Dove.org

Get news & reviews in your inbox

  • Prime Video
  • Documentary
  • Producers Corner
  • Watch Lists
  • More Than A Movie Night
  • It’s Dove Approved – Family Movie Trivia Game
  • Dove Ratings
  • Privacy Policy

hero quest movie review

Dove Review

Fairy tales are always whimsical, fantastical, and magical. Savva is a young boy who lives with his mother in a village that the white wolves once protected. But the wolves are all gone, due to a curse put on them. So the villagers have no protection unless they can find a brave person to help them.

The villainous hyenas are terrorizing the village, as they capture the humans to take them to be slaves for Mama Zho Zi, the vain ruler of the monkeys, apes and gorillas. Savva’s mother hides him below their home to keep him safe, but he decides he has to save her and the rest of the village. To do that, he needs to find the magician who sent the white wolves away.

On Savva’s quest, he meets a white wolf that is willing to help him, because the wolf also wants to correct the terrible event that led to the wolves’ banishment. Along the way, the two meet a variety of characters who also are willing to help for their own reasons.

“Hero Quest” is a charming animated movie about forgiveness, love, friendship and teamwork. It will entertain the entire family. We award this film the Dove “Family-Approved” Seal for all ages.

Dove Rating Details

Animated battle scene, no blood or gross scenes, girls fighting

A curse on the wolves; a witch's house, girl turns wooden sword into real sword.

More Information

Film information, dove content.

Faith Film Producer DeVon Franklin Steps in Front of the Camera for ‘Jesus Revolution’

Faith Film Producer DeVon Franklin Steps in Front of the Camera for ‘Jesus Revolution’

Cyrano: Love is a Verb

Cyrano: Love is a Verb

Redeeming Love: Grace Rising Up Out of the Dirt

Redeeming Love: Grace Rising Up Out of the Dirt

Filmmakers Highlight the Hope and Heroism in “Gigi and Nate”

Filmmakers Highlight the Hope and Heroism in “Gi...

hero quest movie review

hero quest movie review

Common Sense Media

Movie & TV reviews for parents

  • For Parents
  • For Educators
  • Our Work and Impact

Or browse by category:

  • Movie Reviews
  • Best Movie Lists
  • Best Movies on Netflix, Disney+, and More

Common Sense Selections for Movies

hero quest movie review

50 Modern Movies All Kids Should Watch Before They're 12

hero quest movie review

  • Best TV Lists
  • Best TV Shows on Netflix, Disney+, and More
  • Common Sense Selections for TV
  • Video Reviews of TV Shows

hero quest movie review

Best Kids' Shows on Disney+

hero quest movie review

Best Kids' TV Shows on Netflix

  • Book Reviews
  • Best Book Lists
  • Common Sense Selections for Books

hero quest movie review

8 Tips for Getting Kids Hooked on Books

hero quest movie review

50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They're 12

  • Game Reviews
  • Best Game Lists

Common Sense Selections for Games

  • Video Reviews of Games

hero quest movie review

Nintendo Switch Games for Family Fun

hero quest movie review

  • Podcast Reviews
  • Best Podcast Lists

Common Sense Selections for Podcasts

hero quest movie review

Parents' Guide to Podcasts

hero quest movie review

  • App Reviews
  • Best App Lists

hero quest movie review

Social Networking for Teens

hero quest movie review

Gun-Free Action Game Apps

hero quest movie review

Reviews for AI Apps and Tools

  • YouTube Channel Reviews
  • YouTube Kids Channels by Topic

hero quest movie review

Parents' Ultimate Guide to YouTube Kids

hero quest movie review

YouTube Kids Channels for Gamers

  • Preschoolers (2-4)
  • Little Kids (5-7)
  • Big Kids (8-9)
  • Pre-Teens (10-12)
  • Teens (13+)
  • Screen Time
  • Social Media
  • Online Safety
  • Identity and Community

hero quest movie review

How to Prepare Your Kids for School After a Summer of Screen Time

  • Family Tech Planners
  • Digital Skills
  • All Articles
  • Latino Culture
  • Black Voices
  • Asian Stories
  • Native Narratives
  • LGBTQ+ Pride
  • Best of Diverse Representation List

hero quest movie review

Multicultural Books

hero quest movie review

YouTube Channels with Diverse Representations

hero quest movie review

Podcasts with Diverse Characters and Stories

Hero Quest Poster Image

  • Common Sense Says
  • Parents Say 7 Reviews
  • Kids Say 4 Reviews

Based on 4 kid reviews

Kid Reviews

It has a great educational value, great messages, and great role models..

This title has:

  • Educational value
  • Great messages
  • Great role models

Report this review

What to watch next.

Tales of the Night Poster Image

Tales of the Night

Want personalized picks for your kids' age and interests?

Knight Rusty

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest Poster Image

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest

Kirikou and the Sorceress Poster Image

Kirikou and the Sorceress

The Secret of Kells Poster Image

The Secret of Kells

Excellent adventure movies for family fun, adventure books, related topics.

  • Magic and Fantasy
  • Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
  • Wild Animals

Want suggestions based on your streaming services? Get personalized recommendations

Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.

Log in or sign up for Rotten Tomatoes

Trouble logging in?

By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from the Fandango Media Brands .

By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and to receive email from the Fandango Media Brands .

By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes.

Email not verified

Let's keep in touch.

Rotten Tomatoes Newsletter

Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:

  • Upcoming Movies and TV shows
  • Rotten Tomatoes Podcast
  • Media News + More

By clicking "Sign Me Up," you are agreeing to receive occasional emails and communications from Fandango Media (Fandango, Vudu, and Rotten Tomatoes) and consenting to Fandango's Privacy Policy and Terms and Policies . Please allow 10 business days for your account to reflect your preferences.

OK, got it!

  • What's the Tomatometer®?
  • Login/signup

hero quest movie review

Movies in theaters

  • Opening this week
  • Top box office
  • Coming soon to theaters
  • Certified fresh movies

Movies at home

  • Fandango at Home
  • Prime Video
  • Most popular streaming movies
  • What to Watch New

Certified fresh picks

  • 81% Alien: Romulus Link to Alien: Romulus
  • 100% Daughters Link to Daughters
  • 78% Cuckoo Link to Cuckoo

New TV Tonight

  • 100% Pachinko: Season 2
  • -- OceanXplorers: Season 1
  • 89% Chimp Crazy: Season 1
  • -- Classified: Season 1
  • -- Reasonable Doubt: Season 2
  • -- The Anonymous: Season 1
  • -- Face to Face With Scott Peterson: Season 1

Most Popular TV on RT

  • 91% Bad Monkey: Season 1
  • 53% The Umbrella Academy: Season 4
  • 96% Industry: Season 3
  • 77% Lady in the Lake: Season 1
  • -- Troppo: Season 2
  • 58% Emily in Paris: Season 4
  • 100% Supacell: Season 1
  • 78% Star Wars: The Acolyte: Season 1
  • 82% A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Season 1
  • Best TV Shows
  • Most Popular TV
  • TV & Streaming News

Certified fresh pick

  • 91% Bad Monkey: Season 1 Link to Bad Monkey: Season 1
  • All-Time Lists
  • Binge Guide
  • Comics on TV
  • Five Favorite Films
  • Video Interviews
  • Weekend Box Office
  • Weekly Ketchup
  • What to Watch

All James Cameron Movies Ranked

Best Horror Movies of 2024 Ranked – New Scary Movies to Watch

What to Watch: In Theaters and On Streaming

Awards Tour

James Wan’s Teacup : Premiere Date, Trailer, Cast & More

2024 Emmy Awards Ballot: Complete with Tomatometer and Audience Scores

  • Trending on RT
  • Best New Horror Movies
  • Re-Release Calendar
  • Renewed and Cancelled TV
  • Popular Series on Neflix

Hero Quest Reviews

No All Critics reviews for Hero Quest.

