Age of the Dragons
Age of the Dragons is a 2011 fantasy film starring Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones, directed by Ryan Little. A fantasythemed reimagining of Herman Melvilles classic novel, Moby Dick, it was released in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2011.
The film was originally going to be called Dragon Fire. On February 3, 2010 it was announced that Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones had joined the cast, and that filming would begin in Utah the following week. The films budget was aroundmillion, and was the first film developed by distribution company Metrodome. A video from the set was revealed on March 5, 2010. Several of the scenes were filmed at Castle Amphitheater in Provo, Utah behind the Utah State Hospital. Other filming locations included Stone Five Studios in the Riverwoods Business Park. Glover was quoted as saying This is a great idea ... its going to be fun. The trailer for the film was released on October 15, 2010.The film received almost universal negative reviews in the British press. The Guardianstar out ofA textbook lesson in how not to adapt a literary classic though its so spectacularly bad, it could well achieve mythical status of its own . . . The deadly serious tone just makes it funnier theres not a whale in sight but this movie blows. Whilst The Observer statedThis crude picture, shot in snowcovered Utah, where the Pequod becomes a battle engine on large wooden wheels, is unamusingly ridiculous. Variety addedGeneric dialogue and dull incident. Shoddy CGI indicates a production budget thats fatally inadequate for the task at hand. Little White Lies statedstar out ofWhile ropey CG monsters, halfbaked stabs at drama, awkwardlychoreographed action sequences and wooden acting are all part of the fun, neither the script, nor Littles direction revel enough in camp or Bmovie thrills to give Age of the Dragons true schlock value . . . This pittance fails to make Age of the Dragons anything more than disposable. Expect to find it wedged among the Two forDVDs in a years time, tantalising you with the promise of a sobaditsgood quickie. But beware here be dragons. ........
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