Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)

An orphaned stable boy befriends with a young dragon named Drake and with the help of others help him learn how to fly and fight and protect himself from a ruthless knight.

Director:

Doug Lefler

Writers:

Patrick Read Johnson (based on characters created by), Charles Edward Pogue (based on characters created by)

Stars:

Christopher Masterson, Harry Van Gorkum, Rona Figueroa

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Masterson	...	Geoff (as Chris Masterson)
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Osric / Old Bowen
Rona Figueroa	...	Lian
Matt Hickey	...	Mansel
Henry O	...	Kwan
Tom Burke	...	Roland
Robby Benson	...	Drake (voice)
Ken Shorter	...	The King
John Woodnutt	...	Friar Peter
Lubomir Misak	...	Lubo
Karin Haydu	...	King's Attendant
Peter Hric	...	Sir Stefan
Imrich Strunar	...	Miller
Gustáv Kyselica	...	Cowherd
Vladimir Oktavec	...	Abbott

Storyline

When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy (Chris Masterson), discovers Drake (voice of Robby Benson), the world's last living dragon, he realizes that his dream of becoming a knight in shining armor can now come true. Together, they soon face challenges that turn them into heroes. But caught up in the excitement of their new lives, Geoff and Drake fail to see the hidden dangers that surround them.

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Plot Keywords:

betrayal by a friend | second part | narration | sword stuck in tree | one against many | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene where Drake produces ignited flatulence and destroys the mill by accident is partly re-used from DragonHeart (1996) when Bowen and Draco attacked the first village - footage from the first film is used as the mill bursts into flames.

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Goofs

At the very beginning, the camera shows a pig moving toward Geoff. When the camera angle changes, the pig is gone.

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Quotes

Lord Osric of Crossley: Now, let us go outside and see Drake... so you can both tell me what really happened at the mill, hmm?
Geoff: Drake didn't want to come. He's too embarrassed. Kwan tried to teach him how to blow fire, but it came out the other end.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #24.8 (2000)

User Reviews

Unnecessary and disappointing sequel

Four years after original Dragonheart movie, which I liked a lot Universal released on video this cheap and rather pathetic sequel. I saw it a few days ago and it was far below my expectations, although it wasn't completely a bad movie. If you don't expect too much and don't take it too serious it can be at least watchable and even entertained. But that's all about it.

There is no intelligent story and no true atmosphere of medieval age as it was in Dragonheart. Actually, the story is poor and it has the certain lack of emotional appealing. The characters development was totally forgotten and with pathetic villains, Asians and Kung-fu in the middle of medieval Europe, ice-breathing dragons, silly jokes and worst of all with ridiculous ending A New Beginning was unable to bring to its audience a memorable and well-constructed story.

The same was with the cast in the movie. It looks like the studio was counting every buck making the movie and no one actor and no one character from the original movie didn't return for the sequel. Even if I mostly liked Chris Masterson in his part in Malcolm in the Middle TV series, his choice for the lead character was totally ineffective. Maybe because of his lack of acting experience he was very unconvincing and unable to wake up the audience. Even visuals were unoriginal and poor. It's a case when the term "unnecessary sequel" instantly and unintentionally came to mind without any invitation. Dragonheart: A New Beginning is a typical example of making cheap, uninteresting movie sequel and burying the franchise.

Grade 4 out of 10.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Draco: Une nouvelle ère

Filming Locations:

Orava Castle, Oravsky Podzámok, Slovakia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Family and Home Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1