Hero Quest

Watch Hero Quest

  • 1 hr 25 min
  • 4.4   (1,134)

A fairytale about a grand life journey of a 10-year old boy Savva devoted to help his Mom and fellow village people to break free from the vicious hyenas.

Hero Quest

  • Genres Fantasy Adventure Animation
  • Cast Maksim Chukharyov Konstantin Khabenskiy Fedor Bondarchuk
  • Director Maksim Fadeev
  • Release Date 2015
  • MPAA Rating NR
  • Runtime 1 hr 25 min
  • Language Russian
  • IMDB Rating 4.4   (1,134)

Apple TV

logo

  • Rankings FA
  • TV Premiere Calendar
  • Coming in 2024
  • Latest Reviews

United States

Hero Quest animation

  • Credits 
  • Image gallery  [5]

All images are copyrighted by their respective copyright holders and/or producers/distributors.

Hero Quest

  • Savva. Heart of the Warrior
  • A Warrior's Tail

Russia

All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.

User history

Hero Quest

Cast & Crew

Milla Jovovich

Whoopi Goldberg

Mama Zho Zi

Sharon Stone

Geoffrey Cantor

Semi-Baron Fafl

  • Average 4.4

Information

© 2015 Glukoza Production Limited

Accessibility

Copyright © 2024 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Internet Service Terms Apple TV & Privacy Cookie Policy Support

4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Book Reviews

  • About DVD Corner

Hero Quest DVD Review

Hero Quest DVD

Ditch this quest.

In the fantasy CGI animated film “Hero Quest,” the story revolves around a young boy (Savva) who embarks on a quest to save his fellow villagers (which includes his mother) from evil hyenas. Joining him on his journey is a white wolf (Angee), a cursed man (Baron Fafl), and a host of other oddball characters. Unfortunately, their quest is easier said than done as it is fraught with peril such as an evil 3 headed monkey Queen and a war.

“Hero Quest” (AKA “A Warrior’s Tail”) is as generic as the title suggests. From start to finish, the film feels like a slapped together story about dreams, the hero’s journey, saving the world, you know the drill. At no point does the writing stuff even attempt to develop the lame mythology. Instead, they merely cram in as many characters as humanely possible, create a story that drifts wildly off course, and thrown in some many moments that are clear rip-offs films such as “Lord of the Rings,” “Howl’s Moving Castle,” “The Jungle Book,” and “Gremlins.”

The film does have one thing going for it and that’s the CGI animation. Granted, it’s not perfect, but I appreciate the work that went into the picturesque environments and some of the unique character designs.

Video/Audio:

Presentation: Widescreen. How does it look? As mentioned above, the CGI animation looks sharp.

Audio Track: Dolby Digital 5.1. How does it sound? Lively (annoyingly so).

Extras: A Dove Channel ad, a “Hero Quest” trailer, and a rock music video.

Share this:

March 13, 2016 - Posted by nicklyons1 | DVD review | A Warrior's Tail Review , Hero Quest Animated Movie , Hero Quest DVD Review

No comments yet.

Leave a comment Cancel reply

« Previous | Next »

DVDCorner.net’s blog contains reviews of the latest DVD, 4K and Blu-ray discs, disc news, as well as lists and reviews of other media items such as graphic novels, books, board/card games, and more.  DVDCorner has been around for nearly 18 years now and this is our latest evolution. We are not affiliated with any other website that contains DVDCorner in its title nor do we sell DVDs or Blu-rays. We only review titles sent to us from different studios. Thanks for dropping by from all of us at DVDCorner.net.

Share This Blog

  • RSS - Posts

' src=

DVDCorner’s Archives

  • August 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009

Email Subscription

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address:

Sign me up!

  • Search for:
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

' src=

  • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
  • Copy shortlink
  • Report this content
  • View post in Reader
  • Manage subscriptions
  • Collapse this bar
  • Featured Content
  • Board Game Reviews
  • RPG Reviews
  • Beyond Reviews
  • New and Upcoming Games
  • Kickstarter News
  • Board Game & RPG News
  • Press Releases
  • Podcasts & Videos
  • Dunwich Legacy
  • Path to Carcosa
  • Forgotten Age
  • Flashback Friday
  • Let Me Illustrate
  • Why Do I Own This?
  • Matt Thrower
  • Michael Barnes
  • Shellie "ubarose" Rose
  • Steve M "Gary Sax"
  • Wade Monnig
  • Adam Richards
  • Andi Lennon
  • Antoinette Mason
  • Bernardo Rodriguez
  • Francie Berger
  • Iain McAllister
  • John "Sagrilarus" Edwards
  • Kellen Allen Larker
  • Marc "Jackwraith" Reichardt
  • Oliver Kinne
  • Richard Simpson
  • Universal Head
  • Andrew McAlpine
  • Cecilia Hyland
  • ChristopherMD
  • Charlie Theel
  • Drew Geekinsight
  • David Norris
  • Demetri Ballas
  • Eric Hyland
  • Kevin Klemme
  • Michael "Egg Shen" Nadeau
  • Mason Sokol
  • Raf Cordero
  • All Board Games & RPGs
  • Top Rated Ameritrash Games
  • Top Rated Family Games
  • Top Rated Wargames
  • Recent Topics
  • Community Members
  • Login | Register
  • My Articles & Blog
  • Favorite Articles
  • Favorite Games
  • Favorite Podcasts
  • Edit Profile
  • Advanced Search
  • Search - Members
  • Advertiser Dashboard

Submissions

  • How to Submit Content
  • Upcoming Game
  • Kickstarter
  • Published Game
  • Star Rating Key
  • About There Will Be Games
  • Our Affiliate Sites
  • Request a Game Review
  • Advertise on TWBG

Logo

You May Also Like...

Mycelia board game review, river wild board game review, ¡adiós calavera board game review, possible identity crisis - a godsforge, 2nd edition review, crumbs: the sandwich filler game, outback crossing review, raiders of the north sea (digital eyes), forests of pangaia review, bagh chal review, filthy lucre - a bloodsport gambler review, castle panic review, voidfall review - “euro 4x,” and the puzzleborne, a fake artist goes to new york review, ahoy board game review, village rails review, the spill board game review.

  • Boardgame-Reviews

The Truth about Heroquest - Review

The Truth about Heroquest - Review

Game Information

Spoiler: IT'S A KIDS' GAME FOR KIDS.

To be honest, I don’t have that much nostalgia for Heroquest and although I had a friend that was absolutely obsessed with it to the point where he had a notebook full of homebrew rules and campaign material for it, I didn’t actually play it all that much – I was much more of a Space Hulker back in those days. The seminal Stephen Baker dungeoncrawler wasn’t one of the first attempts at condensing RPG gaming concepts into a board game (we’re going back to things like Sorceror’s Cave and of course Dungeon! for that) but it was the first game that brought a “DM-driven” concept to a mainstream design. Co-produced by Milton Bradley and Games Workshop, there’s a lot of folks out there with fond memories of playing it in their formative years and in fact many contemporary games in this genre feel like attempts to simulate Heroquest. 

