Synopsis
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.
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Cast
- Christian BaleQuinn Abercromby
- Matthew McConaugheyDenton Van Zan
- Izabella ScorupcoAlex Jensen
- Gerard ButlerCreedy
- Alexander SiddigAjay
- Scott MoutterJared Wilke
- David KennedyEddie Stax
- Ned DennehyBarlow
- Rory KeenanDevon
- Terence MaynardGideon
Recommandations
- 70
New Times (L.A.)
The beasts are employed to splendid metaphorical effect, which may be lost on viewers perceiving nothing but an action romp. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Bowman and production designer Wolf Kroeger do an excellent job of evoking a twice-baked England, while writers Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg keep the script devilishly pitched just shy of preposterous (it's McConaughey who stumbles beyond). - 63
Boston Globe
This is quite enjoyable as creature features go, and Bale continues to demonstrate his curious under-the-radar appeal. As for McConaughey, let's just say a star is reborn. Suddenly that whole naked-bongo-playing incident makes a lot more sense. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A collision of medieval fantasy and commando action movie, where you can almost believe in the high-concept mix-and-matching. - 50
Miami Herald
Stops dead the second the monsters fall out of view. It doesn't help that the movie's post-apocalyptic future is of the unimaginative backlot variety, or that the movie takes itself so seriously. - 50
Baltimore Sun
The script gives the actors less of a chance than the dragons give to Homo sapiens. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Some great things can found in this fluidly kinetic film, well-directed by X-Files series and movie veteran Rob Bowman, including no-nonsense dialogue, epic photography and a terrific score. It's too bad the story is so sloppy and stupid. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Often incomprehensible (a combination of jumpy editing and lots of thick British Isles accents) and hardly ever entertaining - even unintentionally.
