Dark Kingdom - The Dragon King | 
 enlarge | Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Benno Fuermann, Kristanna Loken, Alicia Witt, Julian Sands, Samuel West
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 6446
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 184
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD10029D
ISBN: 1404973273
UPC: 043396100299
EAN: 9781404973275
ASIN: B0007OCG5Q
Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 2006
Release Date: March 28, 2006
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Product Description
In the tradition of the lord of the rings comes a brand new epic fantasy. A fantasy-adventure story based on nordic myths of the ring of the nibelungs about the son of a simple swordsmith who repeatedly saves his country not knowing that he is heir to a throne. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/27/2009 Starring: Benno Furman Alicia Witt Run time: 132 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King is a visually impressive historical adventure based on the same Germanic and Norse legends that inspired Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle operas and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Produced for German television (and shot in South Africa), the film stars Benno Furmann as Siegfried, a prince whose family is slaughtered by a pair of evil kings; raised by a blacksmith (Max Von Sydow, still commanding as ever), he meets and falls for Valkyrie queen Brunhild (Kristanna Loken from Terminator 3) and slays the dragon Fafnir for King Gunther (Samuel West), which in turn, involves him in treachery, war, and separation from his beloved Brunhild. Well directed by Uli Edel (Last Exit to Brooklyn>, The Mists of Avalon), Dark Kingdom occasionally suffers from exceedingly purple dialogue, but the performances, action, and special effects combine to make for a rousing fantasy-drama. Originally broadcast at three hours in length, the DVD presentation here is the U.S. cut, which comes in at just over two hours; a battery of five making-of featurettes are included in the disc's supplemental features. --Paul Gaita
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 worth it January 4, 2009
if you can find the extended version of this film it is definately worth it, I haven't seen the shortened version but this is definately not a movie that should be cut. This little gem is definately a favourite in my movie collection, it's a shame it never hit the cinemas because even though I like the LoTR series I feel ring of the nibelungs had much more of an involving story behind it. So it has remained fairly anonymous in comparison to the juggernaut earnings of the lotr trilogy.
The acting is good enough for me and has a nice musical score. What really consumes you though is how well written the story is, an intricate tale that leaves you unprepared for the twisting plots.
The real punch for this movie is the final ending, because so few films nowdays dare to offer anything other than "happily ever after". it's pretty much the only movie that has made me a bit teary eyed as it's bittersweet yet so tragic story of love lost.
if you like a good story you can't afford to miss this movie.
An enjoyable, but heart-rending, tragedy! December 8, 2008
This is a thoroughly enjoyable film with good-to-excellent acting, a classic story, exciting action sequences, authentic costumes and props etc. Even the scene where Furmann forges his "dragon slaying" sword contains a great deal of authentic sword-making techniques of that period.
Benno Furmann does a good job as Siegfried, the beautiful Kristanna Loken made a magnificent Brunhild (!!!), and of course Max Von Sydow gave his usual excellent, professional performance - a true artist of his craft.
The story is indeed moving even if you see what's coming a mile away. I literally cringed each time Siegfried made a momentous decision! Ah, the price of pride and arrogance! I found myself yelling at the television, "No, stupid! Don't do that!"
All in all, I was pleased with this movie and enjoyed it immensely. But, remember, this is a tragedy. There is not a happy ending!
 Baaaaad Movie September 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie was pretty bad, the only reason I bought it was because Robert Pattinson was in it, for about 5 minutes. After he was on screen, I thankfully turned the video off!
 Dark Kingdom September 15, 2008
The acting was satisfactory. A considerable amount of artistic liberties were taken varying the story line and relationship of charactore to each other. It would be better to just present the original story line and try and explain the relationship of charactors to each other, A longer movie would be much better.
Jim
Not too bad, not great. June 12, 2008
This was a decent effort to put the Nibelungenlied to film. The FX was good, the sets and costumes were above average and most of the actors were ok. However, it really didn't do much for me, and had too much of a TV-movie feel to it. I'd rather listen to Wagner.
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