On DVD
After being dumped by his sexy girlfriend Beth, Joe (Kwanten) reluctantly decides to join Eric (Zahn) and his LARPing (Live Action Role Players) friends in the woods rather than stay behind and feel sorry for his newly single status. There he meets hot, ass-kicking, intimidating LARPer Gwen (Glau), and finds himself plunged into a surreal adventure wilder than he ever imagined when a make-believe wizard casts an all-too-real spell from an ancient book. That spell releases an actual demon with a taste for human blood -- and souls -- that starts systematically decimating the players in this suddenly deadly "game." Will our guys become the heroes they have been pretending to be before time runs out?

CATEGORY
Comedy | Demons

RELEASE DATE
January 21, 2014 (Limited)
February 11, 2014 (VOD)
April 1, 2014 (DVD)
CURRENT STATUS
Now On DVD
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
IndieVest Pictures
MPAA RATING
R "horror violence, language throughout, some
drug use and sexuality."
OFFICIAL SITES
Facebook
Official Site
DIRECTED BY
Joe Lynch
WRITTEN BY
Kevin Dreyfuss
Matt Wall
STARRING
Summer Glau
Peter Dinklage
Ryan Kwanten
Danny Pudi
Steve Zahn
Douglas Tait

PROJECT DETAILS
  • You can request the film to play in your city by going here.
  • It's said that the version being distributed right now is the edited version and not Joe Lynch's preferred original cut.
  • Entertainment One will distribute the film in the US via an on demand and limited theatrical run.
  • Apparently the film is finally going to be screened to potential buyers soon, but it isn't the actual full intended cut of the movie. According to this site the film was taken outta the hands of the filmmakers during the editing process and the original 90-minute cut has been trimmed to a reported 70-minutes and "includes significant changes to the original story and concept.” (3/4/13)
  • Filmed in Spokane, Washington.
  • Fans may also recognize actor Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse from the hit HBO vampire series True Blood.
  • Fans may recognize Summer Glau from Firefly and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
  • FX duties are being handled by Spectral Motion, the company that created creatures and mutants for the Hellboy and X-Men franchises.
  • Described as "Shaun of the Dead meets Role Models."
  • This is a horror-comedy from director Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End).
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REVIEW

5/10 | Click here to read the official review from a UHM staff member.


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