Reign of Fire (2002)

Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Zanuck Company, Barber/Birnbaum Productions, World 2000 Entertainment

Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Alexander Siddig, Scott Moutter

Rob Bowman

Matt Greenberg, Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka

Taglines: They're extremely intelligent. Highly evolved. And they don't like sharing the planet.

castle, dragon, evolution, fire chief, animated map, theatre audience, dragonslayer, tunnel construction, fire repellent, drilling, iodine, northumberland

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

Reviews:

Author: Wuchak
_**Grim tale of the dragon apocalypse**_ Dormant fire-breathing dragons are awoken in subterranean chambers and proceed to unleash hell on earth. Almost two decades later a group of survivors led by Quinn (Christian Bale) live underground in England when American militants pay them a visit, led by seeming-psycho Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey). It seems they have a strategy to slay the dragons once-and-for-all. Izabella Scorupco plays the woman stuck between the two rival leaders. "Reign of Fire" (2002) is similar to the Mad Max films, but without the comic book goofiness. This is a solemn, grey tale with a quality cast, convincing sets/costumes and surprisingly effective CGI. I gained greater respect for McConaughey as he is unrecognizable as the bald combative and loses himself in the role. Unfortunately, the storytelling is weak. It’s just not that compelling, which isn’t helped by the mumbled dialogue and ambiguities. Still, if you can adapt to the viewer-unfriendly style, there’s a lot to appreciate here. The film runs 1 hour, 41 minutes and was shot in Ireland. GRADE: B-/C+