Product Description: Fire-breathing dragons have destroyed modern civilization and humans subsist in disjointed bands until a militia group with air cavalry comes to the rescue. Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure Rating: PG13 Release Date: 25-JAN-2005 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: The Road Warrior meets Dragonslayer in the briskly entertaining post-apocalyptic action thriller Reign of Fire. Reign of Fire exists primarily to give us a bigger and better dragon than the Vermithrax Pejorative of 1981's classic Dragonslayer, and in that regard, the special effects are mightily impressive; the reptilian fire-breathers are stupendously convincing. While the earlier film offers a richer, more whimsical medieval adventure, Reign of Fire is a fast-moving tale of man versus dragon that takes place in the charred England of 2020, after Earth has been scorched by rapidly multiplying dragons and the aftermath of a futile nuclear counterstrike. Mixing high-tech gadgetry with primitive survivalism, X-Files alumnus Rob Bowman makes the most of his midlevel budget, establishing a lavish castle base for the rugged, adversarial teaming of Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey as dragonslayers on the brink of extinction. With a steady supply of crowd-pleasing highlights, Reign of Fire is a pyrotechnical treat. --Jeff Shannon
There be dragons there Battling dragons was a story told in legends of knights in the dark ages. The old maps had at the edge of the known world: "There be dragons there". They actually found flying reptiles in the fossil record in the very far past. Here a cave in a London underground excavation is uncovered: the sleeping dragons rise to bring down man. The last hope of man seems to be a small band of dragon slayers. Only one man knows where the original cave lair is, where the only male makes his home. Some need heroes, but others are born to it. It is a fun movie that blends legend with adventure in an strange new future.
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Matt/Christian and one BADDDD DRAGON!!! Matt and Christian sharing a screen with one really bad azz male dragon, could a movie have anymore testosterone than that. The story was nicely done, FX nicely executed and the acting no less than great, I was completely satisfied with my decision to give this movie it's "day in court". I am purchasing a second copy of this dvd this week because cable chooses to exhaust me with next to impossible to enjoy movies repeating them over and over again and letting great movies like this sit on some shelf collecting dust. What a Shame!
One of the better dragon movies ever made. Not cheap or a so called B movie as some reviewers have claimed. In fact the film totes some of the most realistic of all CGI creature special effects. It is a bit of a testosterone fueled post apocalyptic dragon slaying film. Matthew McConaughey really shines here in his wild character portrayal. It is an entertaining film overall, and a well done and creative peice of science-fiction. In terms of dragon movies, Its in my top 3 being 1981's Dragonslayer, 1996's Dragonheart and 2002's Reign Of Fire. Good dragon movies are not easy to make and many are plagued with a fake or cheesy tinge. Reign Of Fire is pretty good quality.
Good Cast-Interesting Movie Reign of Fire brings to the screen the unlikely scenario that ash-eating dragons will take over the world and humanity will become near extinct as a result. It is the year 2020 and an isolated community in England trying to survive in the dragon dominated world is visited by an American military force bound on bringing an end to the reign of reptiles... Don't look for the movie to make any sense; it doesn't. Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler, Alexander Siddig (from Star Trek DS9!), the lovely Izabella Scorupco, and the rest of the cast carry out their performances well though the acting is nothing extraordinary. The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the special effects, and the music are all good. In a nutshell, it's probably not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it will provide for an evening's entertainment. 3.5 Stars
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