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| Reign of Fire | 
 enlarge | Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: Christian Bale, Matthew Mcconaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  302 reviews
Sales Rank: 1986
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 786936191417
ISBN: 0788848119
UPC: 786936191417
EAN: 9780788837814
ASIN: B00006JDVV
Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 2002
Release Date: November 19, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
Product Description
Fire-breathing dragons have destroyed modern civilization and humans subsist in disjointed bands until a militia group with air cavalry comes to the rescue.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 25-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
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 There be dragons there August 11, 2008
Battling dragons was a story told in legends of knights in the dark ages.
The old maps had at the edge of the known world:
"There be dragons there".
They actually found flying reptiles in the fossil record in the very far past.
Here a cave in a London underground excavation is uncovered: the sleeping dragons rise to bring down man.
The last hope of man seems to be a small band of dragon slayers.
Only one man knows where the original cave lair is, where the only male
makes his home.
Some need heroes, but others are born to it.
It is a fun movie that blends legend with adventure in an strange new future.
 great and easy transaction! May 31, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great and easy transaction--fast shipping and product arrived in great condition. I would definitely recommend this seller!
Matt/Christian and one BADDDD DRAGON!!! May 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Matt and Christian sharing a screen with one really bad azz male dragon, could a movie have anymore testosterone than that. The story was nicely done, FX nicely executed and the acting no less than great, I was completely satisfied with my decision to give this movie it's "day in court". I am purchasing a second copy of this dvd this week because cable chooses to exhaust me with next to impossible to enjoy movies repeating them over and over again and letting great movies like this sit on some shelf collecting dust. What a Shame!
 One of the better dragon movies ever made. April 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not cheap or a so called B movie as some reviewers have claimed. In fact the film totes some of the most realistic of all CGI creature special effects. It is a bit of a testosterone fueled post apocalyptic dragon slaying film. Matthew McConaughey really shines here in his wild character portrayal. It is an entertaining film overall, and a well done and creative peice of science-fiction. In terms of dragon movies, Its in my top 3 being 1981's Dragonslayer, 1996's Dragonheart and 2002's Reign Of Fire. Good dragon movies are not easy to make and many are plagued with a fake or cheesy tinge. Reign Of Fire is pretty good quality.
Good Cast-Interesting Movie March 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Reign of Fire brings to the screen the unlikely scenario that ash-eating dragons will take over the world and humanity will become near extinct as a result.
It is the year 2020 and an isolated community in England trying to survive in the dragon dominated world is visited by an American military force bound on bringing an end to the reign of reptiles...
Don't look for the movie to make any sense; it doesn't.
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler, Alexander Siddig (from Star Trek DS9!), the lovely Izabella Scorupco, and the rest of the cast carry out their performances well though the acting is nothing extraordinary.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the special effects, and the music are all good.
In a nutshell, it's probably not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it will provide for an evening's entertainment. 3.5 Stars
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