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Reign of Fire

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Reign of Fire (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 147

Fresh: 59

Rotten:88

Average Rating: 5.2/10

Consensus: An enjoyable B-movie if you don't use your brain.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense action violence

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Jul 12, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $42,929,971

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler

Director: Rob Bowman

Director: Rob Bowman
Screenwriter: Matt Greenberg, Terry Hayes
Story: Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Jonathan Glickman, Lili Fini Zanuck, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Studio: Touchstone Pictures

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  • Reign Of Fire
  • Matthew McConaughey (U-571) and Christian Bale (SHAFT) star in an explosive action-packed adventure with bone-charring special effects that will have you glued to your seat! When workers in a London tunneling project awaken an unearthly fire-breathing beast from centuries of slumber, all hell breaks loose. Twelve-year-old Quinn (Bale) sees his mother, one of the workers, die trying to escape this new terror. Twenty years later as a "fire chief," he tries to keep a group of refugees alive with fierce dragons dominating the air, burning the land and feeding on the ash. Unexpectedly, Van Zan (McConaughey), a hotshot American militia leader, shows up with a ragtag group of slayers on a perilous crusade to hunt down and destroy the beasts. Tempers flare when there is a struggle for leadership -- until both men realize only one species is getting out of this alive.
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    09/30/05
    Scott Nash
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    While the dragons come out blazing, the rest of the movie is blowing smoke.

    Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
    12/06/04
    Jeffrey Overstreet
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    Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
    05/19/04
    Colin Covert
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    good entertainment

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    01/07/04
    Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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    ... Reign of Fire is somehow greater than the sum of its parts.

    Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
    01/07/04
    Greg Maki
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    01/07/04
    Michael Dequina
    Mr. Brown's Movies

    It's painful to watch actors like McConaughey and Bale, who showed so much potential at one time in their careers, shamelessly overact and spout inane dialogue.

    Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
    09/06/03
    Josh Bell
    Las Vegas Weekly

    ...McConaughey goes for broke and turns this guy into an amalgam of every hard-nosed soldier previously committed to celluloid.

    Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
    08/01/03
    David Nusair
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    Roteiro absurdo, história frágil, personagens pouco agradáveis e açăo nada empolgante.

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    07/25/03
    Pablo Villaca
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    06/01/03
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    If London in cinders and medium rare sky-diving soldiers can't get you into the cinema, you're probably one of those people who were never fascinated by matches as a child.

    Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
    04/08/03
    Harry Guerin
    RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

    Reign Of Fire should at least be a marvel of special effects, but alas, even the dragon's not very much fun.

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    02/08/03
    John R. McEwen
    Film Quips Online

    Reign of Fire is the schoolyard bully who used to beat the crap out of you during breaks: it is big, loud, dumb and never explains itself.

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    01/20/03
    James O'Ehley
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    12/08/02
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    Despite a few epic revelations, we never get a real sense of living, breathing dragons.

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    11/18/02
    Paul Malcolm
    L.A. Weekly

    Wouldn't you have thought that a studio about to spend over $90,000,000 on a movie would have begun with a script instead of a few special effects?

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    11/12/02
    John J. Puccio
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