Again, with full disclosure here, I thought it was kind of boring and simplistic. I wasn’t overly stoked by its reappearance as a crowdfunded Hasbro Plus campaign under the venerable Avalon Hill imprint and didn’t back it- I felt like it was grossly overpriced and positioned outside of the accessibility that was one of its greatest assets. I thought I’d ask for a review copy to sort of check in with it from a new perspective and really to see how my kids would take to it. The folks at the Hasbro press desk never responded directly but then I got a shipping notice out of nowhere and suddenly I had it in hand.

After several games- a couple solo using the app and around half a campaign with my kids and a rotating group of their friends- I’m prepared to state that Heroquest is most definitely not  the greatest dungeoncrawl of all time and I do think that the hushed whispers of admiration and middle-aged nods of fond reminiscence are nostalgic exaggerations. However, there are some things about this design are striking – and, unfortunately, they are the things that the cloners have largely left behind.

The primary element left behind its utter simplicity. This is not a game rife with fancy mechanisms, cleverness, elegance, or sophistication. In fact, It’s what I call with all the fondness I can muster a “stupid” game. Stupid like Ramones- back to basics, poppy, and without pretense. You roll dice to move, maybe you open a door and reveal a new room, and if there’s a monster you fight them. Or if there aren’t any adversaries for a secret door, treasure or traps. The combat is the beloved skulls n’ shields thing, and if I am not mistaken this is the first game to have that. Sure, there are four elements’ worth of spells and a handful of magic items but it never gets more complicated.

Zargon is the enemy wizard controlling the show, and back in the day that was almost always the kid that owned the game, right? They got a little booklet with the 14 scenarios that showed where to place monsters, all the lovely 3D furniture that is one of the game’s hallmarks, and what events happen in each room.  It is an all against one player thing. But these days, Zargon can be run with an app on your phone, and it works pretty well even if the AI is practically non-existent. It’s not like the monsters have tons of options other than “run up and fight” anyway.

Yet, despite its simplicity, it’s also comprehensive. Wandering monsters can appear while you are searching for treasure and as the mission goes on, their frequency increases. There’s just enough variance between the character classes to matter and the one-shot spells give the Wizard and Elf some high stakes choices to make. You earn gold that you can spend between missions to buy new stuff but it’s still all very basic, very easy to grasp upgrades.

The scenarios also tend to walk that line between lean and fully featured. I absolutely adore that the entire dungeon is on the board (i.e. no dungeon tiles) and it’s all defined by placing doors and the occasional blocking stone. It’s such a smart concept, I can think of only one other recent example of this format and that was the Iron Kingdoms dungeoncrawler a few years ago. They are all straightforward missions, some to the point of stupidity (again, the good kind of stupidity) such as the first one where my kids sussed out after turn one that the BBEG was in the central room. But I warned them, they weren’t really ready to fight it. So that first game was a TPK. Lesson learned.

Modern dungeoncrawlers try to tell more complex stories, offer greater tactical gameplay, provide stronger detailing of classes and equipment. Monsters might have a variety of attacks or strategies and statuses are usually a Thing. The scenarios act like it really matters if a passageway goes left or right. There might be 30 minutes of setup and scads of cards. Heroquest is none of this stuff. You throw the board down, pick a scenario, hand everyone a character, and go. It’s the most accessible game in its class, barring Dungeon! which is even simpler (and stupider in a good way).

I can’t say that I totally love Heroquest. It’s hard to make an argument for it beyond “it’s easy to play” and given a choice between the two I’d likely choose to play Descent: Legends of the Dark over it even though it is much more complex, detailed, and setup heavy. There are any number of “better” dungeoncrawls out there. But Heroquest, despite its legendary reputation, was never anything more than a kids’ game, and you’ve simply got to recognize that it was always a kids’ game and it remains a kids’ game. And to that end, it has kid appeal in spades. Even my kids, who have played full D&D campaigns on Warlock tiles with fully painted miniatures, were still dazzled by all the silly furniture and the miniatures.

But those miniatures in today’s economy mean that this is an expensive game at $125 retail, and I think that is not a kids’ game price and that is really a shame, let alone that this is not a game a kid with a $50 gift card at Target can go pick up. The production is nice but almost charmingly dated, which also makes it feel overpriced.  It’s mostly a 1:1 reprint  except for the miniatures, which were originally Games Workshop/Citadel sculpts. Despite my kids’ admiration, I actually found myself sort of wishing they just did it with cardboard standups for less than half the price. But, I suppose, that runs contrary to the nostalgia that the miniatures generate. I reckon that for a lot of hobby gamers around my age bracket, this was likely their first experience with miniatures and I respect those kinds of childhood memories while also lamenting the fact that games like this can't be produced today for a younger demographic without hobbyist adults barging in on them with their hobby gaming expectations and demands.

With that in mind, I don’t know that Hasbro could have handled Heroquest any better in terms of production and providing longtime Heroquesters with exactly what they wanted – a perfect reprint without any redevelopment or even any revision (there are apparently errors that remain from the original printing). But I can’t help but think that it could be a game to bring in a new generation of players and miniature painters if it were marketed, as it should be, at a younger crowd rather than nostalgic middle-agers.

hero quest movie review

Editor reviews

hero quest movie review

Sometime in the early 1980s, MichaelBarnes’ parents thought it would be a good idea to buy him a board game to keep him busy with some friends during one of those high-pressure, “free” timeshare vacations. It turned out to be a terrible idea, because the game was TSR’s Dungeon! - and the rest, as they say, is history. Michael has been involved with writing professionally about games since 2002, when he busked for store credit writing for Boulder Games’ newsletter. He has written for a number of international hobby gaming periodicals and popular Web sites. From 2004-2008, he was the co-owner of Atlanta Game Factory, a brick-and-mortar retail store. He is currently the co-founder of FortressAT.com and Nohighscores.com as well as the Editor-in-Chief of Miniature Market’s Review Corner feature. He is married with two childen and when he’s not playing some kind of game he enjoys stockpiling trivial information about music, comics and film.

Articles by Michael

hero quest movie review

User reviews

Shellhead's Avatar

Shellhead wrote: Pre-pandemic, I attended a monthly board game group hosted by a hipster couple. Just before I joined the group, the husband acquired a 1990 MB edition Heroquest at an auction at GenCon. He was excited to play it, due to childhood nostalgia, and got so excited that he spilled a fancy craft brew all over the board. He wanted to play through the whole campaign over the course of the next several monthly game nights, but we only played about once every six months. I was the wizard. The game was tolerable but not great, and I would much rather play Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower.

fightcitymayor's Avatar

Shellhead wrote: The best thing about Heroquest is this video review of Heroquest:

jpat's Avatar

fightcitymayor wrote: Shellhead wrote: The best thing about Heroquest is this video review of Heroquest:

the_jake_1973's Avatar

jason10mm wrote: Not just under 40! Alas my well produced series of game reviews of vintage Avalon Hill games whilst nude in a hot tub failed to garner enough attention. Anyone got some waterproof game recs for a middle aged dad bod to play????

mtagge's Avatar

Jexik wrote: Personally, I played more Dragon Strike after my friend’s dog peed on their HQ board.

Space Ghost's Avatar

hotseatgames wrote: Jexik wrote: Personally, I played more Dragon Strike after my friend’s dog peed on their HQ board.

:p

hero quest movie review

About this movie

Rate this movie.

