Reign of Fire
starring: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter
directed by: Rob Bowman
directed by: Rob Bowman
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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
Movie 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
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Pretty Straightforward Stuff
This was a bit different than one expected. There was no nonsense, no tongue-in-cheek humor or special-effects just for the sake of it: this was simply a humans vs. dragons story taking place in the future. No laughs and nothing hokey, which is what I expected. They played it straight, simply as a fight story between the two parties.
Yes, there were credibility problems with the story but overall, it was good escapist adventure. The dragons were realistic-looking, the scenery ... Read More
Rating: 
- Not interesting enough
Although the CGI effects looked fantastic, and McConaughey and Bale were excellent, I found Reign of Fire to be very dull. Other people liked this film and that's fine, but personally I wasn't really entertained when I watched this movie. The action sequences weren't that exciting, and the dragon fights weren't really interesting. Maybe it's because of the old and tired stereotypes of the dragons that annoy me. Oh well, at least I enjoyed "Equilibrium".
Grade: C
Rating: - 3 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
If you're the type of person who gets excited when he hears that there's a movie about mankind fighting dragons in a post-apocalyptic futureworld, then Reign of Fire is for you: it's a bit preposterous, but Christian Bale is a solid action hero and it's great to see Matthew McConaughey in a movie that isn't a romantic comedy and the movie, by and large, works.
Rating: 
-reviewing a product
The only thing thatI have to said is that the DVD is in good condition and the delivery was fast.
Rating: 
- 2 stars for life-like special effects. Besides that there's nothing worth watching.,
I give it two stars for life-like special effects. Besides that there's nothing worth watching.
- Pretty Straightforward StuffThis was a bit different than one expected. There was no nonsense, no tongue-in-cheek humor or special-effects just for the sake of it: this was simply a humans vs. dragons story taking place in the future. No laughs and nothing hokey, which is what I expected. They played it straight, simply as a fight story between the two parties.
Yes, there were credibility problems with the story but overall, it was good escapist adventure. The dragons were realistic-looking, the scenery ... Read More
- Not interesting enoughAlthough the CGI effects looked fantastic, and McConaughey and Bale were excellent, I found Reign of Fire to be very dull. Other people liked this film and that's fine, but personally I wasn't really entertained when I watched this movie. The action sequences weren't that exciting, and the dragon fights weren't really interesting. Maybe it's because of the old and tired stereotypes of the dragons that annoy me. Oh well, at least I enjoyed "Equilibrium".
Grade: C
- 3 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
If you're the type of person who gets excited when he hears that there's a movie about mankind fighting dragons in a post-apocalyptic futureworld, then Reign of Fire is for you: it's a bit preposterous, but Christian Bale is a solid action hero and it's great to see Matthew McConaughey in a movie that isn't a romantic comedy and the movie, by and large, works.
-reviewing a productThe only thing thatI have to said is that the DVD is in good condition and the delivery was fast.
- 2 stars for life-like special effects. Besides that there's nothing worth watching.,I give it two stars for life-like special effects. Besides that there's nothing worth watching.
