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Dragon Wars [Blu-ray] [2008] [Region Free]

Robert Forster , Jason Behr , Hyung Rae Shim    Suitable for 12 years and over   Blu-ray
2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Robert Forster, Jason Behr, Elizabeth Peņa, Craig Robinson, Amanda Brooks
  • Directors: Hyung Rae Shim
  • Producers: James Kang
  • Format: Subtitled
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Hindi, Italian, Greek, Spanish
  • Dubbed: Italian, Spanish
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: All Regions (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.40:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
  • DVD Release Date: 19 May 2008
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00122M1ZM
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 36,105 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Stunning computer-generated special effects are the main selling point of Dragon Wars, a Korean-made fantasy about ancient monsters wreaking havoc in modern Los Angeles. The complex plot, based on legend, pits an evil serpent and its demonic army against a young woman (Amanda Brooks) who is the reincarnation of a young woman imbued with the heaven-sent power to transform the creature into an all-powerful dragon. Jason Behr (The Grudge) is the reporter who discovers that he too is a reincarnated warrior bound to prevent Brooks and her power from falling into the wrong hands. The elaborate premise isn't helped by the script, which delivers absurd dialogue and situations with child-like naivete. Thankfully, the presence of Robert Forster (as another reincarnated hero) and solid actors like Elizabeth Pena, Craig Robinson and Chris Mulkey, help smooth over the frequent moments of unintentional humour. But this won't matte! r much to fantasy fans and (especially) younger viewers, who will tune in for the film's riot of special effects. Director Shim Hyung-rae and his talented team offer scene after scene of exceptional CGI creations, most notably an aerial dogfight between helicopters and winged lizards in the skies above downtown L.A., and a climactic battle which makes good on the title's promise. The DVD includes a making-of featurette which outlines Shim's four-year struggle to complete the project, as well as storyboard galleries and an animatics display. -- Paul Gaita END

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Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Craig Robinson, Elizabeth Pena, Robert FosterDirector: Hyung Rae Shim


