Alright so everything's corny. The story seemed rushed and very predictable. Typical conflicts and quotes you see from so many movies. You have computer animations mixed with power ranger effects. This movie is not worth the time. Somehow the main female character is so easy she'd kiss any guy within a day and the department of defense keeps shotguns in their drawers.

although haveing b grade actors in it and being a bit corny in some parts i found the movie very entertaining ,it had quit a good story line and had good visuall effects,had good fight and battle sceens enjoyable movie. ross

Disappointed.... this is how i felt. The small things picked at me. Like back in ancient times how did these troops have rocket blasters strapped to dinosaurs when the Asians had swords and a cannon or 2 at most? And in present day why aren't the military aiming for the weak points of the dragons? We all know we can't pierce the scales sooo aim for the eyes and in the mouth morons! Not to mention the military didn't even evacuate the city before sending in tankers and helicopters to rain down a shower of bullets which were carelessly and uselessly fired at scales the army knew was harder then diamonds! This movie could have been so great if the writers thought it out before throwing it together. It could have had less comedy and brought up a level in the seriousness of the situation. The events were serious but it was depicted as 1970s comicbookish

Aside from thre CGI created creatures it lakes on everything else of what a movie must have.

Ok, I LOVE dragons. My all time favorite dragon movie is, of course, Dragonslayer. SO, naturally I saw this and thought "Oh neat-o a new dragon movie!" What a monumentally ridiculous waste of time. The only thing that redeemed the hour and half that i wasted watching this was the appearance of the classic Asian dragon in the last few frames.
The story was interesting and had SO much potential....but fell totally flat. What a disappointment.

This movie was so bad it almost made me ask for my money back. I can't explain why I love it, though. It wasn't Godzilla bad, not even Gamera bad. It was just plain, out and out, bad. There were rocket launcher toting slugs and acting so painful I needed an aspirin. But, it was fun.
My friend and I were alone in the theater so we made fun of it at every turn. From LOLDragons ('It eats me!' and 'I'm in your city, eating your reincarnated virgins!') to pop culture to inside jokes, we made fun of this movie and had a wonderful time. (At one point we broke out into Fett's Vett by M.C. Chris. It just seemed to fit.)
Watching the movie a second time just wasn't as funny. But the first time was such fun, we didn't even ask for our money back. We're waiting to pick up a copy so we can inflict this pain upon a new audience, an audience which needs punished but not killed. D-Wars should do the trick.

I can't even imagine how to put how bad this movie is into words. I'll try. Let me start by saying that I never saw it coming. The trailer looked good enough. The movie started out ok, with a little too long intro/back story with some interesting CG work that was obviously made to spoof the old Japanese monster movies (or the Power Rangers for you kiddos reading this review). After that, things went downhill... and fast. There was so little effort made to connect you to the present day hero/heroine that you never cared about whether they ever lived or died. Even my kids agreed. The CG dragons, even the little ones, were all made realistically enough. But that in no way makes up for how awful the storyline was. Some are saying to watch this movie for the CG dragons. Please trust me that it is totally NOT worth it. If you must, rent it, skip to the last battle scene, watch that and that alone, and save yourself any effort to painfully sit through this thing.

End of my review

Now, for the play by play. You by no means have to read this as it contains some big spoilers, but here goes...

My emotions throughout this movie were: 1)Initial curiosity 2)Wait for the story 3)still waiting 4)Present day comes and... Initial fears that this is all the story we're getting 5)What the heck was that? Was that supposed to be a fight scene outside the bar? Oh, please don't tell me this is the indicator of the level of action sequences we're going to get 6)Camera man friend of the reporter makes a couple of deadpan remarks that make me think there may be some redeeming value to the movie coming up at some point 7)stomach drops as I realize suddenly that there will be no redeeming value to this movie 8)my face melts off from the anguish boiling up inside me 9)confusion sets in... and again... and again... and again... 10)Please let the main characters just die so this movie will end now 11)YES THEY DIED! 12)Yes, I knew they couldn't have possibly died, but I was sure hoping. Ok, I've made it this far, I can watch this ending action sequence 12)Hey, cool battle... except why suddenly does this cave look like it is outside? oh, wait, the dragons look the same. Which one is which? What is going on? Wha... 13)It's over. Whatever. Let me just turn it off and grab something for the indigestion I now have.

