| Author |
Message |
|
zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm
Posts: 36662
|
 Reign of Fire Reign of Fire Quote: Reign of Fire (2002) is an action fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler, and Izabella Scorupco. It takes place in the year 2020 in England, after dragons have reawakened. The film grossed about $82 million on a $60 million budget. I was a bit disappointed at the low number of good action scenes, but the few it had were good enough to make up for it. I didn't like the cast outside of Christian Bale much, though. B
|
| Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:42 pm |
|
|
|
MGKC
---------
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:42 pm
Posts: 11808
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
|
B+
Enjoyed this one quite a lot. Can't believe Matthew McCanaughey was in this looking back now. He was... bald. I thought everything was well-done in this, except for the action scenes leading up to the final one.
|
| Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:48 pm |
|
|
|
Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm
Posts: 15197
Location: Planet Xatar
|
This is a serious dragon movie - it is directed and acted with a high intensity level - and best of all, I believed in this world for the couple hours I was immersed in the story. Special effects are good, but not central to the story - its all about humanity's survival, man!
4 out of 5.
|
| Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:48 am |
|
|
|
Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm
Posts: 92093
Location: Bonn, Germany
|
B+
It's tons of fun and Matthew McConaughey is probably in his best role here. His craziness even outshines Christian Bale. One major complaint I have about this film is simply that they didn't use enough of the awesome potential. I wish they'd have shown some real armies vs. dragons battles. That'd have rocked. Instead, they chose to tell about that over news reports, bleh. The visual effects on the dragons were amazing!
_________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
|
| Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:29 am |
|
|
|
Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 9:53 am
Posts: 13403
|
Enjoyable movie with McConaughey on top scenry chewing form but this film suffered a bit from the stunning Ad campaign which promised more. Still there are worse things you could do then watch this.
B-
_________________
Rosberg was reminded of the fuel regulations by his wheel's ceasing to turn. The hollow noise from the fuel tank and needle reading zero had failed to convay this message
|
| Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:22 pm |
|
|
|
makeshift
Teenage Dream
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:20 am
Posts: 9247
|
One of the few films out there that manages to slide by on it's potential alone. It never reaches the heights you are hoping for, but some great performances and solid direction help to ease that.
B
|
| Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:41 pm |
|
|
|
trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm
Posts: 19697
Location: ville-marie
|
Definitely a case of wasted potential. The only point that I really felt it captured what I wanted to see was when they got to London and saw the Parliament Buildings infested with dragons. That was pretty cool. Other than that, it's just a generic action flick, with good actors working around clumsy dialogue, some great production design, and rather silly action sequences. The effects are great, but not fully utilized enough, too. Gerard Butler is riotous for the first half an hour, but then he just disappears until his death, and Bale is rather bland here; McConaughey is great, though. There's some great post-apocalyptic ideas played with at the beginning (like when they re-enact The Empire Strikes Back) and I wished it could have stayed the road of sci-fi drama instead of action flick, but oh well. Kinda disappointing, but not terrible.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict. 
|
| Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:00 pm |
|
|
|
Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm
Posts: 92093
Location: Bonn, Germany
|
This should have had a budget about $50 million bigger and played up the epic scenario more and the makers would have had a solid huge hit on their hands.
_________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
|
| Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:07 pm |
|
|
|
trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm
Posts: 19697
Location: ville-marie
|
Dr. Lecter wrote: This should have had a budget about $50 million bigger and played up the epic scenario more and the makers would have had a solid huge hit on their hands. Yeah, that was another problem I had with it. It wasn't broad enough; it was too focused on this one band of survivors. I would have loved to see some dragon ass-kicking around the world. _________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
|
| Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:10 pm |
|
|
|
Anita Hussein Briem
Yes we can call dibs on the mountain guide
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:47 pm
Posts: 3290
Location: Houston
|
F. The action dazzled me even more than the action in The English Patient.
_________________
(hitokiri battousai)
|
| Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:50 pm |
|
|
|
Jim Halpert
Stanley Cup
Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:52 pm
Posts: 6981
Location: Hockey Town
|
B. It was entertaining. Nothin more.
|
| Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:38 pm |
|
|
|
thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am
Posts: 14605
Location: LA / NYC
|
It was entertaining, but also a bit on the dull side. Special effects were great though.
B-
|
| Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:27 pm |
|
|
