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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Trinity Entertainment
Salesrank: 10842
Released: October 25, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Synopsis: Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters", Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern. When Robbie starts having real life visions, the line between reality and fantasy fuse into a harrowing adventure.
Mazes and Monsters Reviews:
This is by far Tom Hanks greatest role 
2009-11-18 - Saving Private Ryan .... Tom Hanks- 3 star performance
Castaway .... Tom Hanks- 3 star performance
Big ......... Tom Hanks- 2 star performance
Green Mile.......Tom Hanks- 3 star performance
Mazes and Monsters.... Tom Hanks 5 STAR PERFORMANCE
Mazes and Monsters is probably one of the most underated films of all time. It has everything in it that you could want: an emotional love story, intriguing characters, Gorvilles, action, adventure, and a holy man that the world has never seen or known of before..... PARDEAUX. Tom Hanks pours all his raw acting strength out in this one, it's so well acted I am not sure if he really is Robbie or Pardeaux, or Tom Hanks for that fact. His friends are truly individuals, from the makeout king to that kid thats always wearing a different hat. (SPOILER ALERT) I was a little disappointed that Robbie didn't get the girl in the end.
If you have not seen this I beleive you will be thoroughly entertained, this movie also shines light on the greatness and diversity of Role Playing games, and the adventures you could have, now don't get me wrong I'm Not (SPOILER ALERT) advocating the slaughter of muggers by pretending their gorville's but I beleive a lot of the world's prolems would just go away if we pretended we were fantasty characters.
Not propaganda, and not anti-gaming. 
2009-10-26 - Okay, let's start off by making it clear that I'm a gamer. I started playing D&D way back in 1980, and was very into it through junior high and high school. One of my earliest jobs was working at a game (not toy) store, and I have worked at several more game stores since then, including managing one.
When I first saw Mazes and Monsters (on TV), I was thrilled to see characters enjoying a role playing game (just as that brief D&D scene in E.T. made so many gamers happy). I even bought a copy of the book - and enjoyed it - although Rona Jaffe isn't an author I'd generally read.
One thing that was clear to me in the book - and it was also fairly clear in the movie - is that the game was a red herring. It wasn't the game that caused Robbie to lose his grip with reality, it was the way his family failed to deal with the disappearance of his older brother, and the emotional damage that this caused in an otherwise normal seeming teen.
In the book/movie, there is a great hubbub about Robbie getting lost in the caves, when he wasn't lost in the caves at all - just as the real life case that "inspired" this had everyone in a furor about the student getting lost in the steam tunnels, when he was actually not there, and D&D had nothing to do with his disappearance. If anything, this illustrates how much the "steam tunnels" urban legend was based on hysteria and fear of the "different". Having a movie - even a mediocre TV movie - about D&D (even if a fake name was used) is something that helped to bring mainstream awareness to role playing games, and thus probably helped to dispel more ignorance than any number of "Chick Tracts" can create.
Tom Hank's pre-star work!
2009-07-15 - "Mazes and Monsters" was a TV movie that came out in the early 80's, at a time when "Dungeons and Dragons" was at the height of popularity. At the time, Hanks was really only known for his stint on "Bussom Buddies". The film also stars Chris Makepeace, who was best know for his roles in "Meatballs" (with Bill Murray) and "My Bodyguard". In addition, the Twin Towers plays a "role" towards the end of the film. If for no other reason, this movie provides for some great nostalgia. Seeing Hanks in his pre-super star days is priceless. You could see his acting skills coming together, as he is pretty good in his role. The other actors do a fine job, too, considering the material, which is cheesy at best. Nonetheless, the movie works for its time, and is a nice collection for any Tom Hanks fan, or anyone wishing to see the Twin Towers have a part in a movie. I recommend it.
A family classic
2009-05-23 - This movie is so bad it's good. Bad acting, horrible lines, hallucinations of bad costumed creatures, horrible renditions of private detectives, what else could you want?
Pure made for TV 1980's anti-gaming propaganda at it's finest.
Very entertaining with a heavy dose of salt.
Hope they reprise the gang at some point to make part 2.
Bad acting and a bit cheesy but I still love it
2008-11-23 - I remember watching this on tv as a kid and never got a chance to see the ending. Funny, I don't remember the acting being SO bad but it is an interesting movie, especially considering all the different role-playing games that are out there now.
