I'd heard very mixed things about Dragon Wars. Some good, mostly bad, so I figured it was time to make up my own mind. This has modern day B-movie written all over it. Pretty good CGI effects, paper thin story, and horrendous acting all mixed together in a chop socky, giant monster soup. If you suspend ALL disbelief at the door, you might enjoy this, otherwise, you are in for an hour and a half of wondering what the hell you were thinking, choosing to watch this. Dragon Wars is good in the same way that Reign of Fire was. The plot revolves around an ancient battle between good and evil fought by dragons in the modern world. Most of the history of this world is revealed through a long flashback early in the film. The script, such as it is, is terrible. Explain to me how an ancient Korean legend, told amongst Koreans for centuries, involving Korean lineage (specifically birthmarks and the like) gets transplanted onto two, obviously white, Anglo-Saxon (one blonde) people, is told to them by Robert Forrester's character, and they are being hunted by a white, lawyer looking guy, who is a brand new member of AARP The story plods along, providing brief fun moments with the all too infrequently seen dragons.
A cast of, essentially, unknowns does nothing to impress. Veteran actor Robert Forrester is one of the only actors I recognized, and he wasn't in it much. Craig Robinson is also here, but it looks like he was just getting a paycheck.
Bland and boring, this movie did nothing for me. Reign of Fire is a much better dragon movie, if you're in the mood, but the best of the bunch is 1981's Disney/Paramount collaboration Dragonslayer. The dragon in that (Vermithrax Pejorative) is, to this day, the best onscreen dragon ever. Don't bother with Dragon Wars. 3/10
See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
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