Dragon War (2007)

Dragon War (2007) aka D-War
Director: Hyung-rae Shim
Writer: Hyung-rae Shim
Based on the Korean legend, unknown creatures will return and devastate the planet. Reporter Ethan Kendrick is called in to investigate the matter, and he arrives at the conclusion that a girl, stricken with a mysterious illness, named Sarah is suppose to help him. The Imoogi makes its way to Los Angeles, wreaking havoc and destruction. With the entire city under arms, will Ethan and Sarah make it in time to save the people of Los Angeles?
'Hugely disappointing big budget romp that’s supposedly sat finished on the shelf for almost 2 years without a distribution deal, now thanks to Uwe (the man who's put more turkeys into homes than Bernard Mathews) Boll's distribution it's seen the light of day. The CGI effects are truly stunning and so well done it makes me angry they couldn’t of put a decent plot and characters around them, What we do get is some crummy overly talky story about Sarah and Ethan the reincarnations of a 500 year old Korean star crossed couple, who had the ability to raise dragons. We get a wonderful flash back to ancient Korea and a massive Lord of the Rings style attack on the village the original couple was living, instead of being captured by an evil general they dive off a cliff. Cut to present day California and the pair who've now been reincarnated are forced together and need to flee the evil hoards again or stand and fight. It's such a dire plot with no feel for the characters you won't care and if your like me or my kids be eager for the next creature to come on screen, which its got to be said are all so well created you’ve got the main one being a legless basilisk, huge war monsters with cannons on their backs, smaller winged dragons like in Q the Winged Serpent and finally a traditional Chinese style red dragon. All so well made they wouldn't have looked out of place in one of the huge 100-200 million dollar summer blockbusters. Well worth seeing least once for the action it'll surely keep you entertained, but ultimately lacking the depth to make repeat viewings worthwhile, other than skipping to the action scenes again.'

(6½ out of 10)