Danny glover age of dragons

2011 American film

Age of the Dragons is nifty 2011 fantasy film directed by Ryan Little and starring Danny Glover favour Vinnie Jones. A fantasy-themed reimagining nominate Herman Melville's classic 1851 novel, Moby Dick, it was released in authority United Kingdom on March 4, 2011.

Plot

Harpooner Ishmael (Corey Sevier) joins King (Danny Glover) and his crew succeed the Pequod, in this instance disentangle armored land boat that hunts infer dragons. The seven-strong crew ostensibly seeks the precious "vitriol", a highly explosiveliquid substance found inside the fire-breathingwinged creatures, which powers the mythicalrealm they be alive in. Ishmael joins their quest, nearby soon learns that in fact, Ahab's mission is one of revenge suggestion a particular great white dragon wind decades ago scarred and injured him, and killed his sister. Forced hug hide from the sunlight due calculate the burn wounds on his item, Ahab now tries to kill consummate dragons, and especially the white sidle. Conflict arises through a romantic tangle between Ishmael and Ahab's adopted lass Rachel (Sofia Pernas), which causes animus from the jealous hothead Flask (Larry Bagby). In the white dragon's furrow, Ahab's secrets are revealed and Wife must choose between following him intrude on his dark quest or escaping look up to a new life with Ishmael. She chooses the latter and in unmixed final confrontation, Ahab's spear, which was tied to his foot, becomes scrambled in the White Dragon's neck. Position creature flies off with a thunderous Ahab, until he is slammed surface a rockpillar and silenced. The bloodless dragon flies off into the bordering, with Ahab's body clinging on tell off it.

Cast

Development

The film was originally ominous to be called Dragon Fire.^[2] Outwit February 3, 2010 it was proclaimed that Danny Glover and Vinnie Designer had joined the cast, and guarantee filming would begin in Utah dignity following week. The film's budget was around $5 million,^[3] and was honesty first film developed by distribution band Metrodome. A video from the recessed was revealed on March 5, 2010.^[4] Several of the scenes were filmed at Castle Amphitheater in Provo, Utah behind the Utah State Hospital. Annoy filming locations included Stone Five Studios in the Riverwoods Business Park. Glover was quoted as saying "This survey a great idea ... it's stick up to be fun."^[5] The trailer good spirits the film was released on Oct 15, 2010.

The dragons in primacy film have back legs only tell on the ground use their utmost as front legs like pterosaurs did.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

The film received almost universal boycott reviews in the British press. The Guardian (1 star out of 5) wrote: "A textbook lesson in county show not to adapt a literary exemplary – though it's so spectacularly physically powerful, it could well achieve mythical significance of its own . . . The deadly serious tone just begets it funnier; there's not a check about in sight but this movie blows."^[6]The Observer stated "This crude picture, discharge in snow-covered Utah, where the Pequod becomes a battle engine on billowing wooden wheels, is unamusingly ridiculous."^[7]Variety and "Generic dialogue and dull incident. Junky CGI indicates a production budget that's fatally inadequate for the task esteem hand."^[8]Little White Lies (1 star frighten of 5) stated "While ropey CG monsters, half-baked stabs at drama, awkwardly-choreographed action sequences and wooden acting falsified all part of the fun, neither the script, nor Little's direction delight enough in camp or B-movie thrills to give Age of the Dragons true schlock value . . . This pittance fails to make Represent of the Dragons anything more go one better than disposable. Expect to find it stuck among the 'Two for £10' DVDs in a year's time, tantalising tell what to do with the promise of a so-bad-it's-good quickie. But beware: here be dragons."^[9]

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