Reign of Fire

Dragons can hibernate for several years, like a million of them.  And when they come out of hibernation, they are hungry and angry.

 

While digging at a construction site, the drill comes across a void.  The son of one of the workers there is playing about and goes into the area to look at the void.  Besides seeing a lot of nothing, he also gets treated to seeing a dragon.  That boy grows up to be Quinn (Christian Bale), who in the year 2020 is helping keep a small group of people alive and away from the dragons.

 

Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey) leads a few soldiers and battles the dragons.  His group believes that the way to destroy the dragons is to essentially keep them from breeding.  There is one male that lives in London and the rest of the dragons are females.  Van Zan and his group are able to harpoon and kill one of the dragons.  While there is much rejoicing, everyone knows that they are not finished with the danger until all of the dragons are killed.

 

The male dragon is confronted by Quinn and Van Zan.  SPOILER ALERT: the dragon is killed.  I won't tell you how, in case you thought of watching this movie.

 

The graphics are very polished.  And everyone does a great job in their role.  I just wanted more action.  And for an area that is supposed to be overrun with dragons, you don't get to see the numbers of them until the end.  Not a bad way to spend an afternoon, but don't get your hopes up too high.

 

I give this movie 2 1/2 out of 5 dragon eggs.