Join or Sign In

Sign in to customize your TV listings

By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

  • TV Listings
  • Cast & Crew

Hero Quest - Full Cast & Crew

  • 1 hr 25 mins
  • Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Kids
  • Watchlist Where to Watch

An epic fairytale about the journey of a 10-year-old boy devoted to helping his Mom and fellow village people break free from vicious hyenas. Milla Jovovich, Sharon Stone.

Screenwriter

Executive producer, co-producer, production designer, production company.

hero quest movie review

Hero Quest › Customer reviews

Customer reviews.

Hero Quest

Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.

Top positive review

hero quest movie review

Top critical review

hero quest movie review

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

From the united states, there was a problem loading comments right now. please try again later..

hero quest movie review

  • ← Previous page
  • Next page →
  • About Amazon
  • Investor Relations
  • Amazon Devices
  • Amazon Science
  • Sell products on Amazon
  • Sell on Amazon Business
  • Sell apps on Amazon
  • Become an Affiliate
  • Advertise Your Products
  • Self-Publish with Us
  • Host an Amazon Hub
  • › See More Make Money with Us
  • Amazon Business Card
  • Shop with Points
  • Reload Your Balance
  • Amazon Currency Converter
  • Amazon and COVID-19
  • Your Account
  • Your Orders
  • Shipping Rates & Policies
  • Returns & Replacements
  • Manage Your Content and Devices
 
 
 
   
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Notice
  • Consumer Health Data Privacy Disclosure
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices

hero quest movie review

The 17 Best Movies That Follow the Hero's Journey

4

Your changes have been saved

Email is sent

Email has already been sent

Please verify your email address.

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics.

Everyone who's interested in how stories are made is bound to have heard the term "the Hero's Journey." Also known as the monomyth, it's a story archetype coined and popularized by Joseph Campbell in the mid-1900s when he noticed that heroes in myths typically go through the same 17 stages in their journey, from the call to adventure that gets the character out of their comfort zone, to the freedom to live found at the end of the ordeals in their adventure.

This narrative template has served as the basis and inspiration of countless stories throughout history – including numerous outstanding films. From a grand fantastical story like Star Wars , to something more grounded in reality like O Brother, Where Art Thou? , these movies don't always follow every single one of the steps outlined by Campbell, but they stick to more than enough to call each of them a hero's journey . A tried-and-true way of telling successful stories that resonate with audiences of all ages and nationalities, movies that follow the Hero's Journey, if well-written, are always a delight like no other.

17 'Men in Black' (1997)

Directed by barry sonnenfeld.

Men In Black

One of the most iconic movies you may not know is based on Marvel comics , Men in Black is the story of a cop ( Will Smith ) who, after a chase with an otherworldly being, is recruited by an organization that monitors and polices alien activity on Earth. There's something for every sci-fi fan to enjoy in this movie, from visually stunning special effects to mind-blowing action and just the right amount of humor.

Men in Black follows the Hero's Journey nearly to a tee , from Agent J getting the call to join the mission of protecting the planet from alien threats and initially refusing the call, to him finally learning to master his two worlds and become the hero he was meant to be. The result is a thrilling sci-fi action adventure that doesn't get nearly enough praise nowadays, with a heroic protagonist who's a joy to follow through his journey.

Men In Black

Not available

16 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' (2014)

Directed by matthew vaughn.

Two men walking, one in a suit and the other in casual wear

Kingsman: The Secret Service , one of the funniest action movies of the 21st century so far , is based on the popular comic books of the same title. It's about a super-secret spy organization that recruits a promising but rough-around-the-edges street kid into their training program, while a twisted tech genius emerges as a global threat. With a star-studded cast and Matthew Vaughn 's colorful direction, it's a delightfully entertaining film with a traditional Hero's Journey narrative.

As traditional and monomythical as protagonist Eggsy's journey toward heroism is, Vaughn and his co-screenwriter Jane Goldman still find ways to make the story feel fresh, exciting, and unpredictable. By the time the explosive third act comes around, audiences are delighted to see how far Eggsy has come and how badass the movie's action sequences can be.

Kingsman: The Secret Service

15 'o brother, where art thou' (2000), directed by joel and ethan coen.

John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and George Clooney in O Brother Where Art Thou

The Coen brothers are masters of making some of the most entertaining crime movies, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? is definitely one of their best. Loosely based on Homer 's The Odyssey , it's about three fugitives roaming the southern U.S. in search of treasure with the law hot on their heels. Unlike the Greek classic, however, the Coens' crime film has great Southern American music, traditional Western tropes, and stars George Clooney , Tim Blake Nelson , and John Turturro .

The characters in O Brother, Where Art Thou? encounter mentors, face challenges, and go through profound transformations , just like the heroes in the monomyth do. The ensuing adventure is as humorous as it is exciting, an offbeat adaptation of a massively important and influential classic. You can't go wrong with a well-written and well-directed Coen brothers movie, so O Brother should easily please all cinephiles' palates.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

14 'batman begins' (2005), directed by christopher nolan.

Batman running down a hallway surrounded by bats in Batman Begins

Movies with Hero's Journey archetypes are fun enough as they are, but mix those elements with a superhero origin story, and you get one of the best entries in the superhero genre . That's what Batman Begins is, as it reinvents the story of Bruce Wayne's ( Christian Bale ) origins as the vigilante hero Batman, by placing the character on a journey to become the guardian that his beloved Gotham City deserves.

Christopher Nolan's first installment in his Dark Knight Trilogy feels more like a character-driven thriller than a traditional superhero film, in the best sense possible. The director cleverly fits Bruce's process of becoming the Dark Knight into Campbell's monomyth , showing audiences how the hero is eventually able to master his new identity to save his city.

Batman Begins

13 'the northman' (2022), directed by robert eggers.

The Viking Amleth, played by Alexander Skarsgård, lumbers through a village, covered in blood in The Northman.

With his 2015 folk horror gem The Witch , Robert Eggers emerged as one of the most outstanding and exciting new voices in Hollywood. With his third outing, he departed from the horror genre to instead make one of the most barbaric action dramas of the 2020s so far: The Northman , the Hamlet-like tale of an exiled Viking prince on a quest to avenge his father's murder.

The Northman is one of the best R-rated fantasy movies , employing Eggers's unparalleled eye for visual and narrative details to tell a riveting story led by Alexander Skarsgård 's surprisingly nuanced lead performance. As a story inspired by classic tales of old, The Northman sticks close to Hero's Journey tropes, but always elevating them with nail-biting action and thrilling character work.

The Northman

12 'iron man' (2008), directed by jon favreau.

Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) aims a repulsor blast in 'Iron Man' (2008)

As one of the most famous superheroes in existence and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's anchor being, Iron Man (played by a perfectly cast Robert Downey Jr. ) is now a household name. Back in 2008, however, only hardcore Marvel fans knew who he was. That all changed with Jon Favreau 's Iron Man , the movie that birthed the MCU, about a billionaire who engineers a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight crime.

Whereas the franchise that it spawned would go on to have a sprawling structure spanning many media, Iron Man wisely falls into a traditional heroic journey as it follows Tony Stark into the cave where he meets his mentor and creates his armor, and into his entailing odyssey of self-discovery and heroism. To this day, the result is remembered as one of the MCU's greatest films.

11 'The Matrix' (1999)

Directed by lana and lilly wachowski.

