The movie is a story that details the adventure of three mercenaries, Regdar the human warrior, Mialee the elfin mage, and Lidda a smallish hobbit thief, as the seek a powerful weapon that could destroy the world in a time long ago. The show is a lot like those old videogames where you could chose from a number of options along a fixed path at crucial intervals. Some of the time, you'll chose to fight while other times you'll run or hide. Every choice has it's own consequences and will take the story in another direction-including times when the lead characters die. I played with different options and saw several dozen slightly varied versions of the main story but the first time I played, I made it through without having to backtrack as the options weren't that limitless as the advertising would lead you to believe.

Okay, the voice acting was kind of wooden at times and that didn't help me enjoy it much. That the animation style was simplistic, sort of like what I've seen in some computer games from 2 or so years ago (it's not groundbreaking by any means), was a little disappointing but I can't deny the show was fun to play with for several hours. As a first effort, it was certainly fun enough to merit a rating of Rent It, but it wasn't much more evolved than some Saturday morning shows of recent years. I don't see there being a big market for this type of show, unless the adult virtual sex shows count, until the technology allows for a great many more choices since this is the virtual equivalent of Sewer Shark but again, not a horrible way to spend an afternoon.

Picture: The picture was presented in 1.85:1 ratio widescreen and looked much like some of the scenes you'll find on computer games made a few years back. I didn't see any artifacts or grain but the CGI was somewhat older looking.

Sound: The sound was presented with a choice of either 2.0 or 5.1 Dolby Digital. For the most part, the sound effects and vocals are quite clear with some actual separation between the channels. The bass track was a bit overdone and the voice acting sometimes a bit wooden but not bad otherwise.

Extras: None

Final Thoughts: The main show seemed to last about 40 minutes, depending on which choices you make, and the fact that you are given the ability to start midway through the show when you make a "bad" choice kept me from going batty when I played it in a manner that had me intentionally make poor choices (abandoning friends seems to limit your life expectancy a lot). Maybe a bigger budget and more time will improve later efforts but if you'd like to see what could become a retro party favor in future years, look at it a bit.