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Evil Lies Within All Men

Nomination Year: 2024

SYNOPSIS: This is a D&D movie. Probably literally. It was funded on Kickstarter and, while I didn't actually look up the backstory, it certainly feels like the filmmakers decided they wanted to make a movie out of the adventures of their D&D group (and really, who of us hasn't?) and got a bunch of gamers to crowdfund it. I can picture the "get a cameo by Kevin Sorbo" stretch goal. There's a party: Mage, cleric, fighter, thief, ranger NPC. There's a Quest. There's a bunch of Random Encounters. There's a Cameo by Kevin Sorbo. There's a Boss Fight. There's a Setup for the Next Adventure. This is a high-end Smithee movie, not because it's better than our typical fare -- it's not -- but because it's exactly what it aspires to be: A dumb, fun cinematic adaptation of a D&D game. I'm sure the Kickstarter backers were very pleased with the result. I almost feel bad making fun of it. But not so bad I won't be watching Mythica: The Necromancer for Smithee 33.

Smithee Award Nominations

Best One-Liner
This Was Your Idea! "This was your idea!" "Yes, but it was not a GOOD idea."

Inane Dialogue
"I Shall Rule for a Thousand Years Milliseconds!" "I shall rule for a thousand years! My power shall rival the gods!" He won't rule long enough to finish this sentence and his power is insufficient to defeat four randos who never appear in the movie again.

Worst Picture
Pixie Fight! The highly illustrative Pixie fight...

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Anne K. Black	Does Bad swords-and-sorcery flicks.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Melanie Stone	Marek	Mabel in V/H/S/99; Chrissy in Deadstream; and Ruby in Cupid for Christmas.
Adam Johnson	Thane	Munt on "The Outpost"; Oliver Reese in Hypnotica; Malnick in Dragon Hunter; Cal Robertson in Orcs!
Jake Stormoen	Dagen	Capt. Garret Spears on "The Outpost"; Duncan on "Extinct"; Devan in Strong Enough.
Nicola Posener	Teela	Amelia on "The Bold and the Beautiful" (she was the latter); Yvonne on "Age of the Living Dead"; Teela in the Mythica movies.
Rocky Myers	Qole	Kal on "Ruthless" and "The Oval"; Jacob on "Sons of Thunder"; Jerry in Vamp U.
Christopher Robin Miller	Hammerhead	Does a load of voiceover work (like in "The Wingfeather Saga" and "The Aquabats!"). Bob in Ice Spiders.
Kevin Sorbo	Gojun Pye	Prolific leading man actor in many fantasy films and shows, best known as TV's Hercules.
James C. Morris	Rawhead	Joseph in Ice Spiders, Andy the Werebunny in Raising Kayn, Mr. Bickerstaff in Chick Magnets, Snicker in Survivor, Old Elf (as James Christian Morris) in The Christmas Dragon, and Rawhead in Mythica: A Quest for Heroes, Mythica: the Darkspore, Mythica: The Necromancer, and Mythica: The Godslayer.
Bobby Jacoby	Peregus Malister	AKA "Robert Jayne," he's a former child actor that was on a bunch of TV; was also Melvin Plug in the Tremors series; Jasper in Beyond the Wall of Sleep; and Bee #4 in Bee Movie!

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