Three Agents standing in a digital rain hallway in The Matrix

When the Wachowskis released The Matrix before the turn of the century, the world was taken by storm, and the sci-fi genre in films would never be the same again. In the movie that cemented him as an action star, Keanu Reeves plays Neo, a man who joins a group of insurgents in their fight against the powerful computers who rule Earth. To this day, The Matrix still receives praise as one of the best sci-fi movies ever .

With its visual innovations, clever cinematography, and unique philosophical themes that have been endlessly analyzed throughout the years, The Matrix was unlike anything audiences had seen before at the time of its release . Perhaps one of the main reasons why its story clicked so well with viewers around the world was because it closely follows the stages of the Hero's Journey, as Neo goes from an average Joe to an all-powerful hero.

Rent on Apple TV

10 'Kung Fu Panda' (2008)

Directed by mark osborne and john stevenson.

Kung Fu Panda

For those that think that family animated movies are exclusively for children, Kung Fu Panda is the perfect mind-changing watch. It follows Po ( Jack Black ), a lazy panda who dreams of being a kung fu hero, as he's thrust into a journey of discovering his destiny as the Chosen One. There are many examples of the Hero's Journey in movies that logically follow the same structure, but the creative things that Kung Fu Panda does with the archetype are entirely its own .

Just like all the compelling heroes of Campbell's model, Po is called to action, goes through several life-threatening ordeals with help from friends and allies, and finds that the power to be the guardian of the Valley of Peace comes from within. Sprinkled with hilarious humor, outstanding voice acting, and some of the best action in any animated film , it's undoubtedly one of DreamWorks Animation's best efforts.

Kung Fu Panda

9 'finding nemo' (2003), directed by andrew stanton.

Dory and Marlin smiling as they swim through a circle of fish in Finding Nemo

Hero's Journey movies are usually action-focused epics, and not often family-friendly stories about fish. That only makes Finding Nemo even more special. It's the story of Marlin ( Albert Brooks ), a timid clownfish who, after his son Nemo ( Alexander Gould in one of the best child voice performances in animated cinema) is kidnapped, sets out to find him against all the threats that the deep blue sea has to offer.

Though Finding Nemo isn't your typical kind of hero's journey, where the story is much more intimate and the biggest threats that the characters face are mostly internal, it very much follows the formula . What finds itself transformed in the end is the relationship between Marlin and Nemo, in one of the most touching endings of Pixar's filmography.

Finding Nemo

8 'the truman show' (1998), directed by peter weir.

Barbie-The Truman Show-Jim Carrey

One of the most creative, smart, subversive, and philosophically profound comedies ever put to film, The Truman Show stars Jim Carrey (in one of the most inspired casting decisions of the '90s) as the titular Truman Burbank, an insurance salesman oblivious to the fact that his entire life is a reality TV show and every single person in his town — including his family and friends — are actors.

The Truman Show proves that any story can follow the Hero's Journey, not only genre action flicks . As he starts uncovering the truth, goes through an existential crisis, and eventually decides to escape his manufactured reality, the story of Truman sticks close to Campbell's stages of a narrative. The result is a fascinating movie that finds the perfect balance between smart humor and poignant drama.

The Truman Show

7 'the wizard of oz' (1939), directed by victor fleming.

Wizard of Oz

An exciting adventure that uses both black-and-white and beautiful color , through a fantastical land that any movie fan would love to live in, The Wizard of Oz follows Dorothy ( Judy Garland ) in her journey through the magical land of Oz, searching for a mysterious wizard who can send her back home.

The movie was an absolute sensation when it came out, and even after more than three-quarters of a century, it's still remembered as one of the greatest American movie masterpieces. The stages of the monomyth are clear in The Wizard of Oz : the ordinary world is Kansas, Dorothy crosses a very literal threshold to a vastly different world, and her journey of transformation is full of faces both friendly and menacing.

The Wizard of Oz

Watch on Max

6 'The Lion King' (1994)

Directed by roger allers and rob minkoff.

Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa smiling in The Lion King 2x1

1994's The Lion King is a movie that needs no introduction. Many would say that it's the best animated movie to ever come out of Disney, and it's fully understandable, thanks to its timeless songs and the animated film's brilliant depiction of grief . It's the grand and epic story of Simba ( Matthew Broderick ), a lion cub prince who's tricked into exile by his uncle Scar ( Jeremy Irons ), who wishes to have the throne for himself.

The animation is majestic, with some really charming character designs, and the story is compelling from beginning to end. Its philosophical themes of identity and self-discovery are beautiful, and the way they're conveyed through a classic hero's journey structure in The Lion King is simply perfect . The film is in certain ways an adaptation of William Shakespeare 's Hamlet , but its fidelity to Campbell's monomyth is much more interesting to dissect.

The Lion King (1994)

5 'harry potter' saga (2001 - 2011), directed by chris columbus, alfonso cuarón, mike newell, and david yates.

Hogwarts as seen in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

The Harry Potter series features not just one, but eight of the movies that best follow the Hero's Journey. From Chris Columbus 's Sorcerer's Stone to David Yates 's Deathly Hallows — Part 2 , the franchise follows the coming-of-age story of the titular character ( Daniel Radcliffe ) and his two best friends, as they grow to become key players in a war against an evil wizard.

Everyone has a different favorite installment in the series, but every Harry Potter movie plays an equally crucial role in the overarching narrative of the story, which very closely follows the monomyth . Not only that, but each film follows a smaller version of the general model as well. It's probably what makes these movies so easy to enjoy, since they so faithfully walk along the lines laid out by Campbell and so many filmmakers from before 2001.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

4 'seven samurai' (1954), directed by akira kurosawa.

Seven Samurai Kikuchyo-1

Master Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa is one of the best to ever do it, having inspired and influenced countless directors that came after him. He made many of the best films of all time throughout his career, but his most acclaimed is usually agreed to be Seven Samurai , a 3-and-a-half-hour-long action epic about seven samurai being hired for protection by a village of farmers exploited by bandits.

With Seven Samurai , Kurosawa pretty much invented the cinematic version of the Hero's Journey, which would be imitated and followed by a myriad of filmmakers in the future. Easily the best and most influential samurai film ever made, Seven Samurai expands on Campbell's monomyth and shows the range of enthralling stories that it's able to give a foundation to.

Seven Samurai

3 'the lord of the rings' trilogy (2001 - 2003), directed by peter jackson.

Frodo, Sam, Merry, & Pippin in the mountains look to the distance in Fellowship of the Ring

There are countless things that make Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings trilogy one of the best fantasy film franchises of all time, and one of the most important is the fact that all three installments in the trilogy truly feel like part of a greater whole, as they collaborate in telling the story of Frodo ( Elijah Wood ), the Fellowship of the Ring, and their efforts to destroy the greatest tool of an evil tyrant terrorizing Middle-earth.

Of course, the monomyth-following template was already there, set in stone by the legendary J.R.R. Tolkien when he wrote what's undoubtedly one of the best series of fantasy books in history. Even yet, the way Jackson and company built on top of that, telling a story that feels undeniably cinematic, is admirable beyond measure.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2 'citizen kane' (1941), directed by orson welles.

citizen-kane-orson-welles-social-featured

When Orson Welles made his passion project Citizen Kane , he probably had no idea that he was making what would in the future be referred to as the single greatest film of all time by thousands of people, as well as one of the most essential movies of the '40s . Inspired by magnate William Randolph Hearst , it's a character study about a group of reporters trying to decipher the last words of Charles Foster Kane (Welles), a powerful newspaper tycoon.

