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Overview

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5.9/10   34,837 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Gregg Chabot (story) &
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Release Date:
12 July 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
Fight Fire With Fire more
Plot:
A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting fire to everything, establishing dominance over the planet. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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(19 articles)
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User Comments:
Silly but entertaining b-grade post-apocalyptic thriller. more (537 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christian Bale ... Quinn Abercromby

Matthew McConaughey ... Denton Van Zan

Izabella Scorupco ... Alex Jensen

Gerard Butler ... Creedy
Scott Moutter ... Jared Wilke (as Scott James Moutter)
David Kennedy ... Eddie Stax

Alexander Siddig ... Ajay
Ned Dennehy ... Barlow

Rory Keenan ... Devon

Terence Maynard ... Gideon

Doug Cockle ... Goosh

Randall Carlton ... Burke (Tito)
Chris Kelly ... Mead
Ben Thornton ... Young Quinn
Alice Krige ... Karen Abercromby
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense action violence.
Runtime:
101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Trivia:
The method by which the dragons expel fire was inspired by two actual animals; the spitting cobra and bombardier beetle. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: It is impossible to "stay tight to the cliffs" all the way from Northumbria and London: East Anglia and the Thames basin are flat. more
Quotes:
[referring to the dragons]
Denton Van Zan 'Dragon Slayer': Ever see a male?
Quinn Abercromby: When I'm running for my life I generally don't look back at the plumbing.
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References The Terminator (1984) more
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66 out of 93 people found the following comment useful.
Silly but entertaining b-grade post-apocalyptic thriller., 27 May 2003
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

Seems like I'm in a minority enjoying this one! It amazes me that so many people are quick to put the boot in to this (admittedly) silly but entertaining b-grade post-apocalyptic thriller yet line up to watch the absolutely awful and overblown Star Wars movies. Yes, I said b-grade, because despite the budget being close to $100 million, that's exactly what it is, a b-grade sci fi movie, no more, no less. Fans of Roy Ward Baker's 'Quatermass and the Pit', Larry Cohen's 'Q: The Winged Serpent' and Tobe Hooper's 'Lifeforce', all of which 'Reign Of Fire' reminded me of at various points, will enjoy this one more than the Blockbuster crowd. Christian Bale ('American Psycho') and Matthew McConaughey ('Frailty') are both pretty good as the leader of an underground community and a hardass military man respectively, who both have different approaches to their shared problem - the ongoing threat of dragon attacks. Yes, in this future dragons are real and have devastated the world, and only a handful of human survivors exist. Once you can accept that premise, and some of the "scientific" explanations for the why and wherefores of the dragons, you're in for a wild ride. No-one's gonna argue this is a great movie, but it's a lot of fun, and I recommend it, especially with beer and pizza.

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