Dragon Wars: D-War (2007) D-War (original title)

Director:

Hyung-rae Shim

Writer:

Hyung-rae Shim

Release Date:

14 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

They've made our world their battleground

Plot:

Based on the Korean legend, unknown creatures will return and devastate the planet. Reporter Ethan Kendrick is called in to investigate the matter...

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Korean | Dragon | Antique Shop | Los Angeles California

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Behr	...	Ethan Kendrick
Amanda Brooks	...	Sarah Daniels
Robert Forster	...	Jack
Craig Robinson	...	Bruce
Aimee Garcia	...	Brandy
Chris Mulkey	...	Agent Frank Pinsky
John Ales	...	Agent Judah Campbell
Elizabeth Peña	...	Agent Linda Perez (as Elizabeth Pena)
Billy Gardell	...	Mr. Belafonte
Holmes Osborne	...	Hypnotherapist
NiCole Robinson	...	Psychiatrist
Geoff Pierson	...	Secretary of Defense
Cody Arens	...	Young Ethan
Kevin Breznahan	...	Reporter
Jody Carlson	...	Sarah's Mother (as Jody L. Carlson)
Dominic Oliver	...	Head Doctor
Craig Anton	...	Dr. Austin
Patricia Lee	...	Sarah's Nurse
Eloy Casados	...	Homeless Native American
Alexa Sheehan	...	Mystery Driver (as Alexa Motley)
Matthias Hues	...	Bounty Hunter #1
Gregory Hinton	...	Bounty Hunter #2
Derek Mears	...	Bounty Hunter #3
Gerard Griesbaum	...	Bounty Hunter #4
Retta	...	Receptionist Nurse
Jane Silvia	...	Nurse #1
Hyun Jin Park	...	Haram (as Hyun Jin)
Hyojin Ban	...	Narin
Ji-hwan Min	...	Bochun (as Jihwan Min)
Jongman Lee	...	Lord Yun
Kyungpyo Lee	...	Midwife
Junkai	...	Servant
Kyuho Moon	...	Young Haram
Enci	...	Screaming Office Worker
Rob Roy Fitzgerald	...	Detective
Joe Don Harris	...	LA SWAT
James Intveld	...	Homeless Man
Jamie Kaler	...	Helicopter Pilot
Pete Kasper	...	Helicopter Pilot
Anthony Molinari	...	Dude #1
Art Oughton	...	Hospital Guard
Michael Shamus Wiles	...	Evil General
Cheyenne Alexis Dean	...	Young Sarah
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Burson	...	Ancient Warrior
Rodney Scott
Roberta Farkas	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ethan Grant	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Kerry Liu	...	Christine Shim (uncredited)
Scott Lunsford	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Paulah May	...	Terrified Pedestrian in Purple / Woman Kicked by Monster (uncredited)
Nathan Mills	...	Pizza Delivery Guy (uncredited)
Jesse Jam Miranda	...	Atrox (uncredited)
Richard Steen	...	Ethan's Father (uncredited)

Directed by
Hyung-rae Shim

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hyung-rae Shim

Produced by
James B. Kang	....	producer
Woo-Taek Kim	....	executive producer
Sascha Schneider	....	line producer
Hyung-rae Shim	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Steve Jablonsky

Cinematography by
Hubert Taczanowski

Film Editing by
Timothy Alverson

Casting by
Christine Sheaks

Production Design by
Pamela B. Warner

Set Decoration by
Donald Elmblad

Costume Design by
Niklas J. Palm

Makeup Department
Jennifer Gerber	....	assistant makeup artist
Ron Karkoska	....	additional makeup artist
Keleigh Lippert	....	key makeup artist
Heather Mages	....	makeup artist: day player
Wendy Southard	....	key hair stylist (as Wendy Boscon)

