I first experienced this movie back in 2000, and I honestly struggled to understand how an Academy Award winner like Jeremy Irons ("Profion") ended up participating in something so ridiculous. The story revolves around his ambition to overthrow the Empress (played with surprising stiffness by Thora Birch) and steal the sceptre that governs the white dragons. She resists him, forcing him to search for the red "Rod of …

A cheerfully over-the-top heroic fantasy, complete with dungeons and dragons, is on display here. Released in 2000 under the direction of Courtney Solomon, "Dungeons & Dragons" tells a story set in the kingdom of Izmer, where Empress (Thora Birch) champions fairness between magic users and ordinary people while Profion (Jeremy Irons), hungry for power, schemes to depose her with assistance from his strong-armed fo…