The Good Things
*Good special effects. Lots of great battles with lots of mass destruction.
*Some vivid imagery, especially at the end.
*Good usage of mythology.
*Lots of cool creatures and weapon designs.

The Bad Things
*Everything else! The plot is kind of odd, the characters are incredibly bad, and the writing is bad.

The Questionable Things
*Some laughable scenes; can be good or bad.

This can be seen either as a really bad blockbuster or a really good B-movie. In any case, the story qualities are terrible, and the only good redeeming quality in this movie are the smashing special effects and battles.

The DVD has good image and sound quality, and has a couple of good making-of featurettes.

When the folks behind DRAGON WARS decide to sic that giant snake and those prehistoric dino-birds on downtown L.A., the movie becomes enormously watchable. Until then, there's nothing to indicate that anybody involved with this unintentionally hysterical fantasy knows what the hell they are doing. Funnier when it tries to be serious, this one's for connoisseurs of the Bad Movies We Love. (And you know who you are.)

With its competent creature effects and even an homage to THE PHANTOM MENACE, (Of all things), you'll roar with glee over writer-director Shim Hyung-rae's insanely convoluted plot about how every 500 years, a girl is born who, at the age of 20, will grow - for lack of a better term - a giant glass energy ball inside of her, which must then be cut out -- killing the girl, mind you! -- and offered as a sacrifice to either the "good" Imoogi or the evil Buraka, two giant serpents who will transform into dragons if they eat said magic ball. To explain all this, we have Robert Forster as the reincarnation of an ancient Korean warlord, and some truly fashion - and acting - impaired leads in Amanda Brooks and Jason Behr. The latter plays a reporter who rather hilariously leaves his black friend behind to get killed in almost every perilous situation.

In the opening minutes, a narrator explains that 500 years ago a girl was born who can turn a serpent into a dragon. The first girl, a Korean lass in the 16th century, has been reincarnated as a dull Southern Californian named Sarah (Brooks). The snake and some crypto-medieval army are after her; yet, as befits some certain pretty L.A. girls, she's clueless. Her dreams of doom get her institutionalized, but a young reporter named Ethan (Behr) - reincarnated himself, maybe from the 16th-century Korean Tom Cruise - knows what's up and tries to keep her alive.

Beachfront make-outs and mysterious clothes changes ensue.

The computer-generated birds breathe fire on people. The helicopters empty round after round on the relentless snake. The snake lunges at cars and slings them 200 feet. The cameras whoosh between skyscrapers and plummet with burning helicopters and dying birds. (The sequence with Behr and Brooks caressing on a rooftop while bullet casings rain down on them is truly special and should have director Michael Bay writhing with envy.)

Shim was obviously going for an adventure with a GODZILLA-like feel, but the camp panic and mock seriousness undermine his efforts at every turn. And some of the dialogue suggests a John Hughes version of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: "The fate of the world rests on your shoulders," says wise old Robert Forster to Jason Behr. "Deny this. And you will deny yourself everything. Even the girl."

Hoo-boy! Cue the Psychedelic Furs and batten the hatches.

The CG is excellent. It's like Lord of the Rings taking place in model L.A. The problem is, the story sucks. The main actress doesnt know how to act at all. I strongly suggest you to rent it, and fast forward only to where the helicopters fight the flying dragons. The bucks and the time saved can be spent much better elsewhere.

This movie is just plain bad. It is not supposed to be funny -- it is a very serious attempt to bring to life a Korean legend. I actually give this movie 1.5 stars because it's not a bad time killer while getting ready for bed -- maybe watch 15 minutes here and there.

But if you think this is going to be some kind of satirical film because of the reviewer that gave it 5 stars, then you will be sorely disappointed. There are a few interesting scenes, especially at the end, but that's about it. The plot is a let down, and the movie is just too disjointed.

Honestly, I have seen most of the actors in this movie elsewhere, and they are all WAY better than this. Their acting is uniformly flat, and that may seem funny to some, but to me it's just plain BORING. The story has potential, and even though the exposition scenes are awkward, I kept finding myself wishing the actors would PLEASE, OH PLEASE, GET PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING!!! But, then again, I didn't buy this for the acting, I bought it for the dragons.

And the dragons ROCK! Let's be clear here: No one bothered to see this movie because Jason Behr was in it except for a few lonely female fans of the old Roswell TV show. No one saw this movie expecting the next great franchise-starter like Spider-Man or Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Nope, we watch this for the DRAGONS.

