Medieval
fantasy meets futuristic science fiction in this effects-heavy action epic
from former X-Files director Rob Bowman. In present-day London, 12-year-old
Quinn Abercromby witnesses the awakening of a hibernating dragon from a
centuries-long slumber, the result of a construction dig supervised by his
mother and an incident for which Quinn feels partially responsible. Twenty
years later, the adult Quinn (Christian Bale) is the fire chief of a
refortified castle community, responsible for dousing the blazes lit by the
dragon's prodigious number of flame-spewing offspring, airborne juggernauts
that have wreaked havoc across the globe, torching civilization and turning
humans into an endangered species. Hope arrives in the form of Denton
"Dragon Slayer" Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey), an American known to be the
only man to ever kill one of the dragons, and Alex Jenson (Izabella Scorupco),
a scientist/pilot who's a member of Van Zan's army, a zealous fighting force
that includes a secret weapon: the Archangels, paratroopers using themselves
as bait to attract and then dispatch the deadly beasts. Reign of Fire (2002)
co-stars Gerard Butler, Alice Krige, and Alexander Siddig. | Christian Bale | Quinn Abercromby |
| Matthew McConaughey | Denton Van Zan |
| Izabella Scorupco | Alex |
| Gerard Butler | Creedy |
| Scott James Moutter | Jared Wilke |
| David Kennedy | Eddie Stax |
| Alexander Siddig | Ajay |
| Ned Dennehy | Barlow |
| Rory Keenan | Devon |
| Terence Maynard | Gideon |
| Ben Thorton | Young Quinn |
| Alice Krige | Karen Abercromby |
| Benny Nieves | Alvarez |
Genre/Type - Action, Fantasy, Monster Film, Fantasy Adventure, Sci-Fi Action,
Sci-Fi Disaster Film
Produced by - Barber/Birnbaum / Spyglass Pictures / Touchstone Pictures /
Zanuck Company
Release - Jul 12, 2002 (USA)
Released by - Buena Vista / Touchstone Pictures
Running time - 101 min.
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