Reign of Fire
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Director: | Rob Bowman (I) | Actors: | Christian Bale (as Quinn), Matthew McConaughey (as Van Zan), Izabella Scorupco (as Alex Jensen), Gerard Butler (as Dave Creedy), Scott Moutter (as Jared Wilke), David Kennedy (I) (as Eddie Stax), Alexander Siddig (as Ajay), Ned Dennehy (as Barlow), Rory Keenan (as Devon), Terence Maynard (as Gideon), Doug Cockle (as Goosh), Randall Carlton (as Burke (Tito)), Chris Kelly (VIII) (as Mead), Ben Thornton (as Young Quinn), Alice Krige (as Karen Abercromby) | Country: | Ireland | Category: | Action | Year: | 2002 | Personal Rating: | |
| Description: | *** DVD Rip: No - Quality: Low *** In present-day London, twelve-year-old Quinn watches as his mother, a construction engineer, inadvertently wakes an enormous fire-breathing beast from its century-long slumber. Twenty years later, much of the world has been scarred by the beast and its offspring. As a fire chief, Quinn (Christian Bales) is responsable for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive as they eke out a meager existence. Into their midst come a hotshot American, Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey), who says he has a way to kill the beasts and save mankind - a way Quinn's never seen done. Directed by Rob Bowman ("The X-Files"), "Reign Of Fire" fuses a medieval past with a post-apocalyptic future in this exciting tale of adventure and survival. | Imported Comments: | Reign of Fire is a good old-fashioned monster flick seasoned with a dash of Mad Max and a pinch of Medieval darkness. The story takes place in England, circa 2010-2020 A.D., in a world that has been virtually destroyed by a species of fire-breathing dragons. Survivors band together for self-preservation, except Van Zan (McConaughey) and his followers, who are intent upon slaying the dragons and freeing the world from their 'reign of fire'. McConaughey is, by the way, remarkably 'tough' in this film. He and European co-stars Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler all offer good performances. Visually, the movie is often powerful, although the quality of the special effects varies widely from scene-to-scene. In some, the dragons look amazingly realistic and scary, while in others they appear a bit fake and unconvincing. Several scenes, though, are totally awesome and, overall, 'Reign' delivers a heaping helping of thrills, chills and heart-pounding fun. The plot has a few warts, of course. For example, where did Van Zan and his crew gas up their helicopter and tanks? Hmmm. Oh well, this is a 'fantasy' and doesn't necessarily need to make sense. The dragons are nasty enough and, if you love a good monster flick as much as I do, it's well worth seeing! |
Languages: | English | Subtitles: | None | Length: | 185 | Video format: | Microsoft MPEG-4 | Audio format: | MPEG Layer 3 (MP3) | Resolution: | 352x240 | Files sizes (Mb): | 100+94 |