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* {{Kaiju}}: The male dragon. The female dragons are shown to be on par with Alex's helicopter - and one fits in the male's jaws when it gets hungry. Reared up on all fours, it's as big as Quinn's castle.

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* {{Kaiju}}: The male dragon. The female dragons It's a good ten times the size of the females (which are shown to be on par with Alex's helicopter - and one fits in the male's jaws when it gets hungry.helicopter). Reared up on all fours, it's as big as Quinn's castle. YourSizeMayVary seems to be in effect in the final battle though, as it's nothing like that large when it's chasing Quinn and Alex through the streets.
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* {{Kaiju}}: The Male Dragon. The female dragons alone are larger than tanks or helicopters, but the male dragon can completely ''eclipse'' the female dragons and grab one readily in its claws to eat.

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* {{Kaiju}}: The Male Dragon. male dragon. The female dragons alone are larger than tanks or helicopters, but shown to be on par with Alex's helicopter - and one fits in the male dragon can completely ''eclipse'' the female dragons and grab one readily in its claws to eat.male's jaws when it gets hungry. Reared up on all fours, it's as big as Quinn's castle.
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* TanksButNoTanks: Van Zan's tank is a Chieftan main battle tank used by the British Army in the 60s and 70s, with some cosmetic modifications (including the commander's M2 Browning .50-cal being mocked up to resemble a Russian [=DShK=] for no apparent reason). Averted in that nobody ever actually says anything about the tank, where they got it, or how long they've had it. However, given that the Americans have fuel, ammo, and are proficient in using it, FridgeLogic tells us that it's supposed to stand in for a more modern and capable M1 Abrams.
* TanksForNothing: The Chieftan tank does diddly squat against any dragon.

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* TanksButNoTanks: Van Zan's tank is a Chieftan Chieftain main battle tank used by the British Army in the 60s and 70s, with some cosmetic modifications (including the commander's M2 Browning .50-cal being mocked up to resemble a Russian [=DShK=] for no apparent reason). Averted in that nobody ever actually says anything about the tank, where they got it, or how long they've had it. However, given that the Americans have fuel, ammo, and are proficient in using it, FridgeLogic tells us that it's supposed to stand in for a more modern and capable M1 Abrams.
* TanksForNothing: The Chieftan Chieftain tank does diddly squat against any dragon.
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* AmericaSavesTheDay: Lampshaded by the British characters snarking that the Irregulars are [[{{Eagleland}} worse]] than the looter gang they initially expected them to be. [[spoiler:Subverted in that ''nothing'' goes well for the Americans, they cause the destruction of the castle, many needless deaths with nothing to show for it, Van Zan dies rather spectacularly, Quinn is the one that actually kills the male dragon, and only a handful of Americans are still alive at the end.]]

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* AmericaSavesTheDay: Lampshaded by the British characters snarking that the Irregulars are [[{{Eagleland}} [[UglyAmericanStereotype worse]] than the looter gang they initially expected them to be. [[spoiler:Subverted in that ''nothing'' goes well for the Americans, they cause the destruction of the castle, many needless deaths with nothing to show for it, Van Zan dies rather spectacularly, Quinn is the one that actually kills the male dragon, and only a handful of Americans are still alive at the end.]]
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* AmericaSavesTheDay: [[spoiler:Subverted in that ''nothing'' goes well for the Americans, they cause the destruction of the castle, many needless deaths with nothing to show for it, Van Zan dies rather spectacularly, Quinn is the one that actually kills the male dragon, and only a handful of Americans are still alive at the end.]]

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* AmericaSavesTheDay: Lampshaded by the British characters snarking that the Irregulars are [[{{Eagleland}} worse]] than the looter gang they initially expected them to be. [[spoiler:Subverted in that ''nothing'' goes well for the Americans, they cause the destruction of the castle, many needless deaths with nothing to show for it, Van Zan dies rather spectacularly, Quinn is the one that actually kills the male dragon, and only a handful of Americans are still alive at the end.]]
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** The entire "skydiving with a metal net to make a dragon fall to its death" tactic the Americans use. Talk about going around the world to get across the street.

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** The entire "skydiving with a metal net to make a dragon fall to its death" tactic the Americans use. Talk about going around the world to get across the street. Van Zan himself points out how incredibly inefficient a strategy that usually results in three people killed for every dead dragon is.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Gideon, the lead Archangel. Unusually for this trope, he has a sense of humour.

