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| Reign of Fire |
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| Director: Rob Bowman |
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Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka, Matt Greenberg |
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Bruce Moriarty, Chris Chrisafis, Dean Zanuck, Derek Evans |
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Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter |
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Action & Adventure |
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| Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 |
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(NTSC Widescreen) |
| Studio: Touchstone / Disney |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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PG-13 |
| DVD Release: Nov 2002 |
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Discs: 1 (Cloud) [$14.99] |
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| Reviews: "The Road Warrior" meets "Dragonslayer" in the briskly entertaining post-apocalyptic action thriller "Reign of Fire". "Reign of Fire" exists primarily to give us a bigger and better dragon than the Vermithrax Pejorative of 1981's classic "Dragonslayer", and in that regard, the special effects are mightily impressive; the reptilian fire-breathers are stupendously convincing. While the earlier film offers a richer, more whimsical medieval adventure, "Reign of Fire" is a fast-moving tale of man versus dragon that takes place in the charred England of 2020, after Earth has been scorched by rapidly multiplying dragons and the aftermath of a futile nuclear counterstrike. Mixing high-tech gadgetry with primitive survivalism, "X-Files" alumnus Rob Bowman makes the most of his midlevel budget, establishing a lavish castle base for the rugged, adversarial teaming of Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey as dragonslayers on the brink of extinction. With a steady supply of crowd-pleasing highlights, "Reign of Fire" is a pyrotechnical treat. "--Jeff Shannon" |
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