How come they stop attacking? I know I have probably been inattentive, and that some of these points are solved with elegant precision in the screenplay. Do they only have one male, total, singular? How about those eggs? Any of them male? And also, after the male is dead, presumably all of the females are still alive, and they must be mad as hell now that they're not getting any action. "We kill the male, we kill the species," he says. Why no males? Because, Van Zan hypothesizes, the dragons are like fish, and it only takes a single male to fertilize umpteen eggs. (Spoiler warning.) All of the dragons they see are females. His plan: Get real close and fire an explosive arrow into their open mouth at the crucial moment, causing the napalm to blow up the dragon. They're like, how come everybody has cigarettes in " Waterworld"? Van Zan figures out that the dragon's fire comes from the way they secrete the ingredients for "natural napalm" in their mouths. I'm wondering, why, if civilization has been destroyed, do they have electricity and fuel? Not supposed to ask such questions. Its aim is to be the mother of all dragon. Paul's, and you can see one through the other, or vice versa. Rob Bowmans Reign of Fire is a big-budget B-movie about a post-apocalyptic world brought to its knees by dragons. Their animation is fairly good, although at one point a dragon in the background flies past the ruined dome of St. Meanwhile, dragons attack, their animated wings beating as they fry their enemies. Alex ( Izabella Scorupco) gets grubby and distraught while standing between the two men and trying to get them to stop shouting so much and listen to her scientific theories. I am not sure why they so ferociously oppose each other, but I believe their quarrel comes down to: Van Zan thinks they have to fight the dragons, and Quinn thinks they have to fight the dragons but they have to look out real good, because those are dangerous dragons and might follow them home. He has a disagreement with Quinn ( Christian Bale), the leader of the group. He's the kind of tough guy who smokes cigar butts. He is bald and bearded, and his zealot's eyes focus in the middle distance as he speaks. Soon, civilization has been all but wiped out the heroes of the film cower in their underground hiding places and dream of defeating the dragons.Īlong comes Van Zan ( Matthew McConaughey), the Dragon Slayer. When one is destroyed, countless more take its place. They fly to the surface and attack mankind. The story: A tunnel beneath London breaks open an underground cavern filled with long-dormant fire-breathing dragons.
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