A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting fire to everything, establishing dominance over the planet.
Cast: Christian Bale, Gerard Butler, Izabella Scorupco, Matthew McConaughey
Crew: Rob Bowman (Director), Adrian Biddle (Director of Photography), Brad Wagner (Music Director), Edward Shearmur (Music Director)
Rating: U/A (India), M (Australia), 12 (Germany), 12 (South Korea)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Release Dates: 12 Jul 2002 (India)
Did you know? Christian Bale had initially planned to be really skinny and scrawny for the film, figuring that in a post-apocalyptic landscape, food wouldn't be so readily available so most people would lose drastic amounts of weight. But when he showed up for filming and saw how bulked up Matthew McConaughey had become, he had to change his mind and hit the gym. Considering the two have an intensive fight scene in the film, Bale reckoned it would look more evenly matched and therefore more realistic if the two men were of similar build. Read More
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as Quinn Abercromby
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as Alex Jensen
as Denton Van Zan
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital, DTS, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
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Trivia:
This film was shot in Ireland, in the Wicklow Mountains. They were only allowed to film there under the condition that they clean up entirely after themselves, without damaging the landscape.
The way the dragons expel fire was inspired by two actual animals: the spitting cobra and bombardier beetle.
Christian Bale had initially planned to be really skinny and scrawny for the film, figuring that in a post-apocalyptic landscape, food wouldn't be so readily available so most people would lose drastic amounts of weight. But when he showed up for filming and saw how bulked up Matthew McConaughey had become, he had to change his mind and hit the gym. Considering the two have an intensive fight scene in the film, Bale reckoned it would look more evenly matched and therefore more realistic if the two men were of similar build.
The way the dragons expel fire was inspired by two actual animals: the spitting cobra and bombardier beetle.
Christian Bale had initially planned to be really skinny and scrawny for the film, figuring that in a post-apocalyptic landscape, food wouldn't be so readily available so most people would lose drastic amounts of weight. But when he showed up for filming and saw how bulked up Matthew McConaughey had become, he had to change his mind and hit the gym. Considering the two have an intensive fight scene in the film, Bale reckoned it would look more evenly matched and therefore more realistic if the two men were of similar build.
