Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles |
| Original title | Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles |
| Country of production | USA , Romania |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John C. Comar |
| script |
Michael Konyves Angela Mancuso |
| production |
Andei Boncea Michele Greco |
| music | Frankie Blue |
| camera | Emmanuel Kadosh |
| cut | Dave Rock |
| occupation | |
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Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles is an American / Romanian fantasy film from 2008. Directed by Jean C. Comar, who is better known by his pseudonym Pitof .
action
The kingdom of Carpia, ruled by the just and caring King Augustine, is in turmoil. A fire dragon threatens the kingdom and turns the villages and towns to rubble and ashes. Augustine knows neither in nor out. His shady advisor Paxian Pu tries to persuade him to make a deal with the evil King Quilok. This would mean the loss of the kingdom. Augustin's daughter, the brave Princess Luisa, who prefers to wear breeches rather than festive dresses, goes in search of a legendary dragon slayer who fell out of favor with Quilok and is now living in exile.
In the forest she meets Sangimel, who saves her from the forest people. Sangimel is a loyal friend of Gabriel, son of the dragon slayer, and a brilliant inventor. Sangimel and Luisa persuade Gabriel to come to Carpia and speak to the king. Although he knew nothing about the deal, he gave in after a short time. With the help of an arrow developed by Sangimel, Gabriel can put the dragon to flight. To protect the kingdom, Gabriel and Luisa set out to steal the dragon egg from Quilok Castle. Meanwhile, Sangimel tries to free the ice dragon. They manage to set the two dragons against each other, but not everything goes according to plan: Sangimel loses his life while fleeing from the two dragons. When the king learns that his advisor Paxian Pu is a traitor, he faces him and is murdered from behind. The ice dragon finally defeats the fire dragon, but this now threatens both kingdoms.
Gabriel has a plan and is now supported by his father's old faithful, who switched sides when he learned of the king's betrayal of his former commander. Gabriel lures the ice dragon into a salt cave and buries the dragon there. In the meantime, Queen Remini kills Quilok, who was trying to harass her. Now both kingdoms fall to her and she continues to rule them in the interests of her deceased husband. A love story is developing between her daughter Luisa and Gabriel.
background
MediaPro Pictures, Romania's largest film studio, produced the film in 2008 in cooperation with the US television broadcaster SciFi Channel . The entire film was shot in Romania, including in the MediaPro Studios in Bucharest , the field shoots took place in Călugăreni . The world premiere took place on September 18, 2009 in the USA, in Romania the film was premiered on January 18, 2009. The film cost 3 million dollars , making it the most expensive to date Romanian production. Worldwide rights are owned by Voltage Pictures, which screened the first material from the film at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival .
Splendid released the film in Germany in April 2009 as a cooperation with Nuclear Blast . As a bonus, the DVD and Blu-ray Disc have included music videos from Avantasia , Epica , Nightwish , Sirenia and Subway to Sally that have nothing to do with the film . Although the film received FSK approval for ages 12 and up, the DVDs are only approved for ages 16 and over because of the music clips.
Reviews
The film was mostly described as mediocre and does not stand out at any point, which is mainly due to the rather simple, clichéd and transparent plot. The director, who normally only works under his pseudonym Pitof , had himself listed in the credits under his real name Jean C. Comar in order to secure his “brand”. The film is next to Catwoman as his worst work.
Web links
- Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles in the online movie database
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles on Cinemarx.ro (Romanian)
- ↑ Voltage takes 'Dragon' rights ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Variety website on May 16, 2008
- ↑ Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles in the online movie database
- ↑ Review ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Films-review.de
- ↑ Review on Filmstarts.de
