Reign of Fire

2002 101 min ★ 6.2 Adventure, Action, Fantasy

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

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Cast

Christian Bale

Quinn Abercromby

Matthew McConaughey

Denton Van Zan

Izabella Scorupco

Alex Jensen

Gerard Butler

Creedy

Alexander Siddig

Ajay

Scott Moutter

Jared Wilke

David Kennedy

Eddie Stax

Ned Dennehy

Barlow

Rory Keenan

Devon

Terence Maynard

Gideon

Details

Director

Rob Bowman

Screenplay

Matt Greenberg

Tagline

"They're extremely intelligent. Highly evolved. And they don't like sharing the planet."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$60,000,000

Revenue

$82,150,183

Production

Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Zanuck Company, World 2000 Entertainment, Birnbaum/Barber Productions

Reviews

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Wuchak

June 27, 2020

★ 6/10

_**Grim tale of the dragon apocalypse**_ Dormant fire-breathing dragons are awoken in subterranean chambers and proceed to unleash hell on earth. Almost two decades later a group of survivors led by Quinn (Christian Bale) live underground in England when American militants pay them a visit, led by seeming-psycho Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey). It seems they have a strategy to slay the dragons on...

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The Movie Mob

January 13, 2023

★ 8/10

**Reign of Fire might not have a robust deep story, but it’s still a solid post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure with an impressive cast and great action.** Reign of Fire collects Batman, Leonidas, a Bond Girl, and a crazed Matthew McConaughey and throws them headlong into a charred, barren post-apocalyptic world covered in the ash of millions of unstoppable hungry dragons. Critics savaged this mov...

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JPV852

April 12, 2025

★ 5/10

Watchable I guess but a pretty lackluster fantasy-actioner that's more noteworthy for a cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale and Gerard Butler. Beyond that it's also a really ugly looking film void of pretty much any color. Not one I have any desire to revisit. **2.75/5**