Production Management
Dooho Choi	....	post-production supervisor
Sascha Schneider	....	unit production manager
Ki-Wook Shim	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Greenfield	....	second second assistant director
Seiyoung Jun	....	second assistant director: Korean unit
Alexa Sheehan	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Alexa Motley)
Alexa Sheehan	....	second assistant director (as Alexa Motley)
Hanseung Song	....	second assistant director: Korean unit
Jonathan Southard	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Evelyn Barbier	....	set designer
Joe Barden	....	general foreman
Don Bracken	....	assistant props
Tonya Brewer Hunt	....	on-set dresser
Karen E. Burnett	....	set dresser
Carol Decarr	....	set dresser
Steven DeSantis	....	construction coordinator
T. Scott Elliott	....	set dresser
Melanie Hubbard	....	art department production assistant
Mitchell W. Katzman	....	set dresser
Erik Kieltyka	....	assistant property master
Maureen Kropf	....	lead scenic
Daniel Kuzmick	....	set dresser
Lawrence D. Lira	....	draper
Sammy Loreno	....	set dresser
Steven Pacitto	....	set dresser
Analisa Quilty	....	set dresser
Buddy Ray Reynolds	....	set dresser
Ryan Rittmiller	....	draper
Glenn Ryan Jr.	....	set dresser
Monti Santilli Rainbolt	....	leadman
Grant Sawyer	....	on-set dresser
Bennet Silver	....	set dresser
Edward Tamayo	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Mark Binder	....	sound designer
Mark Binder	....	sound re-recording mixer
Keith Birchfiel	....	boom operator
Josh Bower	....	boom operator
Derrick Cloud	....	sound utility
Thomas Curley	....	sound mixer: USA
Justin Doyle	....	assistant sound editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Mark A. Mangini	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Stuart Martin	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Steven Morrow	....	sound mixer: Korea
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	sound editor
Steve Schatz	....	sound mixing recordist
Nick Shaffer	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Nick Shaffer	....	sound effects editor
Richard Taylor	....	supervising sound editor
Dave Whitehead	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
John Roth	....	special effects foreman
Eddie Surkin	....	special effects supervisor
Eric Won	....	miniature builder (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Matt Davis	....	Spydercam rigger technician
Han Dongho	....	digital effects artist
Han Dongho	....	digital effects supervisor
Tim Drnec	....	spydercam coordinator/rigging
Seong-Hwan Hong	....	digital effects artist
Kee-Won Kim	....	digital effects artist
Scott Paider	....	Spydercam head rigger
Todd Semmes	....	spydercam coordinator/rigging
Ki-Wook Shim	....	visual effects supervisor
Danita Slaughter	....	digital opticals editor
Rich Volp	....	Spydercam flight control
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Brian Avery	....	stunts
Alex Daniels	....	stunt performer
Bud Davis	....	stunt coordinator
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Craig Jensen	....	stunts
Michael 'Pugita' Kobayashi	....	stunts
Hannah Kozak	....	stunt double
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	stunts
Anthony Molinari	....	stunts
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts
Robin Petgrave	....	stunt pilot
Dennis Scott	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Simpson	....	stunts
Ator Tamras	....	stunt double
Steve Tartalia	....	stunt double: Robert Forster
Tyler Vogt	....	stunts
Thom Williams	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Glenda Bingabing	....	grip
Melchor Bingabing	....	grip
Don Burton	....	additional first assistant camera
Danielle C. Carroll	....	additional camera loader
Danielle C. Carroll	....	assistant camera: Spyder Cam
Matt Cohen	....	video playback operator
Collin S. Colberg	....	first assistant camera
Brandon Cunningham	....	electrician
Chris Dambra	....	electrician
Peter DePhilippis	....	camera loader
John Doherty	....	second assistant camera
Tim Drnec	....	video playback operator
Curtis Failor	....	gaffer
Chad Glendon	....	electrician
Ron Goodman	....	special aerial photographer: SpaceCam
Greg Johnson	....	video assist
Dean M. King	....	grip
Chris Linares	....	electrician
Kim McCall	....	video playback operator
Diego Negrete	....	electrician
Jarrod Oswald	....	additional first assistant camera
Scott Paider	....	video playback operator
Chad Reavis	....	electrician
Andrew Robison	....	grip
Hugo Rojas	....	still photographer
Joshua Stern	....	best boy electric
Jim Unsinn	....	video playback operator
Rich Volp	....	video playback operator
Clinton H. Wallace	....	still photographer
Sam Wayman	....	electrician
Aiken Weiss	....	camera operator
Matt Zschoche	....	lighting technician

