rclarke-78401
Great Story line, but you are supposed to be able to suspend disbelief. This treatment makes it difficult for the viewer to do that. The CGI is good The characterisation is good. But the conclusion is just not satisfying. This supposed to represent the survival of the human race. Why, at the end, am I left feeling like I've just watched a fast food ad ?
Rainey Dawn
The film does not seem to know exactly what theme to go with because it flip-flops from a Gothic medieval look and feel to a 1980s B Action look and feel. Christian Bale's character, Quinn Abercromby, and his group in England give us the Gothic medieval vibes while Matthew McConaughey's character, Denton Van Zan, and his group give us the cheap 1980s B Action vibes. The film makers created a weird combination with this film.It's an "ok" film. I would have liked this film much better if they would have left out the Americans and their 80s B-Action military crud. Yes I wish they would have created the film with Gothic, medieval vibes - that would have been up my alleyway.The dragons look great. There is NO misuse of CGI in this film - I can give it that much credit. The story is so-so and could have been much better without the 80s action stuff in it. The acting is really good in the film - that includes the American 1980s action group of people. All actors did a fine job in this one.I got this film for free using some points I had built up - so I can't complain too badly.. but I would have chosen a different free film if I knew this movie had the 80s B-Action added to it. I would have rather watched this film online instead of having it in my DVD collection. But I have it now, I'll keep it and watch it again sometime in the future.6.5/10
Alexander Rimsky
Brave Americans have been saving the world in cinematography for many- many years (mostly from aliens and terrorists). This time though it was something unbelievably fresh. The world have been saved by Americans together with English from...dragons(!)...in future! Such wow! This is...fantastic...in all senses. Don't get me wrong, i did like the movie, but mostly due to the cast. Mcconaughey did his job exquisitely once again. One will find him in a very unusual role here (not that i barely recognized him or something, i did, and was even really amazed). For Bale - well job as well. The plot and the actualization are cheesy but it could be worse (there are lots of similar movies which are trashy). But this one is quite fascinating, sometimes even intriguing. So i would recommend to watch it just for one time. Evening, beer, pizza and Mcconaughey killing dragons - a pretty nice kit for having a good time, don't you think?
dragokin
There is no need to be nice to movies like Reign of Fire and praise "great performance" or "fun factor". The only extraordinary thing about it was that it showed dragons "en masse" at a time when they were reserved for Harry Potter movies. The rest is a straightforward post-apocalyptic action-fiction, so if you're into it, this is a movie for you.If not, you'd be left with a premise which might have been copied from a comic book. And maybe it had been, i haven't done my research. Anyhow, the dragons had been lurking in London subway for centuries, if not millennia, before they got accidentally unleashed upon mankind. I think this plot outline gives you a clear picture of what awaits inside.
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