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Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King - Special Edition

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Subtitle Track(s):
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  • Number of people who have this disc in their collection: 2

  • DVD Region 1 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 1.78:1 (16:9) 16:9 (Anamorphic) Enhanced NTSC Add to Collection Add to Wishlist View Video Clips/Trailers for this disc View Images for this disc



    General:


    Synopsis: The son of a simple swordsmith repeatedly saves his country, not knowing he is heir to the throne. Aka Ring of the Nibelungs.

    Alternate Title(s): Curse of the Ring , Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King , Nibelungen - Der Fluch des Drachen, Die , Nibelungen, Die , Saga dei Nibelunghi, La , The Sword of Xanten

    User Rating: 7.227.227.227.227.227.227.227.227.227.22 (1 vote) (More Details and Cast Your Vote)

    Directed By: Uli Edel
    Recommended Retail Price:
    $USD24.96

    Cast: Benno Fürmann
    Benno Furmann
    Kristanna Loken
    Julian Sands
    Max von Sydow
    Samuel West
    Alicia Witt
    Genre: Action / Adventure /
    Drama / Fantasy
    Running Time: 132 minutes
    Year of Production: 2004
    Disc Release Date: March 28, 2006


    Editions:

    There are no other editions of this movie in the current region (region 1).
    There are no other editions of this movie in other regions.


    Extra Features:

    • 5 "Making Of" Featurettes:
    • Behind the Scenes
    • Fight Choreography
    • Interviews with the Cast
    • Special Effects
    • Behind The Myth

    Disc Information:

    Disc: Type:
    1: Single Sided, Dual Layer


    Disc Audio Information:

    Track: Language: Details:
    1: English Dolby Digital 5.1
    2: French Dolby Digital 2.0 (Surround)


    Disc Subtitle Information:

    English, French, English (Closed Caption)



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    Number of Votes:1
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    The Shorter US version, good but it could be better with the missing footage.
    7.67.67.67.67.67.67.67.67.67.6 (0 out of 1 people agreed with this review)

    Davart, United States of America (Reviewer Ranking: 2) wrote this review on March 29, 2006:

    Forget about the healing powers of a Radox bath. The best treatment to unblock those pores is a soak in a rockpool of dragon's blood. A deep dunk in a fire-breathing monster's vital fluids can also render your skin imprenetrable to an axe, according to Germanic legend. This latter benefit comes in particularly handy for Prince Siegfried (Furmann), the rightful king of Dark Ages Xanten who has been usurped by the evil Twin Kings.
    He's pitched up at the kingdom of Bergund where he's got pally with King Gunther (Samuel West) and pledges to slay the dragon Fafnir. Once the monster's topped he can hop it with its gold...into the arms of his true love Brunhild (Loken), the Valkyrie warrior Queen of Iceland.
    Originally a two-part German TV movie, this borrows liberally from the Nibelungs legend, themselves said to have inspired JRR Tolkien. However, don't for one minute believe this bears comparison with Peter Jackson's monumental adaptation of Lord of the Rings. The special effects have their moments - the dragon-slaying scene and a scrap on a waterfall-bound ice floe - but this plays like an extended episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.
    Terminator starlet Kristanna Loken is a bit of handful as a prospective wife and queen who feels obliged to take on would-be suitors in armed combat. However, she and journeyman actor Furmann aren't much of a match even if their union is impeded by a medieval version of rohypnol administered to poor old Siegfried. In fact, through most of the film he's got to labour with the name Eric The Blacksmith - hardly Stryder, curse of the Ring Wraiths. Meanwhile, Julian Sands delivers what is basically a poor man's Alan "Sheriff of Nottingham" Rickman as a duplicitous member of Gunther's court.
    It's a bit ragged with the film stock appearing to change from scene to scene while the dialogue makes the recent Arthur sound like Shakespeare. LOTR comparisons are unfortunate - it's more Middlesbrough than Middle Earth.
    Overall, I enjoyed the film and felt it a good watch, it is somewhat annoying that the original was nearly 187 minutes long and here in the glorious good ol' USA we get a chopped up, shorter version of about 133 minutes. I'd like to see the missing 50 minutes, not all Americans have a short attention spand. Irated it a little high than it might truely merit, but as I said I enjoyed it.

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    Movie Rating: 7777777777
    Overall Rating: 7.67.67.67.67.67.67.67.67.67.6


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