Citizen Kane is an entirely unique picture, and the way it's structured is just as well. Citizen Kane follows Campbell's monomyth formula in a very non-traditional way , which only makes it more of a groundbreaking story. There are plenty of good reasons for its fame, and that's certainly one of the biggest.

Citizen Kane

1 'star wars' (1977), directed by george lucas.

Han Solo, Leia and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Perhaps no movie more famously follows the Hero's Journey archetype than Star Wars , with George Lucas having taken direct inspiration from Campbell . The hero in this particular story is Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill ), a young farm boy who's thrown into an adventure far greater than anything he'd encountered before, joining the Rebellion against the dictatorial Galactic Empire.

One of the best space operas of all time, Star Wars showcases what makes the monomyth such an effective way of telling stories and celebrating the art of storytelling itself. Luke is a deeply compelling hero, his journey is incredibly entertaining, and all the allies and villains that he encounters along the way are equally iconic. As far as modern myths go, Star Wars is certainly one of the best.

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

NEXT: Movies You Didn't Realize Were Based on Greek Mythology

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

TV & Film

PlayStation

To make sure you never miss out on your favourite NEW stories , we're happy to send you some reminders

Click ' OK ' then ' Allow ' to enable notifications

‘HeroQuest’ Is Back, And The Classic Fantasy Board Game Is As Brilliant As Ever

‘HeroQuest’ Is Back, And The Classic Fantasy Board Game Is As Brilliant As Ever

After a successful crowdfunding campaign, it’s time to battle zargon’s forces once more.

Mike Diver

It’s not the receiving of the original HeroQuest I remember most vividly from my childhood, but the losing of it. It would have been Christmas 1990 or maybe 1991 that I unwrapped the heavily advertised fantasy board game, a co-creation between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley. I was so excited to set up all the pieces and play out the various quests, arranging all the orcs and the goblins, and the other monsters and all those lethal traps, so as to put up a fight against the four heroes: barbarian, elf, wizard and dwarf. I took the game to my uncle and aunt’s house not long after Christmas, and somehow got into an argument with my youngest cousin that was so bad that my parents took the game away from me, confiscating it for a fortnight. I’d had HeroQuest for hours, and just like that, it was gone.

Here’s my old (battered, loved) HeroQuest next to the new version /

Thirty years (and a bit) later, and that same copy of HeroQuest is on top of my wardrobe (like right now, I can spin around in my chair and see it), recovered from my parents’ loft a few years ago to enjoy again with my own kids. And enjoy it we have - I’ve two sons who are very into stories of fantastical locations, gruesome monsters and magical adventures, so HeroQuest , with its Dungeons & Dragons -like aesthetic but streamlined gameplay structure, has been a terrific distraction for rainy afternoons where we’re trying to keep their eyeballs off screens. The problem was that anyone else wanting to get HeroQuest , to either revisit their childhood gaming or simply check it out anew, couldn’t - the game was out of print for ages and eBay prices were not kind. Until, that is, Hasbro - who picked up the HeroQuest trademark in 2020, via their Avalon Hill imprint - launched a crowdfunding campaign to revive it, aiming for a total of a million dollars and raising over $3.7 million. Suffice to say, the people really wanted HeroQuest back.

Watch Hasbro’s Gameplay Overview video for the new HeroQuest, below

And now, as an adult, this is one HeroQuest nobody is going to take away from me - which is fortunate for their backs, really, as 2022 HeroQuest comes in a larger, heavier box than the original release. This is a chunky package, and no mistake. Its front is adorned with art homaging the 1989 packaging, with the barbarian character up front, flanked by his allies and all manner of monstrous sorts. Immediately, you’ll see some small but notable differences - the elf is female presenting now, so too some orcs; the chaos warriors of the ‘80s have had a redesign, and are now known as dread warriors; and generally, the imagery is more evocative of a stylised fantasy MMO than the realism-chasing approach of before. 

Some of HeroQuest’s heroes, now and then (the round bases are the new pieces) /

Flip it over and you’ll spy further changes on the box’s underside display: fimirs, a one-eyed monster type with a design akin to a larger orc, have been replaced by fish-faced abominations that behave in the same way; and the chaos sorcerer, a figurine used throughout the game to represent a number of different characters, is the dread sorcerer, serving the same function but with a different look. And that’s really the whole vibe of HeroQuest 2022 - this is the game you know given a makeover but ultimately kept the same in terms of how it plays (check the video above if you need further reassurances). The abomination and the dread warrior roll the same dice and have the same health and movement stats as their equivalents from 30-plus years ago. If you already know how to navigate your way through the Castle of Mystery, defeat the warlord Ulag, and recover the Spirit Blade, then you’ll be right at home from the moment you open the quest book.

“We didn’t want to change a good thing just for the sake of changing it,” Hasbro’s senior manager for global brand development and marketing, Patrick O’Rourke, tells me when I ask about what’s new, if anything. “ HeroQuest is a unique experience, and resonates so much with the community for a reason.”

A mid-game encounter between wizard and orc /

For those who don’t have a clue what any of the above means, though: HeroQuest is a game made up of a number of individual quests, or missions, which add up to a full campaign (expansion packs are available, offering further quests, which build into their own new campaigns). You don’t have to play the 14 quests in the provided book of them in the order they’re presented; but do so and they tell a kind of story, of a battle against powerful orcs, fiery mages and the Witch Lord, the game’s overall big bad. Each quest sees one player - HeroQuest supports two to five players - assume the rule of the evil wizard Zargon, who controls all the monsters on each board layout, alerts players to traps and treasure, and is basically in charge of populating the map with assets as the player characters encounter them (as each quest begins with our heroes in one room, with only its contents visible to them). 

Other players pick a hero, each of whom has their own pros and cons - the elf is well balanced but can only cast one kind of magic (from fire, air, earth and water); the wizard weak of body but capable of unleashing devastating magical attacks; the dwarf is a little stronger than the elf but not as smart, but the most competent at disarming traps; and the barbarian is the tank option, the strongest pick but as mindless as the orcs he so easily cuts down. If playing with two or three participants, it’s advised that the hero players pick two characters each, so as to ensure that cooperation is possible, as many quests here are made much easier when faced as a team. 

Playing the game’s first quest, ‘The Trial’ /

I’ll stop short of getting into the mechanics of each quest, but while each one has a different goal - kill a certain creature, rescue a lost friend, retrieve some important relic - the moment-to-moment play is fairly simple: you roll the red dice to move and when prompted to fight use the white combat dice - showing skulls to hit and shields to block - to determine the outcome. Characters have different numbers of white dice assigned to them, so the barbarian will always have the edge over a puny goblin, but should a stronger dread warrior come up against a wizard who's used all their spell cards, that’s going to be a rough time indeed. Some 'boss' monsters in later quests have access to dread spells, which weren't in the 1989 base game but were added (as chaos spells) in a later American expansion, and these represent a magical new twist for British players. Complete a quest and you can spend treasure you’ve found on acquiring new, stronger gear for your character; but should you die in a quest, you drop whatever you’ve collected, and it’s lost for good unless another player is in the same room as you when you fall, and they make it out alive.

