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Dragon Wars
Freestyle Releasing


3.0

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and creature action

Starring Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Aimee Garcia, Craig Robinson, Chris Mulkey, and Elizabeth Peña

A beautiful young woman possesses the power to transform a legendary giant serpent into an almighty dragon that can only ascend into heaven with the woman's ultimate sacrifice. But the forces of darkness are out to claim the young woman as their own while her reincarnated lover and his aged mentor stand in their way. (Freestyle Releasing)

GENRE(S):	Action \| Drama \| Fantasy
DIRECTED BY:	Hyung-rae Shim
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: January 8, 2008 Theatrical: September 14, 2007
RUNNING TIME:	107 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	South Korea / USA
LANGUAGE(S):	English / Korean

Alternative Title: Dragon Wars

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Frankly, it's dumb, but no dumber than "Transformers."

Variety Derek Elley

A feast of A-grade f/x married to a Z-grade, irony-free script.

The New York Times Andy Webster

It is such a breathless, delirious stew, it’s impossible not to be entertained, provided -- this is crucial -- you have a sense of humor.

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

While the CGI effects are undeniably impressive, the laughable story line, risible dialogue and cheap humor (most of it involving a hapless zoo security guard) seriously detract from the fun.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

You don't have to hand the folks behind Dragon Wars much (the acting, directing, costumes, editing, props, music, etc: They're all off). But when they decide to sic that giant snake and those prehistoric dino-birds on downtown Los Angeles, the movie turns shockingly watchable.

LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson

This one’s for connoisseurs of the “totally preposterous crap” school of fantasy cinema.

Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

Fluent in the laughable dialogue of a million bad fantasy flicks:

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

This South Korean pseudo-epic is some of the most ambitious cr-- I've ever seen.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson

All the thought seems to have gone into the marketing, and none into the unfathomably terrible script.

The average user rating for this movie is 3.0 (out of 10) based on 82 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jerry T. gave it a10:
This film seriously is the best film ive ever seen try watching it upside down and with a lollypop on your nose you will probably look more sane than this movie ever will

Tom H. gave it a1:
This was actually the worst films i have evr seen. It was dull, it had a shocking ending, the cgi wasnt too great and it was a waste of £10!

Cajun C. gave it a1:
It's like watching a power rangers the movie.. it's totally boring and so fake!!

Vernel N. gave it a1:
This movie Sucked. The plot was worthless and dumb. The cg was good, but didn't help much.

John L. gave it a0:
WOW I knew it was going to be bad but usually when you expect the worst from a movie it tends to be better than you've heard...theres a reason the critic scores are nearly as bad as the users..this movie was AWFUL!!!!! after 10 minutes i watched it in fast forward just to get my rental moneys worth, I've never done that before so that should give you an idea of how bad this really was..Korea should stick to making kias and lg products, not feature films .

Brian C gave it a2:
I'm a huge fan of dragons, but this movie bored the crap out of me. There are some cool special effects but the movie just doesn't "flow" right.

Anne R. gave it a2:
Wanted to like this movie, but no. Just...no. Acting was horrendous. Plot? What plot? And when it comes to action...meh...I could go either way. The special effects were probably the only good thing about it. The dragons and explosions were top-notch. Too bad they went to waste on a movie that had me leaving the theater listing the things I hated about it.

Dragon Wars Freestyle Releasing

Dragon Wars
Freestyle Releasing