Article: SEAR OF THE DRAGON FLAME BLASTERS, COMPUTER EFFECTS AND GAME ACTORS BRING THE NECESSARY HEAT TO 'REIGN OF FIRE'.(U)

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 ...

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