Well-produced actioner is a major disappointment.
It seemed as if the writers came up with a great premise but didn't know what to do with it. Some letdown in the storytelling may have been budget-driven -- particularly the really interesting part about how the dragons destroyed human civilization, which is brushed over here with a feeble voice-over and newspaper headline montage -- but the action builds to a climax that profoundly fails to produce excitement or satisfaction. One arrow and BOOM! It's over.
And here's a question: How the hell did the dragons reproduce? In the opening sequence we see the release of the male dragon from a cavern under London. Okay, he's loose now, and presumably randy as all get out after a millennia-long sleep. So where are all the girl dragons? Did they just materialize out of thin air? Hmm, I guess they left something out.
The dragon effects are excellent but nothing new, really, following upon DRAGONSLAYER from over 20 years ago.
It seemed as if the writers came up with a great premise but didn't know what to do with it. Some letdown in the storytelling may have been budget-driven -- particularly the really interesting part about how the dragons destroyed human civilization, which is brushed over here with a feeble voice-over and newspaper headline montage -- but the action builds to a climax that profoundly fails to produce excitement or satisfaction. One arrow and BOOM! It's over.
And here's a question: How the hell did the dragons reproduce? In the opening sequence we see the release of the male dragon from a cavern under London. Okay, he's loose now, and presumably randy as all get out after a millennia-long sleep. So where are all the girl dragons? Did they just materialize out of thin air? Hmm, I guess they left something out.
The dragon effects are excellent but nothing new, really, following upon DRAGONSLAYER from over 20 years ago.