Reign Of Fire
2002
In present-day London, 10 year-old Quinn visits his construction engineer mother at her work. When he crawls into a cavern the workers have uncovered, he finds a large, fire-breathing dragon--which destroys the site and kills his mother. Fast-forward to 2020. Quinn (Christian Bale, AMERICAN PSYCHO) is living in a castle in .. Read more
| Starring | Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, David Kennedy |
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| Director | Rob Bowman |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Reign Of Fire
In present-day London, 10 year-old Quinn visits his construction engineer mother at her work. When he crawls into a cavern the workers have uncovered, he finds a large, fire-breathing dragon--which destroys the site and kills his mother. Fast-forward to 2020. Quinn (Christian Bale, AMERICAN PSYCHO) is living in a castle in Northumberton, the leader of survivors of the dragon plague which has wiped out a large portion of the human population. He and his colony, including dozens of orphans, eke out an existence in hopes that the human race will someday take back the planet from the gigantic, winged monsters. Enter Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey), a war-mad American and his team of military trained fighters. They offer to team up with Quinn and his people, but only if they consent to the American's extreme tactics to destroy the fire-breathing beasts.
Directed by Rob Bowman (X FILES), REIGN OF FIRE combines elements of ALIENS, THE ROAD WARRIOR, and 1981's DRAGONSLAYER for a potent genre cocktail that takes a traditionally medieval monster into the future and injects it into state-of-the-art action sequences. The film plays as post-apocalyptic sci-fi, but the stunningly executed dragon sequences are pure horror, especially as the menacing creatures slaughter prominent characters with extreme speed and ruthlessness.
| Starring | Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, David Kennedy, Gerard Butler, Alexander Siddig |
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| Director | Rob Bowman |
| Studio | TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 38 mins |
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| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Dutch, Bulgarian |
| Released | DVD: 09 Jun 2003 Blu-ray: 06 Aug 2007 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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If it weren't for the dragons, this far-fetched fantasy would have drowned in its own mediocrity. A skeletal, anti-climactic mess from Rob Bowman, director of The X-Files movie, it relies totally on its mythological flying fire-breathers to carry the film. The action is set in the near future, where these scaly monsters have overrun the world after being inadvertently unleashed by London Underground workers. While restricted to a handful of repetitious set pieces, the dragons' impressive presence is welcome relief from the laboured structure and a plot that's full of holes. In comparison, the actors are mere colourless support, with performances that range from hammy (Christian Bale) to simply wooden (Gerard Butler). The sole spark of humanity comes from Matthew McConaughey, whose gung-ho glee brings a hint of excitement and adventure to this hugely unsatisfying feature.
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"...With enormous wingspans and nasty, lizard-like bodies, able to incinerate large areas and swallow humans in a single tasty gulp, the dragons are creatures of a certain creepy elegance as well as undeniable potency..."
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13 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Absolute rubbish
I wasn't looking for great things from this film -- just a good no-brainer action flick. It's set in the UK, it's got dragons. Cool.
Wrong! It's terrible! the plot makes no sense, the script is awful and the acting is poor (though admittedly probably because the script is so dire). The Van Zant character is the only lively moment in the whole film, being hammed up something rotten, but otherwise it's an actionless, humourless dirge.
You'll be left wondering how they managed to waste what should have been a good opportunity for a pacy sci-fi romp.
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Dragons & the apocalypse in london
Imagine a few execs receiving a pitch,'im gonna make this movie its about dragons and the end of the world and its set in london'
Dragons and the end of the world yes were in!london? not so sure
So here we have it Rob Bowmans reign of fire,the merchandising dept had a field day with this,and who wouldnt,it offers great epic scope,but what we get is a more narrower perspective of the world after the battles,but thats ok as it works very well,the effects are superb,with a grungy christian bale,and matthew mconaughey,the dirt just oozes of him,the dragons look superb and you want to see more of them,thoroughly enjoyable great action,and storyline,though would still want to see dragons & apache helicopters battle it out!
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