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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: BaldOfAuthority: Gideon, the lead Archangel. Unusually for this trope, he has a sense of humour.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The Kentucky Irregulars are content to cheer Van Zan on in his CurbStompBattle against Quinn as long as it's what they consider a clean fight, but they immediately pull Van Zan off and hold him back when it becomes clear things have escalated to Van Zan trying to ''kill'' Quinn.
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''Reign of Fire'' is a 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action|Genre}} film directed by Rob Bowmman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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''Reign of Fire'' is a 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action|Genre}} film directed by Rob Bowmman Bowman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.
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* MrFanservice: Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Matthew [=McConaughey=]...they could've called this "Hunks vs Dragons: The Movie", with more emphasis on the hunks than the dragons.

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* MrFanservice: Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Matthew [=McConaughey=]...Creator/MatthewMcConaughey... they could've called this "Hunks vs Dragons: The Movie", with more emphasis on the hunks than the dragons.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Van Zan and Gideon.



* BigBad: The Male Dragon.

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* %%* BigBad: The Male Dragon.

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



* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Eddie, Barlow, AJ, Creedy, Van Zan]]
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* AmericaSavesTheDay: Puny Brits need American badasses to show them how to be men again. [[spoiler: Subverted in that ''nothing'' goes well for the Americans, they cause the destruction of the castle, many needless deaths with nothing to show for it, Van Zan dies rather spectacularly, Quinn is the one that actually kills the male dragon, and only a handful of Americans are still alive at the end.]]

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* AmericaSavesTheDay: Puny Brits need American badasses to show them how to be men again. [[spoiler: Subverted [[spoiler:Subverted in that ''nothing'' goes well for the Americans, they cause the destruction of the castle, many needless deaths with nothing to show for it, Van Zan dies rather spectacularly, Quinn is the one that actually kills the male dragon, and only a handful of Americans are still alive at the end.]]
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* WastelandElder: Quinn leads a castle full of people who have spent twenty years avoiding rampaging dragons. He's a young example of the trope, but after twenty years without much adequate food or medicine, there aren't many elderly survivors left.
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-->[[LargeHam The Black Knight stares through the holes in his mask]], and says; "I [breathes heavily] am your father!"\\

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-->[[LargeHam The Black Knight stares through the holes in his mask]], and says; says, "I [breathes heavily] am your father!"\\



** Van Zan, a trained soldier, completely dominates his brawl with Quinn, an ActionSurvivo; Quinn may have the righteous anger of a PapaWolf defending his people from being seduced by a GeneralRipper, but he only gets a couple of good hits in while Van Zan nearly beats him to death.

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** Van Zan, a trained soldier, completely dominates his brawl with Quinn, an ActionSurvivo; ActionSurvivor; Quinn may have the righteous anger of a PapaWolf defending his people from being seduced by a GeneralRipper, but he only gets a couple of good hits in while Van Zan nearly beats him to death.



* DragonHoard: When the young Quinn first stumbles into where the dragon is hibernating the walls are covered by Pyrite...or possibly gold. We didn't get long to look at it before all the burning and the death starts.

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* DragonHoard: When the young Quinn first stumbles into where the dragon is hibernating hibernating, the walls are covered by Pyrite...or possibly gold. We didn't get long to look at it before all the burning and the death starts.



** Despite the complete collapse of human society, an entire armored division is able to still support itself. You have to wonder how much fuel they expended just to get to Britain in a world where presumably there is no more oil extraction. This is handwaved when Van Zan admits that they're running on fumes.

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** Despite the complete collapse of human society, an entire armored division is still able to still support itself. You have to wonder how much fuel they expended just to get to Britain in a world where presumably there is no more oil extraction. This is handwaved when Van Zan admits that they're running on fumes.



* ElementalBaggage: Averted. The film explains how the dragons create the fire: two glands each produce half of what is called "natural napalm," which when combined, ignites upon contact with the air. Being rather large animals, the dragons are able to breathe fire for more than long enough.

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* ElementalBaggage: Averted. The film explains how the dragons create the fire: two glands each produce half of what is called "natural napalm," which when combined, ignites upon contact with the air. Being rather large animals, the dragons are able to can breathe fire for more than long enough.



* ExpandedUniverse: The video game of the movie shows juvenile dragons, who are ground-dwelling creatures looking rather like dinosaurs.

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* ExpandedUniverse: The video game of the movie shows juvenile dragons, who are ground-dwelling creatures looking rather much like dinosaurs.

