DragonHeart: A New Beginning
DragonHeart: A New Beginning
PG | 08 August 2000 (USA)
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When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy (Chris Masterson), discovers Drake (voice of Robby Benson), the world's last living dragon, he realizes that his dream of becoming a knight in shining armor can now come true. Together, they soon face challenges that turn them into heroes. But caught up in the excitement of their new lives, Geoff and Drake fail to see the hidden dangers that surround them.

Reviews
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Norseman90 This is one of the movies i really, really hate. The plot is so generic and clichéd, it made me cringe in embarrassment. Stableboy ascends to hero and, with the help of his dragon and a few Chinese Kungfu-fighters (who looked like they were outfitted in a bad costume shop), overthrows the evil usurper, who happens to be another dragon. The twists were highly predictable, the ending disgustingly saccharine. To make a bad movie worse, the PG-Rating took the last drop of seriousness from the movie, leaving a witless comedy for handicapped toddlers. What can i say, there are no redeeming qualities in this under budgeted, soulless mess, except for the score which was a rehash of Randy Edelmans magnificent work.
Boba_Fett1138 This actually is a worthy sequel to "Dragonheart". OK it misses the magical atmosphere, good special effects and cast but it still is a movie worth seeing.Good things about the movie are the nicely choreographed fight sequence's and the pretty solid and satisfying end fight. Also the movie provides some successful comical moments.Still there are some major flaws in the movie. The story itself about the prophecy is quite weak and silly and it's hard to tell at times who are exactly the bad guys, due to some poor casting and bad story telling. Some of the scene's were also edited poorly together. The special effects are far from the best ever but also far from the worst. They look acceptable enough.Robby Benson (best know for voicing the beast in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast".) wasn't exactly the best choice to voice Drake, he's boring and makes some of the dialog sound silly. Overall the acting is pretty solid by the rest of the cast, of unknown actors.With some more work on the script, this movie could have been really great. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing a third "Dragonheart" movie being made.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Annika Seccota Seriously, when I first saw the styling of the new baby dragon, I expected it to swallow a turtle any moment on the way and sprout angel wings. It looks too much like Yoshi, like a baby and the sad thing is that I have yet only talked about the dragon.Christopher Masterson and Robby Benson are spectacularly out of talent during this lot, a spineless cast trying to bare the weight of complete and utter failure. The underdog recipe has been tried honestly for over a thousand times, on twenty different types of movies, but in most cases, this one included, it does not inspire pity nor does it add something to the experience of watching this.Then there are the brace of peeps that watch this thing for its special effects; trust me when I say that they are quite bad. So... is there anything at all making it you worthwhile to watch this? No.
freydis-e This is the lower-budget cash-in sequel to the Quaid/Connery movie 'Dragonheart' and this review has minor spoilers. Most of the film isn't all that wonderful, despite great music (particularly the song over the closing credits) and nice scenery. The plot is predictable and undemanding (the talisman contrivance is sheer corn – on the grill in this case!) some of the acting is no better than average and the special effects (like the dragon) are smaller and weaker than in the first movie. Worst of all, the 'hero', a stable-boy, seems to care only about becoming a knight and, having 'befriended' the not-much-more-than-a-baby dragon, exploits him shamelessly to achieve this.Fear not! – true heroes soon show up in the shape of two mysterious orientals, Lian (tiny Broadway star Nora Figueroa) and her ancient mentor (Henry O) both of whom are deliciously inscrutable. Lian is the good guys' one-woman army, dealing with all comers barehanded and without breaking a sweat in a series of brilliantly choreographed fight sequences (think 'Kill Bill', but with a five foot nothing 'Bride' who needs no sword to trash her armed and armoured opponents over and over again). As she squares up to the first half dozen or so, her worried mentor tells her: 'Be gentle with them'! It's really a kids film, so don't expect blood and guts – the kung fu is beautiful, funny and harmless, like some of Jackie Chan's best work. Villain, Harry van Gorkum provides a great contrast to the deadpan pair, swaggering way, way over the top. All three are perfect, especially Figueroa, and it's a shame she didn't do any more movies after this.Another review here complains because the hero didn't 'get the girl'. I guess some people will never look beyond Hollywood clichés to see that there is no 'girl' here, while the bold hero gets just what she deserves, which mercifully doesn't include the lame self-serving guy. It's unusual and refreshing for a woman to take such a powerful and unqualified tough-guy role, and though this movie may not be technically as good as the original, I found it a lot more fun. You'll agree if you like tough princesses!