Reign of Fire (2002)
When I saw the promo of this movie on Star Movies, I thought it was just another stupid futuristic movie about how a bigger evil has screwed with the human race and a hero fights back. And to make it even more ridiculous - the evil is DRAGONS! (wtf, dragons in the future?) But I have four words for you - Christian Bale & Matthew McCoughanny.
These two have given power-packed performances and added so much more to their character. Bale exhibits the internal conflict of a Bristish leader-of-survivors group with intense eyes while Matthew plays an American do-whatever-to-get-it-done dragon slayer with a husky voice. A female lead who understands both men could have been a guy and I would care less!
The story has loopholes - it were the dragons that caused the dinosaurs to become extinct and that there is only one male of the dragon species that fertilizes all the dragon females. But given these facts, you wouldn't pay much attention to the story if the dramatization is well done, which it is.
Action sequences are mediocre, one or two stand out (when Matthew dies and when Archangels try to catch a dragon)
I wouldn't see the movie if it wasn't for Christian Bale. He makes this run of the mill future movie...a bit more. (just like Equilibrium - but that had an immaculate storyline)
Rate - 3/5
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