This film starts off with Quinn being a young boy and visiting his mother who works underground on railway lines. Her team are tunnelling through the walls when they come across on old cavern. Quinn is told to go and investigate by one of the men and what a mistake. Quinn comes across a dragon ... Read review
Not quite the large-scale epic it promised to be,Reign of Fireis still an enjoyable entry ... more
in the post-catastrophe genre. It opens in present-day London with a boy witnessing the rebirth of the race of dragons, who are supposed to have wiped out the din...
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Matthew McConaughey (U-571) and Christian Bale (SHAFT) star in an explosive action-packed ... more
adventure with bone-charring special effects that will have you glued to your seat!When a London tunnelling project uncovers an unearthly fire-breathing beast fro...
Not quite the large-scale epic it promised to be,Reign of Fireis still an enjoyable entry ... more
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Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale battle terrifying beasts -and each other - in Reign ... more
Of Fire on Blu-ray Disc.. Packed with action, this thrilling adventure is hotter than ever in this explosive new format!All hell breaks loose when an unearthly creature is awakened after centuries of slumber. Twenty years later, Fire chief Quinn (Bale) tries to keep a group of refugees alive with ferocious dragons dominating the air and burning the land. But tempers also flare when Quinn clashed with a hotshot American militia leader (McConaughey). Gasp at the bone-charming special effects in spectacular 1080p and cower as fire-breathing dragons roar in thunderous 5.1 48kHz, 16-bit uncompressed audio. Feel the heat with Blu-ray High Definition!
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Advantages: Good story, great acting, brilliant effects Disadvantages: None
...the film which was the reign of the dragons but I liked how Quinn would keep quiet about his past and how he was the one who discovered the first dragon and I enjoyed the kind of suspense it gave to the story as I was wondering when the others would realise this is why Quinn had his reservations about the dragons. This did give a little depth to the story.
The effects in the film for me were amazing and I thought that a lot of time ... ...never seen a real dragon but the ones in the film looked excellent and not to far fetched. They all looked very realistic and sometimes quite scary. The location for the film was just outside of London and the community was living in what looked like an old castle. Both me and hubby commented on how it was the old building that were still standing an none of the modern ones could withstand the dragons!
This film starts off with Quinn being a young boy and visiting his mother who works underground on railway lines. Her team are tunnelling through the walls when they come across on old cavern. Quinn is told to go and investigate by one of the men and what a mistake. Quinn comes across a dragon who is not happy that he has been disturbed. He changes and breathes fire at all in his way but luckily Quinn makes an escape, his Mother is not so lucky though.
We then move to 25 years later when disaster has happened and the dragons have taken over and wiped out most of the population. There are a few left who are now living in small communities around the country. Quinn is the kind of leader of his community and they are all struggling to survive as they have run low on food and the dragons keep wiping out their crops.
Things change for Quinn’s community when American Van Zan arrives with his men and armoured vehicles and he claims to be a dragon slayer. Van Zan offers to help to community and he and Quinn despite not seeing eye to eye agree to work together. Will the men be able to wipe out the dragons or will they be forever living in fear of them?
I really did enjoy this film and have watched it a few times now. I found the storyline to be excellent although not at all believable but it is a fantasy so this can be forgiven. The role of Quinn was played by Christian Bale and I think he did a fantastic job. He worked well with the other actors in the film, including Matthew McConaughey and Izabella Scorupco and I thought they all had a great on screen chemistry.
I thought that the character of Van Zan was typical American, come to save your butt, type of role but McConaughey played it to perfection. I liked how he did come across as being hard and strong but then a minute later he would show a softer side and proved he did have a heart. I also found the addition of a female lead quite refreshing as she was given a great role and played a big part in the film. I think this helped to take it away from being mainly for the men and she managed to show that women can fight and he just as brave and strong as the men.
There were a lot of supporting actors in the film and I think they all added to the film and made it more appealing. There was only really one storyline in the film which was the reign of the dragons but I liked how Quinn would keep quiet about his past and how he was the one who discovered the first dragon and I enjoyed the kind of suspense it gave to the story as I was wondering when the others would realise this is why Quinn had his reservations about the dragons. This did give a little depth to the story.
The effects in the film for me were amazing and I thought that a lot of time and effort had been put into making them. Have never seen a real dragon but the ones in the film looked excellent and not to far fetched. They all looked very realistic and sometimes quite scary. The location for the film was just outside of London and the community was living in what looked like an old castle. Both me and hubby commented on how it was the old building that were still standing an none of the modern ones could withstand the dragons!
The sets and costumes throughout the film were all great and looked authentic. The music in the film was good and very appropriate for the places which it was used. I found it did help with the setting and emotions of the scenes which it was used in. One thing I did notice through out the film was that the men never really ran out of bullets or ammunition. Don’t get me wrong there were times when they did but for the majority of the film they all seemed to have an endless supply. The way the film is put across they are all starving and struggling to survive but for some reason they are still able to be full loaded with bullets which seemed a bit unrealistic to me.
The DVD which we have does have some bonus material which includes:-
‘If you can take the heat’ Featurettes ‘Breathing Life into Terror’ Featurettes Theatrical Trailer
I am not a fan of bonus material so I have not watched any of these and I also feel it would take away some of the magic and effects from the film so I am not able to comment on whether they are worth watching or not.
The running time of this film is 98 minutes which I felt to be a great length and the certificate is a 12 and I do have to agree with this.
