I used to play Dungeons & Dragons in my misspent teenage years, and I've played a few times since. It's a pretty cool concept for a game, but its success in other media -- cartoons, comic books, movies, etc. -- has been mixed.

So I wasn't in a particular hurry to watch Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, although the previews I saw looked intriguing. I usually enjoy a Chris Pine movie, and the ensemble cast looked like a lot of fun. Anyway, there aren't a lot of great fantasy films, so I'm usually willing to give a new one a try.

It's pretty good. It's not great, but it is fun, and I enjoyed myself watching it.

Honor Among Thieves reminds me a lot of the D&D campaigns I played in my youth. A mismatched band of adventurers comes together for assorted reasons to complete a quest. It doesn't always make sense, and there are a few too many random coincidences to advance the story, but it's more about fun than logic.

The plot isn't really all that important. Suffice it to say, two adventurers -- a male bard and a female barbarian -- escape from prison and embark on a quest that involves recruiting allies, recovering items, solving problems and fighting various creatures they encounter along the way. There's swords and axes, magic and shapeshifting in the mix, as well as an indestructible lute that doubles as a club.

And the actors obviously know they're making a bit of a spoof, and they play their parts with a knowing wink at the audience. Sure, there are a few serious bits, but for the most part, Honor Among Thieves is a light-hearted, frothy lark.

Chris Pine is the bard, Edgin, who suffered a great loss and forswore his oaths for personal gain. Michelle Rodriguez is Holga, his barbarian best friend. Hugh Grant is Forge, the charismatic rogue who betrayed them, and Daisy Head is Sofina, a powerful sorceress who does Forge's bidding ... for her own reasons, to be revealed later. Chloe Coleman is Kira, Edgin's daughter, who feels abandoned by her father and has turned to Forge as a surrogate stepdad. Justice Smith is Simon, a fair to middling spellcaster recruited by Edgin and Holga to help them recover Kira (and steal a certain magical item and a great deal of treasure along the way), and Sophia Lillis is Doric, a shapeshifting druid who reluctantly agrees to help them. Rege-Jean Page is Xenk, a paladin who helps the motley crew find a magical helm that they need to penetrate Forge's defenses.

Of course, there are dungeons to explore and dragons to fight, too.

Honor Among Thieves is not great art, and I wouldn't say it's destined to be a fantasy classic. But it's entertaining, and I certainly didn't regret watching it. The party's various adventures and hijinks certainly reminded me of some of my old D&D campaigns ... but of course this movie has much dialogue and overall better performances than my friends and I could conjure with dice and lead figures in our dungeon master's basement.