Set in a mythical realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner joins their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession is to seek revenge on a great "White Dragon" that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled, drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness.
In the White Dragon's lair Ahab's secrets are revealed and Rachel must choose between following him on his dark quest or escaping to a new life with Ishmael. Rated PG for some violence. Did you know Edit. Trivia Danny Glover was available for only eleven days for filming, so they wrote into Ahab's backstory that he was burned by a dragon, and could not allow his skin to be exposed to the sun. The few scenes where you see his face, were indoors, at night, or during a snowstorm. The other scenes were played by a double, with the lines read by Glover in a studio on his last day of availability.
User reviews 51 Review. Top review. Missed at everything. They're not biggest actors in the world but they are likable fellows who certainly know how to entertain audience. Reason 2: I like steam-punk and fantasy genres and the movie was promising to mix those two. Reason 3: I think that Moby-Dick is one of those literature classics that is hard to dislike or hard to be unknown for almost anyone, even the most uneducated people, so it is always interesting when another version of the story occurs on the screens.
So I had 3 great reasons to watch the movie. Favorite actors, favorite genre and the masterpiece, on which the story is based. Actors who knew how to act had nothing to work with. Main character was screaming and begging for overacting and Danny didn't deny him the pleasure. Jones tried to act his biggest mistake but that's not what we love him for, so he failed. Other actors weren't actors at all.
Maybe they have diplomas, but they didn't act. The movie is steam-punk without steam, and it's fantasy, only because there are dragons. It was this vitriom or something that made it move but they never say a thing about it. The screen was absolutely stripped off by fantasy elements as well. The action was almost non-existent, landscape and surroundings were cheap and the world didn't have anything that makes you dig deeper into the particular universe's lore.
While the plot was based on Moby-Dick, it was stripped away from most interesting points, lowered down to some stupid cheap revenge-story and all the weight of explaining the meaning of the book was thrown at Glover's back.
The old man just can't carry that much. Well, the bright side of this was the fact that the chick was hot. What else can we tell about hour and half of my lost life? That this movie will hardly please anyone, except guys who were paid for making it. I was going to give this movie 2 stars, instead of one, for only reason: The chick was hot God damn it We didn't even see her naked Details Edit.
Release date December 4, Philippines. United States United Kingdom. Official site. Dragon Fire. Utah, USA. Peter Ho-Sun Chan. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former's vicious father searching for him.
Action Crime Drama Thriller. Rated R for violence. Did you know Edit. Trivia Dragon began as a remake of One-Armed Swordsman , but, according to Twitch Film, these plans were "quickly abandoned".
Alternate versions The scene where the bodies of two bandits are being examined has been shortened to eliminate a very brief spanking of a mischievous child who had been poking the corpses with a stick.
Connections References Steamboat Bill, Jr. User reviews 54 Review. Top review. This is a very interesting and different martial arts movie. Not revolutionary, per se, but it's innovative, exciting, and an original. I admit, with a title like Wu Xia, which means Martial Hero, I've a preconceived notion of the way plot lines should be unfolded.
However, it doesn't follow the tried and true formula and even though I was entertained, I felt a little let down, at the beginning. I thought it's pretty funny but it lacks a certain epic and mystical quality that good martial arts movies have. Then the second half of the movie complements the first half beautifully; it becomes more like a traditional martial arts movie.
But what it lacks in innovation more than made up by the heart-pounding action set pieces. The movie is beautifully filmed, with unusual composition and gorgeous color. The score is unorthodox as well, it's almost like a rock score but not so modern that it becomes incongruous with old China.
One small quibble, the stunt people are too easily spotted on many of the death defying scenes. All in all, highly recommended. Imhotep77 Jan 1, FAQ 2.
Why does the detective suspect Jin-Xi is a great martial artist? Details Edit. Release date July 4, China. Hong Kong China. Mandarin Cantonese. Box office Edit.
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