Here’s the ‘abomination’ - RIP the fimir /

Quite quickly, it becomes more fun to play HeroQuest over several sessions, taking on the quest book in the order it is presented, building towards the ultimate end goal of defeating the Witch Lord. Death is never the end as you can start with a fresh character for the next quest, so long as one of your party completes the one you fell in. Some quests you’ll almost certainly fail the first time - even a complete team of four heroes can come unstuck if they explore in the wrong direction, as early as the very first quest indeed, which puts powerful mummies and dread warriors in your path should you open the wrong doors. But just like the Fighting Fantasy game books which were so popular at the time of HeroQuest ’s release, once you’ve played and lost once or twice, you’ve learned the right path to take. Trial and error will always see you through, if you’ve the patience to go again, and again, in order to make success as painless as possible.

The cards are bigger and stronger in the new HeroQuest (new version, on the left) /

This new HeroQuest is heavier, bulkier, mostly due to changes made to the pieces: gone are the flimsy cardboard tables and treasure chests, bookshelves and torture instruments, replaced by solid plastic updates. Doors are solid plastic too, and the various cards are thicker and sturdier. Heck, even the dice are bigger. “By making the doors and furniture plastic, they can now be painted, and are much more durable,” O’Rourke tells me (and I know some of you can't wait to slap some colour on these moulds). “Like you, in my set the cardboard pieces were completely broken in some cases.” The figurines, heroes and monsters alike, are all cast in a semi-soft plastic which is probably better for avoiding unpleasant arm breakages and snapped weapons - so many of my older figures have gone that way - but does lead to some unsightly strain in thin areas, and in my set I found a few pieces were strained before I’d even popped them out of their cases. 

What you get in hand ultimately isn’t quite the same as the crisp renders on the back of the box, with weapons bent where they should be straight and a few characters leaning at unlikely angles on their bases (my elf looks like they’ve had a few too many pints before descending into the dungeons). But none of the aesthetic shortcomings change how the game plays, which is the main thing - there’s no enjoyment dulled because an orc’s mace is a little bent out of shape. That said, with an RRP of £99.99 on the Hasbro Pulse website for the base HeroQuest - expansions are £24.99 each - you might hope for slightly better quality control on the miniatures than what you actually get here.

A Zargon’s-eye view of the game /

Before you cry foul at the pricing - which is a lot, no doubt about that - it’s worth bearing in mind that this base set, this game system as it says on the box, actually provides you with unlimited quest potential, and not just 14 missions before it’s quitting time. In the quest book is a blank map which you can scan and copy, and use to create your own quests - as many as you like, as complex or as creatively wild as you like. Wanna make friends with the monsters, Undertale style? You can. Build a suite of quests based on some other fantasy franchise and cast our heroes as favourite characters? Go right ahead. 

While there are official expansion sets available, there’s also a wealth of fan-made options online right now, created with the 1989 game in mind but just as playable on this 2022 set. My kids have already started making their own maps for HeroQuest , and while none of them are as freeform, as completely unrestricted of possibilities as a good Dungeons & Dragons campaign, HeroQuest really does represent a great platform for getting started on telling your own stories, through play. It plays fast, and it plays clear. 

The strain is showing on the plastic of this dread warrior /

“There are many fantasy games out there,” O’Rourke says, “but the speed of combat and pure volume of monsters makes the HeroQuest experience different from a pen and paper RPG or other games in the market. Part of the fun of HeroQuest is that when it’s time to play, you can dive right in, and bring new players along with you.” Which is to say: this isn’t worse than more detailed equivalents, but is instead a high-action, easily learned system that swiftly lends itself to greater creativity way outside of its sizeable box.

When I think back to the cornerstones of what, I guess, inspired me to pursue a career where escapist play is such a central part of my every day, HeroQuest is right there, as important as video games, those aforementioned Fighting Fantasy adventure books, and the TV show Knightmare . It’s a little part of my personality, my cultural DNA, which naturally slightly skews my appreciation of this contemporary release somewhat. But when I step back from personal precedent and see HeroQuest for what it is, in 2022, I’m still met by a fascinating, engrossing, exciting board game. If you’ve done your time with it, and have moved onto more complicated games, cool. But HeroQuest is much better than a nostalgic trip through creepy catacombs and deadly dungeons - it’s a gateway to adventure that any player of any skill can step through, and return from amazed and thirsty for more. No wonder I missed it so strongly, when it was taken away.

The HeroQuest Game System and two expansion sets, Kellar’s Keep and Return of the Witch Lord, are available now - check local stockists for prices and availability, or click to Hasbro Pulse for more details. The retail Game System does not include crowdfunding reward-tier perks, and Hasbro has no plans to make these available more widely in the future. HeroQuest Game System used for this coverage supplied by Hasbro.

Topics:  Retro Gaming , Board Games

Choose your content:

hero quest movie review

Leximan review: utterly unhinged but constantly compelling

hero quest movie review

Fields of Mistria Review: The new gold-star standard for the genre

A new star is born.

hero quest movie review

The Crush House review: Reality Bites

Crushing boredom.

hero quest movie review

SCHiM review - Stunning visuals can't hide this bland puzzler

Screen Rant

User Display Picture

Your changes have been saved

Email is sent

Email has already been sent

Please verify your email address.

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics.

Your Rating

Shane Black

Reviews (0)

Have You Watched It?

Be the first to leave a community review!

Ben Kingsley

Paul bettany, don cheadle, gwyneth paltrow, jon favreau, robert downey jr., seasons (4).

hero quest movie review

Season 1 (2016)

Season 2 (2018), season 3 (2022), season 4 (2026), images (36), users reviews (125).

We want to hear from you! Share your opinions in the review below and remember to keep it respectful.

User Display Picture

Your comment has not been saved

User Display Picture

Latest Stories

An iconic iron man armor the mcu barely used is finally getting its long-awaited replacement, 10 things that make no sense about the mcu's iron man movies, iron man 3’s lingering 11-year-old villain mystery has only gotten more complicated 3 phases later, iron man’s final mcu mystery missed its perfect answer 3 years ago, related titles.

hero quest movie review

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

hero quest movie review

BABY REINDEER

hero quest movie review

Action Hero - Official Reveal Trailer | VR Games Showcase 2024

Here's your look at the reveal trailer for Action Hero, an upcoming blockbuster VR FPS featuring explosive set pieces and cinematic design. Get ready to punch dinosaurs in the face, battle ninjas with shotguns, and chase bad guys on a speeding train when Action Hero launches in 2024 on Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, and Meta Quest Pro. In Action Hero, fight your way through five bombastic movies, stepping into the hero’s shoes. Gameplay proceeds in slow motion, only speeding up as the player moves. Lean around bullets with stylish satisfaction, catch weapons in mid-air, and take down enormous bosses.

Did you enjoy this video?

In this video.

Action Hero

Action Hero - Official Reveal Trailer | VR Games Showcase 2024

Castaway: 8 Minutes of Zelda-Inspired Gameplay

Castaway: 8 Minutes of Zelda-Inspired Gameplay

Elements Destiny - Official Gameplay Trailer

Elements Destiny - Official Gameplay Trailer

Miraculous: Paris Under Siege - Official Announce Trailer

Miraculous: Paris Under Siege - Official Announce Trailer

Reptilian Rising - Official Re-Reveal Trailer

Reptilian Rising - Official Re-Reveal Trailer

Ritual of Raven - Official Announce Trailer

Ritual of Raven - Official Announce Trailer

Schell Games MR - Official MR Early Footage Video | VR Games Showcase 2024

Schell Games MR - Official MR Early Footage Video | VR Games Showcase 2024

Band Space - Official Trailer | VR Games Showcase 2024

Band Space - Official Trailer | VR Games Showcase 2024

Frenzies - Official Early Access Announcement Trailer | VR Games Showcase 2024

Frenzies - Official Early Access Announcement Trailer | VR Games Showcase 2024

IMAGES

  1. Hero Quest

    hero quest movie review

  2. Hero Quest Movie Review

    hero quest movie review

  3. Hero Quest Movie Review

    hero quest movie review

  4. Hero Quest

    hero quest movie review

  5. Hero Quest Movie Review

    hero quest movie review

  6. Hero Quest Movie Review

    hero quest movie review

COMMENTS

  1. Hero Quest Movie Review

    Boy's animated odyssey has lots of action, suspense, scares. Read Common Sense Media's Hero Quest review, age rating, and parents guide.

