Reign of Fire

Reign of Fire is a 2002 action/science fiction film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, and Gerard Butler. It takes place in the year 2020 in England, after dragon have reawakened. In Japan, the film was called Salamander.The film grossed about $82 million on a $95 million budget and was considered only a modest failure. It was generally disliked by critics, scoring only a 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 39% on Metacritic. Though the end left an opening for a sequel, there has been no news of one. During Underground construction in London around the year 2008, a huge, hibernating dragon is discovered and springs to life, instantly incinerating all construction workers with its fiery breath. The only survivor is the 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby (Ben Thornton), whose mother (Alice Krige) was chief of the construction crew. The dragon escapes, and soon thousands of them work their way through Europe and eventually the rest of the... full article at wikipedia