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** Van Zan completely dominates his brawl with Quinn; Quinn gets a couple of good hits in, but Van Zan nearly beats him to death.

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** Van Zan Zan, a trained soldier, completely dominates his brawl with Quinn; Quinn Quinn, an ActionSurvivo; Quinn may have the righteous anger of a PapaWolf defending his people from being seduced by a GeneralRipper, but he only gets a couple of good hits in, but in while Van Zan nearly beats him to death.



** Yeah, Van Zan is a badass and all that, but no one is going to survive [[spoiler: leaping through the air from the top of a high tower, at an 80ft dragon, with nothing but an axe, when it's heading right for you]].



* RealityEnsues:
** Yeah, Van Zan is a badass and all that, but no one is going to survive [[spoiler: leaping through the air from the top of a high tower, at an 80ft dragon, with nothing but an axe, when it's heading right for you]].
** Van Zan vs. Quinn. Quinn's an ActionSurvivor while Van Zan's a trained soldier; Quinn may have the righteous anger of a PapaWolf defending his people from being seduced by a GeneralRipper, but ends up on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle all the same.
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12 Years later, Quinn (Bale) is leading with his best friend Creedy (Butler) a small band of surviving humans living in Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. The people hope to survive by keeping their heads down until the dragons run out of food and starve themselves to death, as fossil evidence in Antarctica suggests they had before. Unfortunately, a dragon follows some of the people back to the village and burns their crops. Days later, a band of American dragon hunters, led by Denton Van Zan (Mcconaughey) and Alex Jensen (Scorupco), comes to the village. After killing the dragon that burned the crops, Van Zan reveals that [[OurDragonsAreDifferent all of the dragons seen in the world are female, and there is only one male, who fertilizes the females' eggs like a salmon]]. If this dragon can be slain, the dragons will be unable to reproduce.

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.

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12 Years years later, Quinn (Bale) is leading with his best friend Creedy (Butler) a small band of surviving humans living in Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. The people hope to survive by keeping their heads down until the dragons run out of food and starve themselves to death, as fossil evidence in Antarctica suggests they had before. Unfortunately, a dragon follows some of the people back to the village and burns their crops. Days later, a band of American dragon hunters, led by Denton Van Zan (Mcconaughey) ([=McConaughey=]) and Alex Jensen (Scorupco), comes to the village. After killing the dragon that burned the crops, Van Zan reveals that [[OurDragonsAreDifferent all of the dragons seen in the world are female, and there is only one male, who fertilizes the females' eggs like a salmon]]. If this dragon can be slain, the dragons will be unable to reproduce.

Received two {{Licensed Game}}s, one for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, and UsefulNotes/XBox 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.
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''Reign of Fire'' is a 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} film directed by Rob Bowmman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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''Reign of Fire'' is a 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} {{Action|Genre}} film directed by Rob Bowmman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.
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-> Quinn: He's a [[{{TheDragonslayer}} Dragon Slayer]].
-> Creedy: What?
-> Quinn: A Dragon Slayer.
-> Creedy: Oh, he's a Dragon Slayer. I suppose that would make you Myth/KingArthur does it?

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-> Quinn: ->'''Quinn:''' He's a [[{{TheDragonslayer}} Dragon Slayer]].
-> Creedy: What?
-> Quinn:
Slayer]].\\
'''Creedy:''' What?\\
'''Quinn:'''
A Dragon Slayer.
-> Creedy:
Slayer\\
'''Creedy:'''
Oh, he's a Dragon Slayer. I suppose that would make you Myth/KingArthur does it?
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* Main/InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: How to make a unique premise for an apocalypse? How about '' the most fearsome fire-breathing creatures to haunt our imaginations''.
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* TheDragonslayer: Van Zan (and his fellow Americans) are all specialists in slaying dragons. They have knowledge of the dragons' weaknesses and exploit these with a range of specialized equipment, including a tank and a helicopter that can drop troops onto flying dragons to force them to land.

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* TheDragonslayer: Van Zan (and his fellow Americans) are all specialists in slaying dragons. They have knowledge of the dragons' weaknesses and exploit these with a range of specialized equipment, including a tank and a helicopter that can drop troops onto flying dragons to force them to land. According to Alex, they've confirm-killed fifty dragons.



* FeedItABomb: [[spoiler:How the male dragon is killed: shooting an explosive-wrapped crossbow bolt into its wide open mouth.]]