  2. Hero Quest

    Saava goes on a great journey to free his people from vicious hyenas. Along the way he befriends many creatures, including Angee the wolf, and together these companions try to find the magician's ...

  3. Hero Quest

    "Hero Quest" is a fairy tale about the grand life journey of a 10-year-old boy named Savva, who is devoted to help his Mom and fellow village people break free from the vicious hyenas.

  4. Parent reviews for Hero Quest

    Read Hero Quest reviews from parents on Common Sense Media. Become a member to write your own review.

  5. Vasel Family Reviews: HeroQuest

    Vasel Family Reviews: HeroQuest The Dice Tower 339K subscribers 1.4K 65K views 2 years ago

  6. Watch Hero Quest

    Hero Quest. Once protected by regal wolves, Savva's village has fallen prey to a gang of hyenas led by an evil three-headed monkey queen. Savva escapes to the woods, where he befriends one of the last wolves. Together, they embark on an adventure to save the village. Featuring the voice talents of Milla Jovovich, Whoopi Goldberg, and Sharon Stone.

  7. Hero Quest (2015) Movie

    Hero Quest is an epic coming-of-age adventure story of a boy who sets out on the journey of a lifetime, forging unlikely friendships, facing his greatest fears, and discovering the hero that was inside him all along. Brought to life by an all-star cast including Milla Jovovich, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci and Whoopi Goldberg.

  8. Kid reviews for Hero Quest

    Read Hero Quest reviews from kids and teens on Common Sense Media. Become a member to write your own review.

  9. Hero Quest

    Hero Quest is an epic coming-of-age adventure story of a boy who sets out on the journey of a lifetime, forging unlikely friendships, facing his greatest fears and discovering the hero that was inside him all along. Brought to life by an all-star cast including Milla Jovovich, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci and Whoopi Goldberg, this colorful fairytale is all about caring for your loved ones, making ...

  10. Hero Quest

    Hero Quest is an epic coming-of-age adventure story of a boy who sets out on the journey of a lifetime, forging unlikely friendships, facing his greatest fears and discovering the hero that was inside him all along. Brought to life by an all-star cast including Milla Jovovich, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci and Whoopi Goldberg, this colorful fairytale ...

  11. Hero Quest

    Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets

  12. Hero Quest

    Hero Quest Milla Jovovich (Actor), Sharon Stone (Actor) Rated: NR Format: DVD 4.2 125 ratings IMDb 4.4/10.0 $749 FREE Returns Prime Video $3.59 — $9.99 Blu-ray — DVD $7.49 Additional DVD options Edition Discs Price New from Used from DVD March 29, 2016 — 1 $7.49 $4.89 $2.76 Watch Instantly with Rent Buy Hero Quest

  13. Watch Hero Quest Online

    Hero Quest is a 2015 fantasy movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 25 minutes. It has received mostly poor reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 4.4.

  14. Hero Quest (2015)

    For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org. Hero Quest is a film directed by Maksim Fadeev with Animation. Year: 2015. Original title: Savva. Serdtse voina. Synopsis: An international animation project that is coming out in Russian and English languages. It is a fairytale about a grand life ...

  15. Hero Quest

    Hero Quest Reviews 2015 1 hr 25 mins Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Kids NR Watchlist Where to Watch

  16. Hero Quest

    Hero Quest ADVENTURE Once protected by regal white wolves, the village of ten-year-old Savva has fallen prey to a gang of ruthless hyenas led by the evil three-headed monkey queen, Mom Jozee. ... Reviews 5 Fresh 1 Rotten 4 Information Studio Cinedigm Released 2016 ...

  17. Hero Quest DVD Review « DVD Corner

    Hero Quest DVD Review. Ditch this quest. In the fantasy CGI animated film "Hero Quest," the story revolves around a young boy (Savva) who embarks on a quest to save his fellow villagers (which includes his mother) from evil hyenas. Joining him on his journey is a white wolf (Angee), a cursed man (Baron Fafl), and a host of other oddball ...

  18. The Truth about Heroquest

    Gameplay for Hero Quest is better & more approachable with casual gamers, each quest has a more full story throughout the quest, with customization & so many fun little extras like to scale skulls for humans & orcs & others & little rats. I use Ashardalon for the minis, I actually play Hero Quest.

  19. Hero Quest

    Hero Quest is an epic coming-of-age adventure story of a boy who sets out on the journey of a lifetime, forging unlikely friendships, facing his greatest fears, and discovering the hero that was inside him all along.

  20. Hero Quest

    Learn more about the full cast of Hero Quest with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide

  21. Amazon.com. Spend less. Smile more

    Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Hero Quest at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

  22. The 17 Best Movies That Follow the Hero's Journey

    Movies with Hero's Journey archetypes are fun enough as they are, but mix those elements with a superhero origin story, and you get one of the best entries in the superhero genre.

  23. HeroQuest

    HeroQuest, is an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop in 1989, and re-released in 2021. The game is loosely based around archetypes of fantasy role-playing games: the game itself was actually a game system, allowing the gamemaster (called "Morcar" and "Zargon" in the United ...

  24. 'HeroQuest' Is Back, And The Classic Fantasy Board ...

    Each quest sees one player - HeroQuest supports two to five players - assume the rule of the evil wizard Zargon, who controls all the monsters on each board layout, alerts players to traps and treasure, and is basically in charge of populating the map with assets as the player characters encounter them (as each quest begins with our heroes in ...

  25. Dynamite's JONNY QUEST Introduces the Teen Hero to a New ...

    Dynamite Entertainment's new Jonny Quest reintroduces this teen pop culture icon to a new generation of fans in a fun and rollicking first issue.

  26. Iron Man 3 Summary and Synopsis

    Iron Man 3 pits genius-billionaire-playboy-philanthropist Tony Stark (Iron Man) against the Mandarin, an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his world destroyed by his mysterious antagonist, he embarks on a dangerous quest to find those responsible. His journey will test his character at every turn. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices ...

  27. Twisters(2024) FullMovie Download Free 1080p,720p, 480p HD

    Twisters(2024) FullMovie Download Free 1080p,720p, 480p HD ~Still Now Here [woɹᙠɹǝuɹɐZ] Option's to Downloading or watching, While several avenues exist to view the highly praised film Twisters online streaming offers a versatile means to access its cinematic wonder From heartfelt songs to buoyant humor this genre-bending work explores the power of friendship to uplTwisters t ...

  28. Action Hero

    Here's your look at the reveal trailer for Action Hero, an upcoming blockbuster VR FPS featuring explosive set pieces and cinematic design. Get ready to punch dinosaurs in the face, battle ...

  29. Action Hero

    Here's your look at the reveal trailer for Action Hero, an upcoming blockbuster VR PS featuring explosive set pieces and cinematic design. Get ready to punch dinosaurs in the face, battle ninjas ...