Dragon Wars

I enjoy fantasy and science fiction, including “Bridge to Terabithia,” “The Last Minsey,” “Ghost Rider” and all of the Harry Potter movies. And I loved the Trilogy of the Rings, both the books and the films. So what’s the problem with “Dragon Wars”? Better to ask, What’s right? This film is a total disappointment and for someone who has watched some pretty awful movies on the Sci-fi channel, that’s saying quite a lot. This Korean production with American actors has a plot that is both hard to follow and not engaging enough, actors that can’t act, and not enough dragon fighting. There’s a flashback within a flashback that attempts to explain that every 500 years, one special woman has the power to transform a serpent into celestial dragon, but the cost is her life. Two serpents, one evil and one good, want this transformation, but it’s the evil serpent that wrecks havoc in downtown Los Angeles chasing after the woman. And the dragon wars, rather single dragon battle, comes at the end of the film. I can’t believe I wasted my afternoon. (9/14/07)