The plot: A young woman agrees to marry a handsome prince — only to discover it was all a trap. She is thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon and must rely solely on her wits and will to survive.
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Produced by David Fleming (score); Hans Zimmer (producer)
Written by Dan Mazeau
Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Bassett & Robin Wright.
Cinematography: Larry Fong
Music by David Fleming (score); Hans Zimmer (producer)
Edited by John Gilbert
Production companies: Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
Distributed by: Netflix
This movie was Very Good.
Pros: The main reason to see this film involving Millie Bobby Brown. I like she handling the physicality and vulnerability of the role. I like everything about the film from the costumes, Castle, and its spectacle & I was surprised how much it does show sympathy for the dragon of this story.
Cons: The motivation for our villains wasn’t explored that much. It got irritating a few cut-aways of the action set pieces & The rest of the acting were really bad.
The Casts:
- Millie Bobby Brown as Elodie, a princess
- Ray Winstone as Lord Bayford, the lord of an unnamed land and Elodie’s father
- Angela Bassett as Lady Bayford, the wife of Lord Bayford and Elodie’s stepmother
- Brooke Carter as Floria, a princess and Elodie’s younger sister
- Nick Robinson as Prince Henry, the prince of Aurea
- Robin Wright as Queen Isabelle, the queen regnant of Aurea and Prince Henry’s mother
- Milo Twomey as King Roderick, the king consort of Aurea and Prince Henry’s father
- Nicole Joseph as Princess Victoria
- Patrice Naiambana as the Chamberlain
- Ezra Faroque Khan as a local guide
- Tasha Lim as Prince Henry’s bride
- Matt Slack as the First King of Aurea that previously led the attack on the dragon
- Manon Stieglitz as the Red Priestess
- António Caveiro as the Bishop
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as the voice of the Dragon, an unnamed dragon that demands sacrifices from Aurea for what happened to her hatchlings and whom Elodie works to avoid
I recommend watching this film on Netflix.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe