Reign of Fire (2002)
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40% of critics liked it
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55% of users liked it
(117,963 ratings)
Medieval fantasy meets futuristic science fiction in this effects-heavy action epic from former X-Files director Rob Bowman. In present-day London, 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby witnesses the awakening of a hibernating dragon from a centuries-long slumber, the result of a construction dig supervised… More Medieval fantasy meets futuristic science fiction in this effects-heavy action epic from former X-Files director Rob Bowman. In present-day London, 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby witnesses the awakening of a hibernating dragon from a centuries-long slumber, the result of a construction dig supervised by his mother and an incident for which Quinn feels partially responsible. Twenty years later, the adult Quinn (Christian Bale) is the fire chief of a refortified castle community, responsible for dousing the blazes lit by the dragon's prodigious number of flame-spewing offspring, airborne juggernauts that have wreaked havoc across the globe, torching civilization and turning humans into an endangered species. Hope arrives in the form of Denton "Dragon Slayer" Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey), an American known to be the only man to ever kill one of the dragons, and Alex (Izabella Scorupco), a scientist/pilot who's a member of Van Zan's army, a zealous fighting force that includes a secret weapon: the Archangels, paratroopers using themselves as bait to attract and then dispatch the deadly beasts. Reign of Fire (2002) co-stars Gerard Butler, Alice Krige, and Alexander Siddig. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rob Bowman
- Written By
- Matt Greenberg, Terry Hayes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Jul 12, 2002 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 19, 2002
- Studio
- Buena Vista Distribution Compa
Critic Reviews
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Somebody get a hose and put this Fire out.
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Dennis Lim, Village Voice
Peaks early with a vertiginous dogfight; thereafter, spotty CGI and a bamboozling plot conspire toward a colossal anticlimax.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I'm not going to argue that Reign of Fire is a good movie, but it's terribly entertaining it's kind of a classic camp film, so I'm giving it thumbs up.
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Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Ultimately fails to come through in the fire-breathing clutch.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
The season could do with more grinning, spinning, un-self-important, happy-to-be-B throwback movies like this one.
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Cast
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Christian Bale
as Quinn Abercromby
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Matthew McConaughey
as Denton Van Zan
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Izabella Scorupco
as Alex
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Gerard Butler
as Creedy
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Scott James Moutter
as Jared Wilke
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David Kennedy
as Eddie Stax
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Alexander Siddig
as Ajay
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Ned Dennehy
as Barlow
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Rory Keenan
as Devon
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Terence Maynard
as Gideon
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Ben Thorton
as Young Quinn
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Alice Krige
as Karen Abercromby
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Laura Pyper
as Lin
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Benny Nieves
as Alvarez
- Scott Moutter


