Reign of Fire

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	Christian Bale	Quinn Abercromby
	Matthew McConaughey	Denton Van Zan
	Izabella Scorupco	Alex Jensen
	Gerard Butler	Creedy
	Scott Moutter	Jared Wilke
	David Kennedy	Eddie Stax
	Alexander Siddig	Ajay
	Ned Dennehy	Barlow
	Rory Keenan	Devon
	Terence Maynard	Gideon
	Doug Cockle	Goosh
	Randall Carlton	Burke (Tito)
	Chris Kelly	Mead
	Ben Thornton	Young Quinn
	Alice Krige	Karen Abercromby
	Malcolm Douglas	Stuart
	Dessie Gallagher	Jess
	Martin Linnane	Mole #1
	Denis Conway	Mole #2
	Duncan Keegan	Michael
	Laura Pyper	Lin
	Berts Folan	Construction Worker #1
	Brian McGuinness	Construction Worker #2
	Barry Barnes	Construction Worker #3
	David Herlihy	Oliver

Crew View all

Director	Rob Bowman
Writer	Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka, Matt Greenberg
Producer	Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Chris Chrisafis, Ned Dowd, Derek Evans, James Flynn, Jonathan Glickman, Bruce Moriarty, Morgan O'Sullivan, Douglas A. Raine, Rebekah Rudd, Dean Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, Richard D. Zanuck
Musician	Edward Shearmur
Photography	Adrian Biddle

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Story Synopsis:
When young Quinn accidentally awakens a fire-breathing dragon sleeping deep beneath London’s streets, the modern world soon succumbs to the dragon’s "Reign Of Fire." Twenty years later, Quinn (Bale) is desperately trying to keep a group of refugees alive. Rarely does a soul pass through Quinn’s territory, until Van Zan (McConaughey) and his dragonslaying militia show up looking to recruit. Reluctant at first, Quinn realizes his only chance of ending the terror is to slay the male beast. (Suzanne Hodges)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD exhibits a stylized, desaturated picture that visually enhances the burned ruins that make up the setting of most of the movie. The picture can often have an almost black-and-white appearance, with lots of dramatic ashy-grays. Real fire (as opposed to CGI) was often used, and the bright flames offer vibrant contrast to the dim, desaturated hues. The picture is sharp and detailed, and the CGI dragons are quite realistically incorporated into the live-action. Unfortunately edge enhancement can be obtrusive in the higher contrast scenes and pixelization can add a “digital” characteristic to the picture. Still, the picture is quite satisfying. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack has the makings of a very fine presentation in terms of the surround sound listening experience and the artistry in the crafting of the audio. The music and atmospheric effects generously fill the listening space, often aggressively engaging the split surrounds. There’s also an abundance of directionalized sounds as well. The end result of all this is a holosonic™ soundstage that is fully expansive and enveloping. Deep bass, contributed in large part by the LFE channel, can be penetrating and downright powerful in all channels. Sound effects are presented with an often distinct sense of clarity. Fidelity is reflective of the state-of-the-art in movie soundtrack production. In turn, the dialogue sounds impressively natural in tonality, as well as spatial placement. The DTS Digital Surround version exhibits a slightly greater sense of spatial clarity, with a little more prominence in the low-end. (Perry Sun)

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality

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