Animation Department
Ryan Zunkley	....	animator

Casting Department
Rebecca Gushin	....	casting associate
Debe Waisman	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shandra Beri	....	costume supervisor
David S. Heifetz	....	costumer
Elyse Lain	....	costume intern
Diane McCloskey	....	costumer
Deanna M. Saul	....	costumer
Bess Stansell	....	key costumer
Samantha E. White	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Matthew Booth	....	additional editor
D.R. Farquharson	....	digital intermediate producer: Efilm
Rick Grayson	....	first assistant editor
Michael Hatzer	....	supervising digital colorist: Efilm
Soo Bin Kang	....	post-production coordinator
Annie E. Kim	....	post-production coordinator
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Loan Phan	....	supervising digital intermediate producer: Efilm
Royce Smith	....	color timer

Music Department
Jeffrey Biggers	....	music mixer
Jay Flood	....	composer: additional music
Rossano Galante	....	orchestrator
Danail Getz	....	orchestrator
Jay Kim	....	music editor
Pieter A. Schlosser	....	composer: additional music
Tom Trafalski	....	music editor

Transportation Department
John W. Barbee	....	transportation co-captain
Roy Beville	....	driver
Steve Bonner	....	driver: special equipment
Mike Clark	....	transportation captain
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Gary Jackson	....	driver
Frank Mejerski	....	transportation coordinator
Irv Press	....	driver

Other crew
Jeeyoung Bang	....	secretary to director
Angel Brown	....	background coordinator
Angel Brown	....	production assistant
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Tara L. Craig	....	production coordinator
Ivo Deranja	....	location manager
Miho Deranja	....	key assistant location manager
Arthur Edmonds III	....	set production assistant
Nora L. Ferris	....	insurance broker
Federico Ferro	....	assistant location manager
Gary Hebert	....	title designer
Karen Huie	....	adr loop group
Seiyoung Jun	....	script supervisor: Korea
Seiyoung Jun	....	translator
Songgu Kang	....	production assistant
Min Soo Kim	....	key production secretary
James Kyson	....	adr loop group (as James Kyson-Lee)
Hyuk Lee	....	marketing
Tracy Scott	....	script supervisor
Jim Sharon	....	production assistant
Michael Zeininger	....	set production assistant
Ryan Zunkley	....	title designer: main titles
Annie Jeeves	....	publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Showbox Entertainment (as Showbox) (presents)
• Younggu-Art Movies (as Younggu-Art)

Distributors

• Showbox Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Central Partnership (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Freestyle Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Neo (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (limited edition steelbook)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Younggu-Art Movies (miniatures)
• Younggu-Art Movies (model unit production)
• Younggu-Art Movies (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Armytrucks  military vehicles
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes, dollies and remote camera systems
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• HFR  digital cinema
• HFR  digital intermediate
• Imaginary Forces  titles
• PES Payroll  payroll services
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals
• Runway  post-production
• Scarlet Letters  end titles

Also Known As:

"D-War" - South Korea (original title)
"War of the Dragons" - Malaysia (English title)
"D-Wars" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and creature action

Runtime:

South Korea:90 min | Germany:107 min (European Film Market)

Country:

South Korea

Language:

English | Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | UK:12 | Malaysia:U | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | France:U (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Showbox Entertainment

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: When the dragon steps over the villager during the flashback sequence, and also later when a dragon throws a policeman into a car windshield.

Goofs:

Factual errors: A psychiatric facility would not put someone in a straight jacket for delusions or hallucinations. It's called "unreasonable restraint and seclusion". If the patient were a threat to his or her self or others, the person would be restrained.

Quotes:

Sarah Daniels:I keep trying to understand, but none of this is making any sense.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Bad Movie Beatdown: D-War (#2.24)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Boilermaker

How did we get to Mordor, mommy?

This movie serves as a timely warning to anyone who thinks they can both write and direct their own movie. Face it, you can't. Because that way there's nobody around to tell you when you hack great holes in your plot, have meaningless transitions, trite, unmemorable dialog and manage to turn a fairly cool Korean legend into a steaming pile of celluloid turd.

I wanted to like this movie as a trashy popcorn movie, really I did; I like lots of crappy movies. But once I've been forced to ask myself what the hell just happened and WHY, DEAR LORD, WHY? more than a few times, I really can't take it any more.

Also, I would love for someone to explain how LA became Mordor for the last scene.