reign of fire be a cheeseball special effect fest that be a great time killer if you have time to kill . i recommend it only if you want to kill some time and brain cell in the process . here be the reason ( spoiler herein ) represent ( 1 ) the computer generate dragon be pretty neat . ( 2 ) christian bale do pretty good a the main scarred survivor . ( 3 ) the scene with the dragon attack the castle be very poetic . ( 4 ) there be a tinge of a medieval mentality go through this film . ( 5 ) the mixture of recent and old fashion and and ancient weaponry fit together perfectly to give an idea of how combat fly and fire breathing reptile . ( 6 ) the brit and the american fight amongst themselves show that cultural difference will breed a bunch of dissent and angst in situation where survival be at stake . ( 7 ) amongst the brit and differ view of survival be see . seven reason give a score of seven . the downer in the film be ( 1 ) matthew mcconaughey a the tooth and nail american commander . he doesn not strike me a the tooth and nail type ( watch the wedding planner and you will understand ) . ( 2 ) the american be portray a if they be a bunch of marauder . stereotype anything suck and it should be stop . ( 3 ) the story have gap plot hole and lot of tedious dialogue . the write overall be lack in many spot . overall and this be a film that feel like cheesecloth . watch it if you want to kill some brain cell but i suggest many other title . here end my rant .