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Reign of Fire

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Original title

Reign of Fire

Year

2002

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

Rob Bowman

Screenwriter

Matt Greenberg. Story: Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka

Cast

Music

Ed Shearmur

Cinematography

Adrian Biddle, Scott Beattie

Producer

Spyglass Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Zanuck Company

Genre

Fantasy. Sci-Fi. Thriller. Action | Post-apocalyptic Future. Dragons

Synopsis

In 2002 young Quinn Abercromby is visiting his mother in the London underground construction job she supervises, when workers uncover a cave. Quinn ventures in, seeing a creature that then crisps his mother and the other workers with flame. Hundreds of dragons emerge all over the world and decimate the cities, killing millions. In 2020 Quinn rules a motley group of survivors gathered in a castle in Northumberland. There is little hope for the future and their numbers are constantly being whittled down by dragon attacks. They are interrupted by the arrival of American soldiers led by the half-crazed Van Zan. Rather than settling for eking out mere survival, Van Zan instead promotes a strategy of taking the dragons on using helicopters, tanks and skydivers. Quinn’s protective concern for the survival of his people comes into conflict with Van Zan who desires to recruit Quinn’s people as soldiers in his depleted troupe to mount an assault on the nest of the father dragon in London.

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Awards: 2002: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Best Special Effects

2002: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): nominated to Best Fantasy Film.

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Critics' reviews

"[A] silly, but reasonably entertaining fantasy thriller, with hints of James Cameron's first Terminator"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"Entertaining enough as summer fare, but not the jaw-dropping spectacle we'd hoped for (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Alan Morrison: Empire
"The dragons' impressive presence is welcome relief from the laboured structure and a plot that's full of holes. In comparison, the actors are mere colourless support"

Sloan Freer: Radio Times
"We cannot believe what happens in the movie, and we cannot believe that the movie was made (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Reign of Fire is filled with every evolutionary phase of dragons you can imagine (...) But for all of the possibilities on paper, the end experience is one that's neither polished nor very inspired"

IGN
"An odd cross between 'Mad Max' and 'Dragonheart,' this movie is all borrowed ideas, but it's still trashy fun."

Hank Sartin: Chicago Reader
"A disaster of a drama, saved only by its winged assailants. You know a picture's in trouble when you find yourself rooting for humankind to lose"

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post

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