History Film / ReignOfFire

Received two {{Licensed Game}}s, one for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} (notable for the [=PS2=] and Xbox versions to get an M rating while the Gamecube version received a T), and another for UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Both games can put the player in the role of either a human or a maturing dragon.

** Played straight, then subverted when the residents of Northumberland Castle draw weapons from their armory to resist a possible attack. They have ''lots'' of rifles, [=SMGs=] (including at least one M1 Thompson), and shotguns. With Britain's very strict gun control laws, one wonders where they obtained enough firepower to equip a medium-sized army. A moment later, though, they discover that their ammunition reserve is critically low, and they have no way to replace what they shoot.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Oh, so different. They have only four limbs, connected by a bat-like membrane of skin like a {{Wyvern}}. They breathe fire through a chemical reaction. Finally, there is only one male who fertilizes all the eggs of the females like a male salmon.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Oh, so different. They have only four limbs, connected by a bat-like membrane of skin like a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern Wyvern]]. They breathe fire through a chemical reaction. Finally, there is only one male who fertilizes all the eggs of the females like a male salmon.

''Reign of Fire'' is a 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action|Genre}} film directed by Rob Bowman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

* RatedMForManly: Matthew [=McConaughey=] in one of his manliest roles ever.

** The Chieftain tank -- it's {{BFG}} is good for intimidating settlements, not so for blowing up flying creatures.

* AnAxeToGrind: Van Zan's hideous-looking axe that he uses to finish off the dragons they shoot down.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Eddie, Barlow, AJ, Creedy, Van Zan]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Van Zan tears the brits a new one when they throw a party; to them, they're celebrating the death of the dragon that had devastated their food supply. To him, they're celebrating the death of one dragon and ''three of his men''. However, Quinn gives him one in return, since they have lost ''hundreds'' of their community to dragons and have ''never'' seen one slain, whilst Van Zan has just arrived and thrown his weight around like he owns the place.

'''Van Zan:''' (''now in an accusing tone'') And I say ''pity'' the country that ''needs'' 'em! What're y'all celebrating? One dragon down, ''three good men dead''! Why hell, at that rate we just might be gettin' somewhere in about ''three-hundred-and-twenty years''! We'll bury ''our'' dead at dawn. You go on and have you're little...soirée. Personally, you disgust me.

'''Quinn:''' A Dragon Slayer\\
'''Creedy:''' Oh, he's a Dragon Slayer. I suppose that would make you Myth/KingArthur does it?