Bridge of Dragons (1999)

Director:

Isaac Florentine

Writer:

Carlton Holder (written by)

Release Date:

1999 (Croatia)

Genre:

Action | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

He will bring her back alive whatever the cost.

Plot:

The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training and upbringing...

Plot Keywords:

Princess | Assassin | Helicopter | Shot To Death | Refusal

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Warchild
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Ruechang
Valerie Chow	...	Halo (as Rachel Shane)
Gary Hudson	...	Emmerich
John Bennett	...	The Registrar
Scott L. Schwartz	...	Belmont (as Scott Schwartz)
Jo Kendall	...	Lily (The Maid)
Dave Nichols	...	York (as Dave Nicholls)
Bashar Rahal	...	Robert
Velizar Binev	...	The Tailor
Ivan Istatkov	...	Arena Ring Master
Nikolai Binev	...	The Doctor (as Nikolay Binev)
Boyan Milushev	...	Jake
Sevdelin Ivanov	...	Scott
Brian Fitkin	...	Renegade Leader

Also Known As:

A Bridge of Dragons (USA) (trailer title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong action violence.

Runtime:

92 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:16 (video premiere) | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | UK:18 | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Martien Holdings A.V.V.

Trivia:

This was the first Nu Image production to be filmed in Bulgaria before the company bought the Boyana Film Studios based in Sofia a few years later.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where general Roechang attacks the rebel's base camp, he shoots at Warchylde with a rocket launcher. Warchylde falls on the ground and his left hand is covered with blood. But when Roechang sets him free, Warchylde mounts a horse and there's no blood on his left hand. Later, his hand is bloody again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Emmerich: Rebels... So how you wanna take 'em?
Warchild: Fast.

Strange Comic book film.

This film is weird, just like another Isaac Floorentine film I have seen, Cold Harvest. Bridge of Dragons has cartoon action sound effects and a real comic book style and was quite entertaining. The action is filled with exaggerated stunts and Mr Florentine makes great use of Dolph Lundgrens martial arts ability with some good slo-mo and the fact there is some good fight choreography that require the big Swede to use his Karate which is surprisingly rare in his films. The style is very much a cheap sub standard copy a certain mr John Woo and there are some good moments as well as some superbly over the top stunts. The acting by Dolph and Cary Tagawa is decent although they are both wasted on rubbish like this. Rachel Shane (or Valerie Chow) does not have the acting ability to much her prettyness, mind you she is that good looking she would really need to be a good actress to match her looks. The rest of the cast besides Gary Hudson range from bad to very bad or simply dubbed Bulgarian extras. This film also has a problem about when and where its set, the people, places, costumes, weaponry and Vehicles all contradict each other as was the case in the other Florentine film I mentioned, Cold Harvest. This is reasonably entertaining but only for the action scenes of which there are quite a few. 5/10