The CG dragons are awesome, and it gives me a new appreciation for how Asian dragons can be conceived and executed. I have seen well-done dragons and mediocre dragons and even some horribly bad ones, but these are so entirely different and well-conceived that you've just got to rewind and watch the fights again. The snake-like dragons, the turtle-like dragons with rocket launchers, the flying and the 'raptor dragons -- but really, the masterpiece is the Celestial Dragon at the end. My son and I kept going back through that last scene over and over. The Celestial Dragon was just so graceful and deadly and majestic all at once. Just beautifully executed.

Who cares if the jump from LA to that Never-never Land where dragons duke it out is the worst transition in modern cinema? Who cares if the army of evil dragons is vanquished way too easily? We want to watch flying dragons and Blackhawk attack choppers fighting over LA! We want to watch the two big guys finally face each other! We want to see how the good serpent intends to outwit the bad serpent and gain the girl's dragon mojo! We could care less about the acting.

So, 5 stars for awesome dragons and fights, 1 star for acting and story development, which averages out to a solid 3 stars. Like dragons? Buy this film. Like good action sequences? Rent it. Looking for romance and intrigue? Find another movie to watch.

I have long awaited the movie of this Korean legend. Whilst the lead man was very handsome, I didn't think the film came quite up to standard. The special effects were pretty impressive, but overall I was a little disappointed in the end product. I know this sounds very negative, but the film was worth the watch.

This is the first time I have writen a review, because this is by far the worst movie I have seen. The effects was like watching some power rangers garbage, and the acting was also horible too. This movie made no sense and was the biggest waste of time I had.

Pretty good to me because I am a dragon fanatic but if you don't really like dragons, I would not recommend this one to start. Good movie though.

When I saw the preview for this movie, I was looking forward to seeing the film. The whole premise was interesting and, to be honest, a lot of countries other than the U. S. have been making some original and interesting movies (such as Japan and their horror movies). This film is a dud, unfortunately.

The story revolves around dragon folklore in ancient Korea, where two mystical dragons await the arrival of a special young woman's twentieth birthday. At this time, the young woman, who has been born for the sole purpose of giving either the good or bad creatures the ability to become powerful celestial dragons, falls for the young man who is trained to protect her and see that she completes her destiny. The two lovers run from their fate and die before she can bestow the special gift from heaven on either creature.

Now, in present day, both are reincarnated, along with their old mentor, to finish the task that was their lot in life. All this sounds pretty good but the entire movie falls so short of its promise. The acting by all of the cast is weak, as though none of them cared anything about the story. The editing was very sloppy and the horrible dialogue is, at times, cringe inducing! The reason I gave two stars to this train wreck of a film is the special effects. The dragons and other mythical creatures are incredibly well done and a pleasure to watch. This is the one reason to see this film. You will not be treated to a great plot or award-winning acting, by ANY means, but the CGI created monsters will be worth your while.

Add this to your dvd library? Only if you are a CGI fanatic who enjoys nothing more than watching cool creatures on film. If you are looking for a good story and good acting...keep looking!

In short, CGI sequences are great, acting bad, plot worse, dialogs are lauhgable, scenes are disjointed. If you still want to buy it be my guest but don't say I didn't warn you.

Oh, one more thing, don't be fooled, this is not a comedy.

"Dragon Wars" is one of the better fantasy films.
It is about two people who are living their next lives in Los Angeles (They were Koreans 500 years earlier). And some Korean knights are after one because she needed to be sacrificed in order to wake up the Good Imoogi (a serpent-dragon). Meanwhile, there is another serpent-dragon is wreaking havoc in Los Angeles and the citizens just want to dispose of it.

*SPOILERS*
The climax is outstanding. The Korean knights capture the man and woman; they tie the man up, and they sacrifice the woman and the Imoogi is finally woken up. The two dragons fight each other. The man and the woman escape and the woman sacrifices her life to strengthen the good dragon. She tells the man to not be sad, they would eventually be together again.
*END OF SPOILERS*

The CGI may not be the best ever, but it's effective. The story is better. The overall film is good for one that took 5 years to make.

