1.5/4  Reign of Fire
Dragons emerge and burn the whole world as a boy witnesses his mother get killed by one, this boy grows up to be the leader of a group of survivors in the future who live in fear of the Dragons; who now populate the Earth.

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3.5/4  Reign of Fire Quick Review
When the apocalypse happens (whether caused by dragons, zombies, or bird flu) psychos will ride around in tanks, taking advantage of the people and kidnapping men into the service. This film made me hate Matthew McConaughey. Brilliant.

1/5 Reign of Fire
  by R. Wing
The last part of this movie would not play and it had glitches throughout the movie. Wasn't real impressed with this one!

5/5 This is a good movie.
  by Stan C (Independenc, MO)
This is one of my favorite movies. I like the action and the special effects. Actors are ok.

4/5 Tea: I'll have more, thanks!
  by Alexis Smith
Overall, I love this movie and watch it every time it comes on. It's the perfect movie for a wintry cold day all bundled up drinking some tea with some freshly baked cookies.
It's the story of a man, played by Christian Bale (pre 'Batman' and 'Terminator'), with help from his best friend, played by Gerald Butler (pre '300' and 'P.S. I love you') lead a make-shift group of men, women, and children, in England trying to survive in a world where dragons have taken over the skies. Enter Matthew McConaughey, who has tracked down the origins of the dragons to England, and who flew over with this band of dragons killers from America.
Great story, loved the characters and the alternate futuristic story. Nice Visual Effects too (remember this movie was made in 2002).. Matthew's acting was awesome! And a great edge of your seat battle at the end!


4/5 Pretty Straightforward Stuff
  by Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)

This was a bit different than one expected. There was no nonsense, no tongue-in-cheek humor or special-effects just for the sake of it: this was simply a humans vs. dragons story taking place in the future. No laughs and nothing hokey, which is what I expected. They played it straight, simply as a fight story between the two parties.

Yes, there were credibility problems with the story but overall, it was good escapist adventure. The dragons were realistic-looking, the scenery dreary but the story interesting and intense in spots.

I would definitely recommend it if you are looking for a night of adventure on film. You could do a whole lot worse, especially with two young actors who have arrived as stars: Christian Bale and Matthew McConnaughey.

3/5 Not interesting enough
  by Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
Although the CGI effects looked fantastic, and McConaughey and Bale were excellent, I found Reign of Fire to be very dull. Other people liked this film and that's fine, but personally I wasn't really entertained when I watched this movie. The action sequences weren't that exciting, and the dragon fights weren't really interesting. Maybe it's because of the old and tired stereotypes of the dragons that annoy me. Oh well, at least I enjoyed "Equilibrium".

Grade: C