Reign of Fire

2002 PG-13 1h 42m Blu-ray / DVD

Reign of Fire

2002 PG-13 1h 42m Blu-ray / DVD
  • Overview
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In post-apocalyptic England, a tough-talking American wanderer and a wary British survivor team up to fight off a horde of fire-breathing dragons that are rapidly returning to global dominance after centuries of slumber underground.
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Alice Krige, Alexander Siddig, Scott Moutter, David Kennedy, Ned Dennehy, Rory Keenan, Terence Maynard
Director
Rob Bowman
Format
Blu-ray• DVD
Screen
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Subtitles
English, Spanish (Neutral)
CC
Yes
Audio
English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Screen
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Subtitles
English SDH, English, French, Spanish (Neutral)
CC
No
Audio
English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: PCM Surround, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish (Neutral): Dolby Digital 5.1
Rating
PG-13 - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers. PG-13 - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
age 12+
Common Sense rating OK for kids 12+

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Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that violence in this monster flick includes the mother of a little boy being killed, non-graphically, by fire-breathing dragons. Deaths are not very bloody -- usually characters enveloped in CGI flames, eaten in one gulp by dragons, or falling. There is occasional swearing, smoking, and drinking.

Sexual Content

Birds-and-bees talk about how dragons breed (about as explicit and realistic as claiming the stork is involved).

Violence

Non-explicit scenes of people killed by being engulfed in flames, falling from great heights, or snatched up in dragon jaws. One human-against-human fistfight. Dragons also shot at and killed.

Language

"A-hole," "wanker," "bitch," "hell."

Social Behavior

Quinn overcomes his personal terrors (a childhood trauma in which he saw his mum killed) to return to the dragon's lair in London and triumph. Sub-theme about how a modern society might resemble a medieval one if some disaster causes civilization's collapse.

Consumerism

Names of major news magazines. A Reign of Fire video game exists. The plotline cleverly insinuates references to The Lion King and Star Wars, as today's movie blockbusters turn into the fairy tales of a movie-less future world.

Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol

Cigarette and cigar smoking, macho and celebratory drinking of liquor.

  • Age appropriate
  • Not an issue
  • Depends on your child and your family
  • Parents strongly cautioned
  • Not appropriate for kids of the age

This information for parents is provided by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives.

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