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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufThe beasts are employed to splendid metaphorical effect, which may be lost on viewers perceiving nothing but an action romp.
- 70L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmBowman and production designer Wolf Kroeger do an excellent job of evoking a twice-baked England, while writers Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka and Matt Greenberg keep the script devilishly pitched just shy of preposterous (it's McConaughey who stumbles beyond).
- 63Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThis is quite enjoyable as creature features go, and Bale continues to demonstrate his curious under-the-radar appeal. As for McConaughey, let's just say a star is reborn. Suddenly that whole naked-bongo-playing incident makes a lot more sense.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerA collision of medieval fantasy and commando action movie, where you can almost believe in the high-concept mix-and-matching.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezStops dead the second the monsters fall out of view. It doesn't help that the movie's post-apocalyptic future is of the unimaginative backlot variety, or that the movie takes itself so seriously.
- 50Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowThe script gives the actors less of a chance than the dragons give to Homo sapiens.
- 40TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceSome great things can found in this fluidly kinetic film, well-directed by X-Files series and movie veteran Rob Bowman, including no-nonsense dialogue, epic photography and a terrific score. It's too bad the story is so sloppy and stupid.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaOften incomprehensible (a combination of jumpy editing and lots of thick British Isles accents) and hardly ever entertaining - even unintentionally.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA disaster of a drama, saved only by its winged assailants. You know a picture's in trouble when you find yourself rooting for humankind to lose.
- 20SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirDragons torch the earth as manly men with weird hair battle them in this colossally misconceived dud.