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Article: SEAR OF THE DRAGON FLAME BLASTERS, COMPUTER EFFECTS AND GAME ACTORS BRING THE NECESSARY HEAT TO 'REIGN OF FIRE'.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- July 12, 2002
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Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer
Izabella Scorupco states it bluntly: ``You should never go near a script or a movie that has to do with dragons.''
Consider the flaming wreckage: ``Dragonheart,'' ``Dragonslayer,'' ``Pete's Dragon'' and enjoyable but clunky old Ray Harryhausen movies. ``Sleeping Beauty'' got it right, but it's hard to think of anything that wasn't a full-blown cartoon that managed to maintain its dignity.
The dire record did not, however, prevent actress Scorupco and co-stars Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey from signing up for ``Reign of Fire.'' It's a dragon movie with a difference, they say.
``The only way I ...