Dragon Wars Details

You Can Do SO Much Better

Do not be fooled by the CGI Budget of this movie. Special Effects do not a good movie make. I first saw trailers of Dragon Wars last year and was really looking forward to it. I think a clue to the quality of the movie should have been in the fact it didn't appear in any of my local cinemas.

The acting is awful. The plot has holes big enough for the monsters in the movie to run through. They took their budget, planned out two massive battles and some shots containing a big monster thing, THEN sat down and thought 'Oops, we need actors. And a plot. Ah well, this will do...' and released it.

The two 'battle' scenes, past and present day - very pretty, fairly well done with only a few snorts at 'heh because THAT looks realistic', and the critters in it are fairly good. But that's about it. I can't even call it a brainless Monster-Trashing-A-City movie.

I was so disappointed words cannot do it justice. If you want a big beast destroying a city, grab Cloverfield when you get the chance.

[Highly rated reviewer]

CGI 'ed to death

I may be generous when it comes to my stars rating as very little could save this film in my eyes. In summary the film depicts a modern day clash between a good dragon and a bad dragon as they fight to gain the power to elevate themselves to heaven (something I assumed was a higher plain of existence?) Some lowly humans get pulled into this battle of the titans.

Clearly a large group of nerds huddled together to make this movie as the CGI content is massive and continuous throughout the film. At times it reminded me of World of Warcraft ! This is fine if you like that, but my issues with the film was there was very little character development - the plot is non existent and the acting verges on B-movie standard. Whilst the characters were explained and their roles cast early in the film I felt no concern for their plight through the film, and so the film as a whole failed to grip me. The premise is so outlandish that it really needs some solid personalities in the film to hold the viewers interest - sadly this was missing. I liked Jason Behr in Roswell, but I'm afraid to say he hasn't expanded his repertoire of acting expressions since then, at least not in this film. As for the rest of the cast, well it went down hill from there really.

They spent lots of money on this post production, which could have been saved by not making the film at all ! If you're a CGI buff then watch for the special effects alone, but don't expect to be drawn in by just the flashy exterior...