If you are looking for a fun monster movie that has really good cgi and lots of action, then this movie is for you. However if you are looking for breath -taking literature then don't watch it.
You know what you're getting when you read the title and don't let the nay sayers color your choice. It is a little sappy and sweet in the story line and yes the Dragon only shows up at the end. that is because one giant serpent is trying to gain control over unlimited power that is, wait nevermind watch the movie and remember the critics didn't like any Godzilla movies ( guy in a rubber suit they said) or star wars ( childish they said)
but they did like Cloverfield ( I thought it sucked and so did the cinematography I gave away my copy to prevent someone else from paying for one it was that bad)
take a chance love it or hate it you'll probably never see a snake that big in L.A. again.

Dragon Wars - D-War
this is an excellent film! Our main characters try to escape from a beast that will never stop. There is so much action and destruction that you just cannot take it all in, even in slow motion. If you don't have a blue-ray player, buy one now and blow your friends away with this movie. I should've given it five stars -- I know you will.

One word for this movie - ugh. The biggest problem with this film, and there are many problems with this film, is that it seems to be edited by someone using all the finesse of Freddie Kruger slashing up a screaming teenager. Scene changes are frequently abrupt, and flip to unrelated, often confusing, acts. The film's prologue is too long, and often snooze-worthy. I can suspend my disbelief long enough to allow for a gi-normous snake to rampage around a city, looking for someone. I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to allow for virtually no one interrupting their day-to-day lives while a huge snake tears up their city. In the world of Dragon Wars, apparently no one ever heard of the concept of "evacuation". Hang out; dodge pieces of building torn loose by the big snake; grab a cappuccino; and go on with your day. The hero was tiresome; the military and FBI were portrayed as incompetent; and the whole situation was tiresome. I found myself rooting for the big, bad, snake to take them all out, and end the misery that is this film. The best part was the end of the film. One reason: the film was over! Another reason being the final scene was actually well done, with a great CG fight scene between two CG snaky-dragons. The actors actually provided some good acting in the final sequence, although the hero's presence was a big band-aid for one of the multitudinous plot holes.

Don't waste money on this dragon dud.

I can only compare watching this movie to watching a train wreck you want to look away but can't; you have to stay to the end just to see how bad it can get. The computer generated special effects were impressive...but just because you can do special effects with a computer doesn't mean you should...and you don't need to jam them all into one movie. If I could rate this movie lower than I hate it..I would. The only redeeming part of this movie was the poor guy from the zoo who saw the dragon eat the elephants. The plot seemed to be the hero had to protect the young woman from the bad dragon so she could be eaten by the good dragon. And where did that army come from? Who was the blonde shape shifter guy? Just thinking about it is making my head hurt. (And no I have never actually seen a train wreck)

After reading this guys review - E. Osworth "Author and Consultant" - it made me think a little more before I started my own review.

As far as effects go, I rate it 5 Stars. The story, not so much. The characters seem very shallow. And the story as well. For example if your looking for something to stimulate your mind, well this is about a 2 inch pool of water. It's not very deep. But if your looking just to be entertained, well its a 2 inch pool of water that spans over a mile wide.

So if your looking for a lot of great effects..and action, and dinosaur's chomping on people, and small flying dragons taking down apache helicopters and vise versa.. well this is the movie for you!

Because it has all of this.

One of the things I liked in this movie, is the fact, that the soldiers and the dinosaurs/creatures/dragons..serpents, are not invincible. It was so awesome to watch bullets take chunks out of the enemy. Now that.. was paying attention to eye candy.

Anyways over all its nothing great, when you average it out. 3 out of 5.

DO NOT RENT OR BUY THIS TRASH!!!!! TERRIBLE EDITING NO TRUE PLOT. THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN. I COULD NOT FINISH IT!!!!!!!

amidst all the chaos their is a lot of depth to this movie, Koreans are deeply mythological people and in this movie the director brought Korean Legends into modern day Los Angeles. What Suprises me after seeing this movie is how so many people have missed the point and degraded this movie to 1 star. Rank it up their with Lord of the Rings. The graphic technology is stunning.

I am so glad i overlooked the ratings since i have rented this movie i will definitely buy it

Not a movie that depends on subtext, this is a straight-forward sci-fi, special effects flick. I didn't find it to be as awful as some of the previous reviewers, and the computer graphics are amazing.

