DVD of the Day #203 - Dragon Hunters (Blu-Ray)
Dragon Hunters is a CGI movie based on on the French hand animated series Chasseurs de dragons. I’ve never seen the anime as only a few episode were ever brought to the States and they’re long out of print. I saw the trailer for the movie and as it was the same price as the normal DVD, so I decided to pick it up. I mean, only eleven bucks, right?
The film is basically a buddy comedy about Lian-Chu and his sidekick/best friend Gwizdo. The two are third rate dragon hunters down on their luck. At the same time a prophecy about an apocalyptic dragon known as The World Gobbler is starting to come true and the old lord of the region, a fuddy duddy named Arnold, ends up hiring them because they save his OBNOXIOUS niece Zoe from a monster. Words can not describe how annoying Zoe is. She makes Short Round look like the best f’n sidekick ever. You actually find yourself rooting for her to die because she just won’t shut up. What could have been a great little film ala the Slayers anime series instead becomes one that is merely okay.
The movie is definitely geared for little kids. This is mainly because of Zoe’s role in the film, but it is a family friendly movie and there were some cute and funny spots. I wish the movie would have focused more on Lian-Chu and Gwizdo having crazy antics than Zoe, but then it wouldn’t be a kid’s film.
In the end, Dragon Hunters just didn’t do it for me. It was decent for what it was, but neither the characters nor the story made me laugh as much as it made me want to strangle them.
Is It Worth Keeping? No.
Rating: 4/10
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