Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

-Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015) movie review: -Dragonheart-ish 3: The Sorcerer's Curse is a prequel (I think) to the original cult-classic Dragonheart, whose legacy really died with Dragonheart 2…. Anyway, in this rip-off, we follow an unrealistically good looking squire who, after rejected from knight school, goes over Hadrian's Wall to find a meteor, only to discover a dragon inside. But when the male dragon's eggs are stolen by a sorcerer, he, the dragon, a random loser in a robe, and epic Merida from Brave must work together to stop the sorcerer from using the eggs to hatch dragons to attack the wall and free his people. Yup. I'm not done! One subplot includes Merida and the loser monk-ish guy wanting to help their own people beat the kinda evil knights at the wall to set their people free. So they want the same things as the villain. Who also makes the dragon useless through most of the film. This. This is why I said Dragonheart-ish.

-As you can tell, I did not like this film. It is okay though, Syfy will love it.

-The story is dumb. Aaaand it makes no sense. And it is inconsistent. And it doesn't tie into the other films. Also medieval knights at Hadrian's Wall. Fighting Woads and Druids. With a dragon. A medieval dragon. The writer failed history. Every history. Ever.

-The pace was not good, because nothing happens much. Also the dragon is barely in it.

-Ben Kingsley voices the dragon. Huh. I have no idea how they got an Oscar winning actor to do that. Also the rest of the cast barely tries.

-The characters are inconsistent, unmotivated, and unlikable. Even the dragon. Who doesn't use fire to beat his enemies. Instead he just flies around. And does nothing.

-The music was mostly lame. Some fun Celtic music played during a tense fight, which made it awkwardly funny. Also playing the original Dragonheart theme does NOT earn them points in a film this bad.

-The effects were just as good as the original! The only problem was that they did not update them in 30 years….

-Like everything in this is bad. From costumes to lack of blood or inconsistent everything. Video game quests and no driving force behind anything. Dragons are also aliens now? Whatever. Dragonheart-ish 3 is already on Netflix, but that doesn't matter, because Dragonheart-ish 3 is not worth seeing. Ever!

Not too shabby of a film. I did like it but it's got it's down points. This one has a story that I liked well enough to enjoy.

5/10.

Hadrian's Wall was built by the Romans occupying Britain in the 2nd century. Its purpose was to keep the various tribes of Druids from crossing over into the area south of the wall. While the wall roughly parallels the present day border between England and Scotland it is completely in present day England, and towards its east end is as much as 68 miles south of Scotland.

This fictitious story is set in that time, and features Julian Morris as Gareth, a Squire who has been in training to become a Knight. There is a medium sized village nestled into the wall on the south side and one of the tasks of the Squires is to collect "tax money" from the residents, presumably for the protection afforded. But when Gareth came back "a bit light" in the coin sack, for taking pity on a potter whose business had turned down, Gareth was denied Knighthood.

So he escapes over the wall into Druid territory and witnesses a giant ball of fire from the sky, upon finding it the next day, and chiseling on it to see if he can extract some gold, the big rocky ball explodes and out comes a full grown dragon, which he names Drago (voiced by Ben Kingsley). Drago had also been carrying 9 dragon eggs for safety until they were ready to hatch. When Gareth is injured by an arrow Drago transfers some of his Dragon magic to Gareth, this goes to his heart, he has become a dragonheart.

In the process Gareth also encounters Druid warrior Tamzin Merchant as Rhonu, good with bow and arrow and also hand-to-hand fighting. Together they and Drago fight the good fight to overcome the bad Druids and also to break open the gate to the wall for passage to the south side.

It is all fantasy, the CI is good and overall the costuming and acting are good, for those who enjoy this type of fantasy story.

I should probably rate the movie with just one star because the plot is crap, the actors are like playing during their bath time (awful) and even the music feels out of place in many parts.

More in detail the plot is full of so many holes that we could open a golf course. I could play better in ANY movie ANY day than most of them, (except maybe a little from the female actor which had some shinny moments, the master druid and the master knight) and the music was like drunk people were playing and they were trying to keep up with the scenes but were too stoned to succeed.

The only reason that i 'm giving it 4 stars is because of the CGI, which are mesmerizing. The details in everything, well, fake are absolutely stunning. The problem was with the living parts of the movie... That's all. A totally destruction of the dragonheart story. Do not bother.

"Dragonheart 3: The Sourcerer's Curse" is a fun fantasy movie with brilliant action sequences and just enough story to keep most viewers entertained. The film is immediately better than its "A New Beginning" predecessor and is a decent sequel to the original, incorporating enough of the lore and original score to make any fan geek out for a moment.

The film starts out at a brilliant pace, but is held back by some really glossy character development towards the middle, but is ultimately redeemed by its final action set piece and good casting choices. It is not clear where the film takes place in the time-line, but it seems to take place decades or even a century or two before the first film on the series.

The ending sets up the now confirmed "Dragonheart 4" which will be a great film if Universal can continue and/or improve the the quality.

Most of the people giving this film a low rating have not even seen the film and are a disgrace to critics everywhere.