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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Its does what it said on the cover !! 23 Nov 2008
Format:DVD
After being told by various people that this was a terrible film i decided to shell out Ģ5.00 and to be honest, its very well spent !! I kicked back for a short mindless journey into a great world with fantastic effects and what i thought was a really great film if you dont want to think to much...
Its so cheap now, how can you not buy it ?
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars More Lukewarm Than Actually Hot. 11 Aug 2010
Format:DVD
This film is one that both my sister and I watched the other night and ended up sniggering through most of it.
Here is the UK it is called DRAGON WARS, although confusingly it is called D-WAR in North America and WAR OF THE DRAGONS in the Far East.
The plot, as you may have guessed by now concerns Dragons, although you don't actually see a "proper" one until the final few minutes of the film.
The DVD casing boasts that it cost over $75 million to make, although a few minutes watching confirmed my suspicions that a very large proportion of this went on the large quantities of CGI used with whatever pocket change was left over going on the actors.
Basically the plot is as follows. In order for a wyrm to become a dragon, it first has to be chosen by heaven then wait for a chosen girl to become 20 so her lifeforce can merge with it. This is great for the dragon, but not so great for the girl who then as far as I can see dies.
As is revealed in a flashback WITHIN a flashback the last time this could occur was 500 years ago, but followers of a bad wyrm attack the village where she lives to try and grab her first. Oddly they only check for the woman AFTER nearly wiping the village from the surface of the earth, obviously not thinking that the chosen one is just as likely to get flattened by a giant fireball from the skies as anyone else.
Although she is captured, she and her lover take their own lives before she can give her life force to anyone, and so the stage is set for a rematch 500 years later in what is presumably Los Angeles.
Things start ominously with a giant snake munching down elephants at the local zoo, then it appears elsewhere in the city (how does it get around without being seen?) Then a man dressed a bit like Shredder in TMNT attacks Sarah after she is rescued by the hero from the hospital where she has been incarcerated but fails in his attempt when he is hit by not one but two automobiles in what is one of the films funniest moments.
Undeterred by this failure, he raises an army of Power Rangers lookalikes, a platoon of obese lizard things with missile launchers strapped to their backs and of course many smaller dragons, which appear to be Raptors with wings and finally the bit that the entire audience has been waiting for begins - the US Army Vs The Dragon Ninjas.
The computer-generated birds breathe fire on people. The computer generated helicopters empty round after round on the relentless computer generated snake. The snake lunges at computer generated cars and slings them hundreds of feet. The cameras whoosh between skyscrapers and plummet with burning helicopters and dying flying raptor-thingies, and the audience can relax and realise that they are finally getting their money's worth.
If only the quality of the CGI was matched by the real life extras which are surely the worst that I have come across in a modern film. They scream, run waving their hands above their heads and in general look very pleased to be on the big screen. Equally poor is the script and continuity, neither of which make any sense as the plot leaps from one scene to the other and plotholes big enough to swallow several dragons whole - the FBI manage to find the girl within a few minutes of entering the city and its crowds of fleeing citizens and the evil snake which may look impressive but passes up several easy opportunities to eat the heroine and achieve immortality.
Observant viewers may notice that the same helicopter pilot appears to die several times...
The ending is pretty bizarre, the means by which the main bad guy being defeated being down to his stabbing the hero in the relatively small mystic pendant hanging round his neck as opposed to anywhere else in his body and ends pretty suddenly leaving the audience both baffled and slightly unsatisfied.
Still, it manages to be entertaining if only for the wrong reasons - my summing up of it being "Power Rangers with an unlimited budget"!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Money 7 Jan 2009
Format:Blu-ray
Do your self a favour and do not purchase this terrible movie. My 6 and 9 year old thought it was great but I am sorry, terrible story, action "so-so" acting, totally apalling.
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2.0 out of 5 stars B-movie monster madness
Woefully poor acting and clumsy flashbacks drag this CGI laden effort downwards. If the acting was halfway decent then it might have been a contender but even for a monster movie... Read more
Published 5 days ago by Mr. S. Storey
1.0 out of 5 stars Very very bad
Just don't even bother. I had hoped for some enjoyible action and effects but the action and effects are just lost in the sea of diarrhoea that this movie is made of.
Published 2 months ago by Torasan
5.0 out of 5 stars More like this
good film love fantasy films they should make many more or revamp things like the arabian knights more dungen and dragons, magic and mayhem
Published 4 months ago by Mr D Reid
2.0 out of 5 stars It dragged on..
It promised much, but delivered little.. a loony story, strange characters and overall sense of 'what the hell is all this about?!!' . Having said that the effects are v. Read more
Published 12 months ago by I. P. Terry
5.0 out of 5 stars "..BAD-ASS MOVIE.."
This is a fantastic film, forget godzilla and king kong and all them boring giants, dragon wars is BIGGER than them and more fun!! Read more
Published 12 months ago by S. Drury
5.0 out of 5 stars Cause I want too
Five stars because I want too. This film is very disjointed; the way in which scenes are jammed together is mind blowing. You need to be a super genius to keep up with it. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Christian Mc Donnell
2.0 out of 5 stars Dragon Wars DVD
Er - crap, sorry. Don't waste your money. I'm really into dragon-based movies - I thought this might rank up there with 'Reign of Fire' but I was sadly mistaken. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Celtic Dragon
4.0 out of 5 stars Well done
I like it. CG effects are very well done. Story is a bit naive, but still enjoyable. After watching it on TV, I bought the DVD.
Published 21 months ago by DR61
3.0 out of 5 stars Daft as a brush, but it delivers creatures and carnage aplenty
The inherent absurdity of kaiju films - giant monster movies from Asia - guarantees they will always get terrible reviews from critics and public alike, and few garnered quite as... Read more
Published on 10 May 2011 by Trevor Willsmer
1.0 out of 5 stars I would pay not to watch this film
The story is shockingly weak. I know you suspend disbelief for a si-fi move like this but that only goes so far. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2011 by CFS198
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