Reign of Fire (2002)

Aliana: Hi! it's me again! Today I will review Reign of Fire. This movie is about England in the year 2020.... Dragons now rule the earth,and few humans remain. I'm not going to give away the whole plot,my job as a blogger is to write (in this case type) my opinion . Well, it was really good until the ending when our three heroes are fighting in the ruins of London to slay the only male dragon (thus dooming the dragons to extinction) it gets a little corny(for example the lady for some unseen reason got her foot hurt,trust me, it looks cheesy on screen), my mom actually laughed out loud at one point! And I should point out that the movie sort of zipped by without letting you learn the characters names, my mom and I can only recall the name of the main character (Quinn). One positive thing to say is that the dragons looked positively hideous!!! :O

Rory: Aliana has basically said all you need to hear about the plot. It's a strange movie in the way that it's supposed to be a post-apocalyptic action adventure movie, but having dragons as the enemy makes it feel a little fantasy. It is also a strange movie because seeing Matthew McConaughey as a half-crazed, shaved- head military bad ass is just plain unexpected, and perhaps that alone makes his character creepier. Going from this to Ben Stiller's agent in Tropic Thunder could not be more of a jump. Wow, this is the same guy? I guess this makes him a good actor? Well, this is the only different character I've ever seen him play, he's the same guy in all the other movies. By the end he gets likeable and pretty much is the stand out of the whole movie for me, despite his character's death being incredibly comedic. Aliana pointed out to me that the female leads always hurt their foot and need help getting away from the bad guys. So true. They fall down a lot too. Do you hear this directors? Predictable!!!!! BORING! Think of something new next time. Sharon Stone in Solomon;s Mines just popped into my head as the most annoying female lead who can't run or get away without falling, lots of screaming, and probably lots of limping too. I'm never going to be able to take a movie seriously who use this, unless they do it a lot more cleverly, or it's somehow adding immense depth to the character. Aliana was right also about the character development, I don't remember any names in this movie either besides Quinn. In conclusion, I'm not saying it's awful. I enjoyed watching it.