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* FeedItABomb: [[spoiler:How the male dragon is killed: shooting an explosive-wrapped crossbow bolt into its wide open mouth.mouth when it's about to fire its BreathWeapon.]]



* RuleOfDrama: Even after proving themselves as competent dragon killers, Quinn is suspicious and distrustful of the Americans, wanting no part in their attempt to solve the dragon problem.

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* RuleOfDrama: Even after proving themselves as competent dragon killers, Quinn is suspicious and distrustful of the Americans, wanting no part in their attempt to solve the dragon problem.problem out of the belief they'll drag his community into the crossfire.



* VictoryByEndurance: Quinn's plan at the start of the film is basically to outlast the dragons, whose destructive rampages are unsustainable for their population. The problem, of course, is that said rampages are equally destructive for the humans, so it's down to a contest of who starves first. [[spoiler:Once the male is dead, the prospects for the humans outliving the dragons go up significantly.]]

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* VictoryByEndurance: Quinn's plan at the start of the film is basically to outlast the dragons, whose destructive rampages are unsustainable for their population. The problem, of course, is that said rampages are equally destructive for the humans, so it's down to a contest of who starves first. By the start of the movie, Eddie's screw-up at the crops has drastically put their survival chances in doubt with half of it going up in flames, and Van Zan even responds to Quinn's refusal to help his forces fight the male dragon under the grounds of keeping them alive by saying Quinn's just "letting them die slowly." [[spoiler:Once the male is dead, the prospects for the humans outliving the dragons go up significantly.]]
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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} film directed by Rob Bowmman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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''Reign of Fire'' A is a 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} film directed by Rob Bowmman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reignoffire.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''Ancient man had made them into myths, but nature had made something far more terrible.'']]

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reignoffire.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''Ancient man had made them into myths, but nature had made something far '''far more terrible.terrible'''.'']]
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* Main/InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: How to make a unique premise for an apocalypse? How about the most fearsome fire-breathing creatures to haunt our folklore.

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* Main/InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: How to make a unique premise for an apocalypse? How about '' the most fearsome fire-breathing creatures to haunt our folklore.imaginations''.
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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} film directed by Rob Bowman Bowmman (Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture) and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.
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-> Quinn: He's a Dragon Slayer.

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-> Quinn: He's a [[{{TheDragonslayer}} Dragon Slayer.Slayer]].



-> Creedy: Oh, he's a Dragon Slayer. I suppose that would make you King Arthur does it?

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-> Creedy: Oh, he's a Dragon Slayer. I suppose that would make you King Arthur Myth/KingArthur does it?
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12 Years later, Quinn (Bale) is leading with his best friend Creedy (Butler) a small band of surviving humans living in Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. The people hope to survive by keeping their heads down until the dragons run out of food and starve themselves to death, as fossil evidence in Antarctica suggests they had before. Unfortunately, a dragon follows some of the people back to the village and burns their crops. Days later, a band of American dragon hunters, led by Denton Van Zan ({Mcconaughey}) and Alex Jensen (Scorupco), comes to the village. After killing the dragon that burned the crops, Van Zan reveals that [[OurDragonsAreDifferent all of the dragons seen in the world are female, and there is only one male, who fertilizes the females' eggs like a salmon]]. If this dragon can be slain, the dragons will be unable to reproduce.

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12 Years later, Quinn (Bale) is leading with his best friend Creedy (Butler) a small band of surviving humans living in Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. The people hope to survive by keeping their heads down until the dragons run out of food and starve themselves to death, as fossil evidence in Antarctica suggests they had before. Unfortunately, a dragon follows some of the people back to the village and burns their crops. Days later, a band of American dragon hunters, led by Denton Van Zan ({Mcconaughey}) (Mcconaughey) and Alex Jensen (Scorupco), comes to the village. After killing the dragon that burned the crops, Van Zan reveals that [[OurDragonsAreDifferent all of the dragons seen in the world are female, and there is only one male, who fertilizes the females' eggs like a salmon]]. If this dragon can be slain, the dragons will be unable to reproduce.
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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} monster Movie directed by Rob Bowman and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} monster Movie film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.
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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} Monster Movie directed by Rob Bowman and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} Monster monster Movie directed by Rob Bowman and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.
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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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''Reign of Fire'' A 2002 [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} film Monster Movie directed by Rob Bowman and starring Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/IzabellaScorupco.

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