We bought our DVD many months ago and I cannot remember what price we paid. Please like EBay and Amazon will probably have this for around the £5 price. I do recommend this film as it has a great story and excellent effects.
Advantages: Brilliant post-apocalypse scenario Disadvantages: Would like to have actually SEEN the apocalypse
...something to the stories....?
Reign Of Fire is a film that takes the dragon legends of old, gives them a plausible background, then deposits them on the world of today, with devastating results. It goes something like this....
PLOT:
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Dragons exist. In actual fact, dragons have existed on Earth for millions and millions of years, and were, in fact, responsible for the dinosaurs' demise. You see, the dragons hibernate for millions of years at ... ...This is best illustrated in Reign Of FIre in a scene where Quinn and Creedy perform a two man play for the community's children - and the piece they are performing just happens to be "The Empire Strikes Back"! Also, Quinn makes the children say their prayers every night - but they are not prayers as you or I would know them. Instead, praying has become a mantra for survival....
Quinn: "What do we do when we're awake?"
Kids in unison: "Keep both ...
superpricee 04.09.2002
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...of a dragon... Reign of Fire is undoubtedly a movie which would not have been well received or perhaps the idea not have been conceived of were it not for Peter Jackson's visually stunning Lord of The Rings adaptation but I for one am glad of it's existence. The fantasy genre has been abysmally served over the years, with movies of poor budget, appauling script and abysmal special effects littering what should surely be one of the most exciting movie ... ...movie of this type and Reign Of Fire might just be the second - although obviously a much lower budget production. Movies about dragons themselves have been uniformly bad or for kids, Dragonheart springs to mind, yet the creatures are one of the most fascinating and enduring in the fantasy genre which makes their poor treatment in movies all the more saddening. Any fan of fantasy *loves* the majestic beasts and I've been waiting for a flippin' long ...
wampyrii 29.08.2002
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Advantages: The special effects are quite good Disadvantages: Everything else
This film is absolutely dire, Quite how this made it to the cinema screens, I will never know? Perhaps it has a lot to do with the director, Rob Bowman. I have a lot of respect for this man, well at least I did. His television credits are long and impressive. Director of such great series as Start trek: the next generation, The X-files, Quantum Leap, Alien Nation and of course Baywatch (alright Baywatch was naff but worship by millions of horny teenaged ... ...guess this gave him the weight to bring such a travesty to the big screen. So why did I hate it so much? Read on…
~~The Story~~
Young Quinn visits his mother at her place of work. Being a construction engineer, his mother is involved in tunnelling under modern day London. Quite why she is doing this remains unclear. Suddenly the drilling team stumble across an underground cavern. Boys being boys, Quinn goes to investigate and is shocked to find ...
Judgee 17.04.2003
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Advantages: Christian Bale's chest... Disadvantages: .... which doesn't come out anywhere near as much as it could
...I had a copy of Reign of Fire for us to watch, they were quite curious. When I told them it was about dragons, they simply laughed. Thanks to countless comedy, family or downright silly films involving dragons, their reputation is somewhat undermined. Reign of Fire is an unusual film, because it portrays the dragons as vicious, dangerous creatures that have literally brought about Armageddon, so I was quite curious as to how the subject matter had ... ...The trouble with Reign of Fire is that it visibly struggles to try and contend with two dominant concepts, and probably fails to deliver a good yarn on either. On the one hand, we have a conventional monster story, which leads to a demand for action, excitement and large-scale special effects. On the other, we have the human story of the wretched people who are struggling to survive in the barren landscape that the dragons have created. Neither of ...
LostWitness 13.03.2003
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Regular readers of “Empire” magazine will know that this movie has had their staff writers creaming their kecks all summer long, all based on...a poster. And admittedly what a poster it is. London engulfed in a fiery inferno as an a battle of Apocalyptic proportions takes place in the sky between dragons and apache attack helicopters.
Man its just so damned crazy it could work.
Hum well……
The movie starts in more or less ... ...in an underground construction site, part of the extension of the Jubilee line just as the workers uncover something very ancient, very scarey and very pissed. Fast forward 20-odd years, a montage of destruction and we are in a castle in Northumberland?( well I guess all movies have to be set somewhere). The Earth is a scorched wasteland having been torched by millions of dragons (for it was such a beast that was unleashed in the London Underground), ...
daveking 31.08.2002
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Set in the year 2018, the world has almost been destroyed by fire breathing dragons. A small group of survivors set out to find and destroy the only male dragon, thus ensuring the downfall of the species...
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
Touchstone Home Video; Technicolor Distribution Services
Release date
09/06/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BED 888705
Barcode
5017188887052
Screenwriter
Terry Hayes, Kevin Peterka, Matt Greenberg
Creator
Matt Greenberg
Composer
Edward Shearmur
Executive Producer
Richard D. Zanuck, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer, Featurettes - 1. IF YOU CAN TAKE THE HEAT, 2. BREATHING LIFE INTO TERROR
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Professional reviews
Review
"...A seamless merging of high concept and technology that dwarfs all previous pretenders....[With] Oscar-caliber visual effects and art direction..." (Box Office, p.156, 01/09/2002)
"...A rip-roaring videogame-busy, Mad Maximum entertainment....The story is enlivened by a throwaway good humor rare as dragon's eggs..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.45, 26/07/2002)
"...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..." (Los Angeles Times, p.C6, 12/07/2002)
"...It has a jamming B-picture buzz -- the kind of swift filmmaking and high spirits that have been missing from movies for a while..." (New York Times, p.E17, 12/07/2002)
DVD Description
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.
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