Reign of Fire

 

Reign of Fire 2002

• Director: Rob Bowman
• Cast: Christian Bale, Matthew McConnaughy, Isabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott Moutter
• Why? The cast
• Seen: 27 May 2025                     

 As a child Quinn (Bale) survived the invasion of the underground dragons that emerged in London and destroyed most of humanity. Now he and a group of survivors do everything they can to protect their children. If you can accept the dragon premise and the male dominance, it’s not a bad dark fantasy.

When bald super-dude American McConnaughy shows up it becomes obnoxious. Or is it a sly parody of war-mongering violence-loving Americans and their insane leaders? Hmmm. Maybe the film is a masterpiece. Or not. But I kind of like it. 

2 ½ * of 5