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Reign of Fire (2002)

Reign of Fire
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Alexander Siddig, Alice Krige, Christian Bale

A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting fire to everything, establishing dominance over the planet.

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56% liked it
112,791 ratings

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40% liked it
148 critics

PG-13, 102 min.
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Release Date: Jul 12, 2002
DVD Release Date: Nov 19, 2002

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3 days ago
I love this movie. Even if most everyone else seems to dislike it.
Can't point to anything special pro or con, it's just a nice movie with some nice action in it. And it's got dragons too.
4 days ago
I just like it..can't explain
4 days ago
For some reason, I'm pretty sure I saw this... but I don't remember anything about it at all. Maybe I didn't.
5 days ago
i enjoyed this film, lots of action and adventure.
5 days ago
Silly but straight-faced flick in which the human race becomes an endangered species after a brood of dragons are awoken beneath London. A small community of survivors (led by Christian Bale) try to remain hidden from the reptilian menace, until a g... (read more)

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2687 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Somebody get a hose and put this Fire out.
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2700 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The filmmakers might have benefited from more sleep before penning the script.
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2700 days ago
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap. Any rock pile will do for a set. Reign of Fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap.
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2700 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
One regards Reign of Fire with awe. What a vast enterprise has been marshaled in the service of such a minute idea.
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2701 days ago
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise, but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness.
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