| | | They've Made Our World Their Battleground.
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Meet Buraki, the vicious, 200-meter long Imoogi serpent from ancient Korea. His army includes giant lizards with missile launchers, flying dragons, soldiers bred for evil and mega-intelligent dinosaurs. Together, they will destroy Los Angeles and possibly the world unless reincarnated warriors Ethan and Sarah can outrun them and resurrect the Good Imoogi, Buraki's ancient nemesis. Dragon Wars reveals every last detail of Earth's greatest battle - a war you'll only believe when you see it for yourself!
"It is such a breathless, delirious stew, it's impossible not to be entertained, provided -- this is crucial -- you have a sense of humor." Andy Webster, The New York Times
"...suitable for youngsters and delivers enough goofy fun to keep adults with fond memories of Destroy All Monsters (1968) from getting restless." Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide
Editor's Note
East meets West, and ancient myth meets modernity in this creature feature from Korean director Hyung Rae Shim (REPTILIAN). A TV news reporter (Jason Behr, SKINWALKERS), an antiques dealer (Robert Forster, FIREWALL), and a beautiful young woman (Amanda Brooks) all play a role in an old Korean legend coming to life. A giant snake is slithering its way through the streets of Los Angeles, and the trio must keep it from reuniting with an ancient spirit that will turn it into an evil, even more destructive dragon. DRAGON WARS is a throwback to classic monster movies, but this time around, there are much better special effects than audiences saw in those films from both Japan and the U.S. Though the film is from South Korea, director Shim has recruited faces that will be familiar to American audiences, from ROSWELL favorite Behr to Forster, who turned in a career-reviving performance in Quentin Tarantino's JACKIE BROWN. But it's THE OFFICE's Craig Robinson who's the most fun here as a womanizing photographer who teams up with Behr's Ethan. DRAGON WARS is more of a guilty pleasure than fellow Korean import THE HOST, but it features an impressive amount of action and nods to monster movie favorites such as KING KONG and GODZILLA.
| Features | Dragon Wars Animatics: From Storyboard To Screen | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Conceptual Art Gallery | | Dubbed: French | | Featurettes: 5,000 Years In The Making, Bringing Fear To Life - Make Up Effects, & True Events - A Historical Perspective | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Mandarin |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Dragon Wars - DVD Review By: Rich Knight - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 1/18/2008 12:20 PM | | The concept of two giant monsters battling it out doesn't seem like all that revolutionary an idea in this day and age. Heck, Godzilla's been doing it for the past 50 years. So how then did the recent Dragon Wars ever possibly make it onto the silver screen instead of jumping straight to video' By being the most expansive and elaborate film in Korean history, that's how. ...read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 1/27/2009 |
| Running Time: 90 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 23818 | | UPC: 00043396238183 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Mandarin | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen/Standard 2.40:1/1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | Reel.com 8 of 10
...the new Korean monster movie Dragon Wars is thoroughly entertaining garbage of the highest order. Completely inane in terms of content but exhilarating as a goofy orgy of destruction, Dragon Wars is the kind of movie for which the term "guilty pleasure" was invented. It's one of those films where the stuff that's good is enjoyable, and the stuff that's bad is equally enjoyable--in fact, the cornball dialogue and nonsensical plotting make the movie more fun, not less...The most impressive thing about the movie's lengthy wars of the title is that they're visually, if not narratively, coherent--explaining the logic of the premise takes some work, but Hyung Rae Shim always keeps us acclimated as to who is fighting who, and it makes for a viscerally charged climax as satisfying as what one would find in any of the numerous films that Dragon Wars rips off. In the end the movie's pleasures are pretty simple, as Dragon Wars' greatest value is as an outlet for people who just want to see a lot of shit get smashed to bits--it's admittedly pretty dumb, but in the end its fierce commitment to its own goofy ideas is oddly admirable. - Jim Hemphill
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