Dragon Hunters (2008)
"Chasseurs de dragons" (original title)

A fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters!

Directors:

Guillaume Ivernel, Arthur Qwak

Writers:

Frédéric Lenoir, Arthur Qwak

Stars:

Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Philippe Nahon

Cast

Credited cast:
Vincent Lindon	...	Lian-Chu (voice)
Patrick Timsit	...	Gwizdo (voice)
Philippe Nahon	...	Le Seigneur Arnold (voice)
Amanda Lear	...	Gildas (voice)
Marie Drion	...	Zoé (voice)
Jeremy Prevost	...	Hector (voice)
Jean-Marc Lentretien	...	Mamular (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John DiMaggio	...	Fat John (voice)
Elias Eliot	...	Gildas (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Gildas (voice)
Nick Jameson	...	Lord Arnold (voice)
Mary Mouser	...	Zoé (voice) (as Mary Matilyn Mouser)
Rob Paulsen	...	Gwizdo / Bat / Lensflair (voice)
Forest Whitaker	...	Lian-Chu (voice)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Hector (voice)

Storyline

The world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly populated with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords. Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules: Eat and don't get eaten. For this new world has become infested with a terrible plague: omnipresent, monstrously famished, mutant creatures, are wreaking havoc - They are known as the Dragons. Gwizdo and Lian-Chu are two dragon hunters, but are a long way from being among the best. Their only real talents: the size of the hulking brute with the heart of gold, Lian-Chu, and Gwizdo's talent for scams of all and any shape or form. Their sole ambition: to buy a little farm where they can relax and raise mussels, a creature that is a lot less unpleasant and difficult to hunt down than dragons. A few islands away rises the fortress of Lord Arnold. Arnold has a problem: he's living in terror at the thought of the return of World Eater, that horrible ...

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Plot Keywords:

dragon | hunter | cgi film | computer animation

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Taglines:

La chasse aux dragons, c'est pas un conte de fées (Dragon hunting isn't a fairy tale)

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some scary images, fantasy action and language

Details

Official Sites:

Bac Films [fr] Official site

Country:

France Luxembourg Germany

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 March 2008 (France)

Also Known As:

Dragon Hunters

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

€11,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Futurikon, Luxanimation, Trixter Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Zoé: [with reference to jaws] "Were going to need a bigger island"

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Connections

Follows Dragon Hunters (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Lotus"
Performed by Jalan Jalan

User Reviews

Artistically beautiful, but the script could be better

I really liked the art style and concept in the movie. But as far as the story goes, it's not very engaging. It lacks the polish that the visuals have. The character art reminds me of the game "Mark of Kri". And the floating lands in which the story takes place is breathtaking.

But the story is just too simple. They try to build it up by making the characters fight bigger dragons each time, but this only works if the fight choreography was actually good or if the characters' dragon fighting skill improves over time, but neither of it was the case.

They tried to make it about character development at times but it was too brief and shallow to have any impact.

Then there's the case of the relationships between the characters. There just isn't enough back story to get the viewer into them. But the little girl's character, Zoe, was too cute not to like. Without her character, the movie wild been much worse.

So overall, the art and the Zoe character was reason enough to see this movie. Kids might not mind the simplistic story, because they are young and haven't watched enough movies to see it as a cliché.