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"A dark but extremely entertaining fantasy, courtesy of one-time Monty Python cohorts Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, Time Bandits spotlights Craig Wornock as Kevin, the son of two grotesquely dull parents. Kevin is whisked away to a thrilling adventure by six capricious dwarves, who are being pursued by the disgruntled Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson). The dwarves have in their possession a map, charting various ""holes"" in the universe. Before Kevin quite knows what is happening, he is hopscotching through time, meeting the likes of Robin Hood (John Cleese), Agamemnon (Sean Connery), Napoleon (Ian Holm) and various and sundry other historical oddities. Don't write off Time Bandits as a kiddie movie, lest you be unprepared for the surprisingly apocalyptic finale. Despite its grim undertones, the film is a smorgasbord of slapstick and verbal witticisms."
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Time Bandits (1981)
116 min
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.