George and the Dragon
by Tom Reeve
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Actor: James Purefoy, Michael Clarke Duncan, Patrick Swayze, Piper PeraboDirector: Tom Reeve
Brand: First Look Pictures
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: First Look Pictures
DVD Reviews of George and the Dragon
DVD Review: knights and dragons and rabbits and radishes
Summary: 3 Stars
GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, in reinterpreting the famous legend, isn't at all objectionable if you're viewing it with family, even if it's got the historical conviction of Michael Clarke Duncan - with his glaring American accent - playing a medieval Moor. There are a few touches I couldn't adjust to, such as Patrick Swayze - disinterested in his medieval mullet and muffled southern drawl - portraying an ambitious English lord or the aforementioned Duncan. At least the film doesn't take itself seriously. Within its confines it's a fun, modest adventure movie.
Sir George, newly returned from crusading in Jerusalem, has had enough of battle. The English knight longs for a small parcel of land to call home, and with the promise of such, he undertakes a quest to rescue a missing princess. But what if the princess doesn't want to be rescued?
Stirring the pot, the movie throws in a huge dragon egg in need of safeguarding and nasty brigands and savage Picts and even a cameo from an uncredited Val Kilmer. Sir George and the princess Lunna embark on one of those rocky romances, except that this doesn't sit too well with Swayze's shady noble since Lunna had been promised to him (er, No one puts Lunna in the corner?). Is it wrong that my favorite part is the outtakes reel during the closing credits? I pretty much knew the lay of the land once, early in the movie, that French monk careened his way on that makeshift skateboard. The CG is about what you'd expect from a low budget project.
James Purefoy, whom I last saw playing the disguised prince in A KNIGHT'S TALE, has got an English accent, and he is believable and appealing as the world-weary hero knight. The royal damsel in distress is played by an American, Piper Perabo, and her English accent comes and goes, but she's feisty and pretty and so deserves a mulligan. Her spunky princess regards dragons to be an endangered species and she actually gets the ball rolling by insisting that the dragon egg be protected. Sir George would rather just stab the egg a lot. One of the best things about this movie is the state of perplexity in which George falls into whenever he has to deal with the princess. Got to be love, right? GEORGE AND THE DRAGON isn't intended as an epic sword & sorcery story. The production values aren't really up to that scale. What this is, is a diverting family movie with unexpected anachronistic stabs at humor. For something that aired on that shallow end of the pool we call the Sci-Fi Channel (when it comes to movies, anyway), this is pretty good stuff.
Description of George and the Dragon
The first crusade to free the Holy Land has ended. A mass of weary knights, squires, soldiers of fortune and priests are making their way home across a Europe that has changed forever. An age of legends and mystery is about to unfold.
George, a handsome English knight, unsettled by the horrendous bloodletting he witnessed in Palestine, desires to hang up his sword and settle down to a quiet, peaceful life. On returning to England, George heads north where he?s heard the land is good and the population sparse and of a kindly King named Edgaar.
He finds King Edgaar in a terrible state. His beautiful daughter, Lunna has recently disappeared. In return for a small plot of land, George agrees to search for Princess Lunna. With Edgaar?s faithful servant, Elmendorf, George sets out.
George discovers both the princess and the truth behind her strange disappearance. The quest now set before them ends in a love, a lie and a legend that has lasted a thousand years.
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