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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Not too sure about this one. The effects were really quite good, and the dragon fight scenes were artistically animated very well. In fact the dragon fight scenes are what make this film as the acting was diabolical. Although the blame is soley on poor dialogue and poor story line. A little decepetion and a wilful princess make it watchable, but does not quite grab you to heights of excitement.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film stars Amy Acker, Tom Wisdom and John Rhys-Davies. It is directed by Pitof and is if you haven't guessed a movie about dragons. The copy I have contains a 'making of' that shows the creation of the dragons and how they were used within the movie.
The film starts off in the peaceful kingdom of Capria. Suddenly from nowhere the kingdom is attacked by a huge fire dragon. Not to be confused with regular dragons, a fire dragon is made up of actual fire. Months pass and the kingdom is continuously plagued by the beast. From the neighbouring kingdom King Quilok offers his help, for a price. King Augustin must turn over his entire kingdom to Quilok. The princess of Capria, Luisa (Acker) overhears this demand and decides to find the only man still alive that has killed a dragon, a banished knight called Alador. What she finds instead is trouble, wandering through the forest she is attacked and almost killed by tree-people. Only the intervention of a couple of passing hunters saves her life. From the hunters she learns that Alador is dead and now all hope seems lost. Gabriel (Wisdom) and Sangimel (Rhys-Davies) offer to take her safely home. Gabriel is Alador's son and may be the only one with any chance of killing the dragon. Luisa offers Gabriel a knighthood and a king's ransom to try to slay the dragon. Back at Capria the fire dragon's destruction continues but using one of Sangimel's inventions Gabriel manages to stop its attack. He tells the king that the only way to kill the fire dragon is with an ice dragon. The plan is to steal the dragon's egg that is keeping Quilok's kingdom safe and use it to lure an ice dragon right into the path of the fire dragon. With dragons, soldiers and traitors out to stop them, in the end Gabriel and Luisa have to work together to save both kingdoms.
In my opinion as a dragon film this movie could have been better but as a fantasy adventure movie it is one of the best. The overall story is griping and engaging with the use of the dragons as the impossible to kill enemy simply superb. The added obstacle of defeating the evil king gives the story more dimensions than just an average 'kill the dragon' movie. The back story to the young knight and his quest for redemption gives the film depth and the low played romance between Wisdom and Acker's characters is shown at just the right level for the movies storyline. The surprisingly best performance comes from Arnold Vosloo who played King Augustin. His portrayal of duty and compassion came across brilliantly. It is a truly great film with just the right amount of action, adventure and fantasy. The only reason I haven't given it five stars is because the dragons didn't get enough screen time, but as they say you can't have everything.
The film starts off in the peaceful kingdom of Capria. Suddenly from nowhere the kingdom is attacked by a huge fire dragon. Not to be confused with regular dragons, a fire dragon is made up of actual fire. Months pass and the kingdom is continuously plagued by the beast. From the neighbouring kingdom King Quilok offers his help, for a price. King Augustin must turn over his entire kingdom to Quilok. The princess of Capria, Luisa (Acker) overhears this demand and decides to find the only man still alive that has killed a dragon, a banished knight called Alador. What she finds instead is trouble, wandering through the forest she is attacked and almost killed by tree-people. Only the intervention of a couple of passing hunters saves her life. From the hunters she learns that Alador is dead and now all hope seems lost. Gabriel (Wisdom) and Sangimel (Rhys-Davies) offer to take her safely home. Gabriel is Alador's son and may be the only one with any chance of killing the dragon. Luisa offers Gabriel a knighthood and a king's ransom to try to slay the dragon. Back at Capria the fire dragon's destruction continues but using one of Sangimel's inventions Gabriel manages to stop its attack. He tells the king that the only way to kill the fire dragon is with an ice dragon. The plan is to steal the dragon's egg that is keeping Quilok's kingdom safe and use it to lure an ice dragon right into the path of the fire dragon. With dragons, soldiers and traitors out to stop them, in the end Gabriel and Luisa have to work together to save both kingdoms.
In my opinion as a dragon film this movie could have been better but as a fantasy adventure movie it is one of the best. The overall story is griping and engaging with the use of the dragons as the impossible to kill enemy simply superb. The added obstacle of defeating the evil king gives the story more dimensions than just an average 'kill the dragon' movie. The back story to the young knight and his quest for redemption gives the film depth and the low played romance between Wisdom and Acker's characters is shown at just the right level for the movies storyline. The surprisingly best performance comes from Arnold Vosloo who played King Augustin. His portrayal of duty and compassion came across brilliantly. It is a truly great film with just the right amount of action, adventure and fantasy. The only reason I haven't given it five stars is because the dragons didn't get enough screen time, but as they say you can't have everything.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a really great fantasy film if your into dragons and magicians and fantasy films. Easily one of the best ive seen in ages!
I was staying at my cousins in florida last week and they had a copy that I watched there. When I heard it was coming out in the UK I pre-ordered it straight away! Its got a really exciting storyline that you just get in to strait away with really good characters and acting. The special effects are amazing, especially the dragons which are really cool. I've never seen ones that look like that before but I thought they were awesome. The battles scenes between the two dragons were amazing and really exciting the way the flew around in the air. I wish I could have seen this at the cinema as it would have looked totally awesome!
I'd definitely recomend this to anyone whos into RPG's or fantasy films like Lord of the Rings. Ive heard theres more Dragon Chronicles films being made as well which I'm really excited about too.
I was staying at my cousins in florida last week and they had a copy that I watched there. When I heard it was coming out in the UK I pre-ordered it straight away! Its got a really exciting storyline that you just get in to strait away with really good characters and acting. The special effects are amazing, especially the dragons which are really cool. I've never seen ones that look like that before but I thought they were awesome. The battles scenes between the two dragons were amazing and really exciting the way the flew around in the air. I wish I could have seen this at the cinema as it would have looked totally awesome!
I'd definitely recomend this to anyone whos into RPG's or fantasy films like Lord of the Rings. Ive heard theres more Dragon Chronicles films being made as well which I'm really excited about too.
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