Friday, August 23, 2002
Reign Of Fire is a curious movie. It's the first brit film I've seen in years that isn't some crappy period drama... and god knows, I hate those. There's no Hugh Grant either, thank god. The only person I actually recognised was the guy who plays Julian Bashier in DS9 (can't remember his name). He probably had the best line in the whole of the film too.... "Never mind what the bird sees, use the scope you wanker!"Sadly, true to the british movie making tradition, the acting, directing, character development, and script in general were all pretty second rate, remeniscant of Life Force, though thankfully, also like that film... the effects were rather good. I really liked the dragons, even if they did remind me of a certain ex girlfriend.
I guess what it came down to was, being on a limited budget, they had to cut corners and rush the whole thing. Since they absolutely had to have good effects, everything else suffered, so what could have been a great film was in the end only an interesting curiosity.
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Steve 11:54 PM [+]
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