Yes, you could say it is a tribute to many other movies as mentioned
in previous reviews. Personally I enjoyed this movie much more
than a whole lot of other ones out there.
If you can sit back and relax then you might too.
If you are the kind of person who critiques every detail then write/direct a better mousetrap.

once again, I find myself exceptionally disappointed with a dragon movie (past disappointments being "Dragonheart" and "Reign of Fire"). From the previews, it looked, at first glance, that D-Wars got it right. You had a battle royal betweem dragons and their allies against tanks and attack choppers within the steets of a crowded city (and this sequence is why this movie get the second star from me).

Unfortunately, that is a small portion of this movie. The rest is about flashbacks and "destiny" and prophesy and "mystical only way to win" scenerios. No, the military can't defeat the dragons, only the "good snake", whatever it was called, can by eating the heroine's essence.

The final battle was also far too dark and hard to view. Overall, major disappointment.

I saw a preview for this movie when watching another DVD. I guess they showed all of the great scenes of dragons destroying a city in the preview. Because those 5-10 minutes of the movie were the only ones even possibly worth watching. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't even spend $3 on a rental. I'd wait until it was on network TV so I could watch the destruction scenes for free and skip the rest and watch something else.

This story is so disjointed and makes no real sense. Every 500 years with the ability to make a dragon superior. If it's a war between the good & bad dragon for the power, why is it that only the bad dragon is out & about and fighting in the city? The good dragon lets all the destruction happens and waits in a cave for the girl to be brought there? Get real! This would have been better if the two dragons had armies and were fighting each other over the city.

The girl with the power is under quarantine, but a news reporter trying to help her gets let in by a doctor who likes him on TV. Then, when the bad dragon attacks the hospital, the doctor (for unknown reasons) breaks in and says "You have to get her out of here. Take the stairs" And in a crowded hospital only one car is in the parking lot? Whatever!

The story is hard to follow & hard to get into or believe for one minute. How a giant dragon is crawling on a building but no one sees it or knows it is beyond me (guess the city is blind until tanks roll down the streets). All key players are reincarnated....umm okay. And the Army is led by a guy that gets hit by a car (twice). Oh..and the guy falls in love with "quarantine girl" when they stop to gather their thoughts by walking on a beach (no less than 6 hours before he met her). Again...get real!

Some reviewers say this is supposed to be a comedy. Albeit, there are some funny parts, I don't think this movie is a comedy in any sense of the word. Just goes to show that good special effects can't save a move that is so horrible with a hard to follow story line, bad acting, and thoroughly painful time between destruction scenes. I am kicking myself for wasting the $$$ to buy it!

I'd give it 0 stars if that was an option but the 1 star is for the good CGI of destruction. Don't waste your money. Period!

I bought this movie thinking it would be worthwhile. Instead, I was very disappointed in this movie. The only positive thing going for this movie is a couple of good action scenes. The plot is lacking and hard to follow in spots as it tends to jump around. Almost any movie would be a better buy than this one.

Dont listen to the fan-boys and convention geeks!
They were convinced that they would hate this movie before they even saw it. This movie is alot of fun. Sure, it's silly and dumb but so what, it's about dragons fighting in Los Angeles for pete's sake!
This reminds m of alot of the Sci-Fi flicks that came out in the early eighties such as "Beastmaster" and "Sword and the Sorcerer" the special effects are great and the action scenes are awesome. Grab a 12 pack and a box of popcorn and just enjoy this cute little action packed flick. It's not going to change your life but it will give you a 90 minute smile!
This would make a great double feature with "The Host"- enjoy!!

I own a ton of movies, and love any sort of CG movie, but this one is the dumbest movie I that I have ever watched. I'm disappointed that I bought it. But it worked, which says a lot since its a Blu-Ray.

This movie is good and interesting. I'm very impressive about this movie.
The story line is good and the movie character was not bad. I enjoyed this movie. Some movie skills are not enough, that's the point. But this movie is still good, isn't it?

SUPRISINGLY ENOUGH, I REALLY LIKE THIS MOVIE!
THE CGI EFFECTS WERE AWESOME AND THIS TRULY IS A FEAST FOR THE EYES!
NOT FOR EVERYONE...BUT ENJOYABLE ENOUGH TO PASS AN HOUR AND A HALF!

I am still amazed that I actually spent 1 ½ hours watching this movie. The story is nothing but a collage of badly pasted flashbacks that make no sense at all. The characters are lame and the poor acting worsens the situation. CGI is not anything special at all. In summary, some films are so bad they actually make you laugh - this one is just pathetic. Spend your $20 on some teletubby DVD... it has to be more entertaining than this.