Summaries

A love triangle with a twist of fantasy! The hero is Ralph, a young nerd from a bad neighborhood who's on his way to university for the first time. Ralph is completely downtrodden in life, but he escapes from a cruel reality that he can't control by creating insanely detailed fantasy game worlds (as in fantasy games such as "Dungeons and Dragons" or "Tunnels and Trolls"), in which he is firmly in charge, as "Game Keeper". When Ralph arrives at university he immediately takes over the fantasy role-playing society from the resident Game Keeper in a ruthless coup. His new players include neurotic risk management student Davy, metal-head theology student Hank and - most importantly - the beautiful Marlyn, a crazy Goth chick who believes she is an elf. She's the ultimate object of geek lust, and Ralph falls for her hard. But there's a fly in the ointment: Ralph's old enemy from the hood, minor dope dealer Lennie who has undergone a near-religious conversion to all things fantastical having watched a LORD OF THE RINGS triple bill while on acid. Now he's desperate to take part in Ralph's game. Under pain of violence Ralph agrees to let him play, but soon regrets it when he notices a spark between Lennie and Marlyn. The seeds of a bitter love triangle are sown, and the story soon snowballs towards an inexorable apocalyptic explosion of freakish, geekish angst!—Pure Magic Films

Details

Keywords
  • rpg
  • dungeons and dragons
  • university
  • role playing
  • goth
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
Release date Feb 21, 2008
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Production companies Pure Magic Films

Box office

Budget $300000
Gross worldwide $8460

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 41m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio

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