Reign of Fire is a
2002 action/
science fiction film directed by
Rob Bowman and starring
Matthew McConaughey,
Christian Bale,
Izabella Scorupco, and
Gerard Butler. It takes place in the year 2020 in England, after
dragons have reawakened.
The film grossed about
$82 million
on a $60 million budget
.
Plot
During
Underground construction in
London around the year 2008, a huge,
hibernating dragon is discovered and springs to life, instantly incinerating all construction workers with its fiery breath. The only survivor is 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby, whose mother (
Alice Krige) was chief of the construction crew. The dragon escapes, and soon thousands of them work their way across Europe and eventually the rest of the world, burning everything and multiplying at an
exponential rate.
