Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire

2017 1h 38m EN

😐

6.0

MID

⭐

5.3

IMDB

★6.0TMDB · 252★5.3IMDB · 3,162

FantasyAdventure

Synopsis

Spoiler shield

When the King Gareth dies, his potential heirs, twin grandchildren who possess the dragon’s unique strengths, use their inherited powers against each other to vie for the throne. When Drago’s source of power – known as the Heartfire – is stolen, more than the throne is at stake; the siblings must end their rivalry with swords and sorcery or the kingdom may fall.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

WhatsApp X Facebook Telegram

Where to watch · US

Amazon VideoRent

Apple TV StoreRent

Google Play MoviesRent

Google Play MoviesBuy

YouTubeBuy

Fandango At HomeBuy

Cast

Patrick Stewart
Drago (voice)
Tom Rhys Harries
Edric
Jessamine-Bliss Bell
Meghan
Tamzin Merchant
Queen Rhonu
André Eriksen
Thorgrim
Richard Cordery
Earl Robert
Martin Hutson
Osmund
Delroy Brown
Councilor Marrakar

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Patrik Syversen
Writers: Matthew Feitshans
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Romania

Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.

Did you know?

Fun facts 🍿

1 / 8

ERA

Did you know

Released 9 years ago.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 8

WORLD

Did you know

International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Romania.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 8

CINEMA

Did you know

Part of the "DragonHeart Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Directed by Patrik Syversen, shot by Andreas Johannessen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Original score by Mark McKenzie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Editor Charles Norris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 8

CAST

Did you know

Patrick Stewart and Tom Rhys Harries and Jessamine-Bliss Bell carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

8 / 8

WILD

Did you know

IMDB entry: tt5610626 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

MoodPlayr · trivia#08

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Patrik Syversen directs. Andreas Johannessen behind the camera. Mark McKenzie scores. Charles Norris cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Romania. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Romania.
3Part of the "DragonHeart Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Patrik Syversen, shot by Andreas Johannessen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mark McKenzie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Charles Norris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Patrick Stewart and Tom Rhys Harries and Jessamine-Bliss Bell carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt5610626 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andreas Johannessen
Original score: Mark McKenzie
Editing: Charles Norris
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 3,162 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Part of

DragonHeart Collection

Long ago, when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, there lived a knight who would come face-to-face and heart-to-heart with the most remarkable creature that ever existed – the dragon. Dennis Quaid stars with the voice of Academy Award winner Sean Connery in the heroic adventure that blazes with fantasy and humor. Dragonheart is an epic adventure that will thrill the entire family.

Also by

Patrik Syversen

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

Community reviews

What people are saying

Filipe Manuel Neto2023-02-26
★ 4/10
A film with some merits, even if it is far from the quality of the first “Dragonheart”. After more than a handful of films, the “Dragonheart” franchise, which was carried in the arms of producer Rafaella de Laurentiis, has yet another launch. There are no great merits to point out, other than the fact that it is supposedly a prequel to the first film. The script is basically more of the same: we go back to a very remote period in the history of England, right after the end of the Roman Empire, to a place somewhere where there were dragons and a small monarchy, where a country boy ends up becoming king by being recognized as the son, never assumed, of the late local sovereign. The boy has a connection to a dragon, assumed by the marks he carries on his back, but this connection is incomplete, and it is when the kingdom is invaded by Vikings that he realizes the reason: his sister, who he thought was long dead, has returned to claim the kingdom for herself by being born a minute before her newly crowned brother! This is what I call a narrow margin win! Despite the fact that the story has absolutely no trace of originality, and that the successive and poor sequels have never even been able to match the first film, I can say that this was the film that I liked the most, right after the original, but far from it. The fight between brothers is an additional point that worked well in the plot, even if it is very silly to think that a series of Vikings will adopt a baby in a basket just because. The film features some actors who deserve a positive mention, starting with Sir Ben Kingsley, who once again voices the dragon with skill and talent. The work of Tom Harries and Jessamine Bell can be the target of some criticism, neither of them is particularly skillful, but the truth is that both managed to decently disentangle themselves from the challenge that was in their hands. The massive CGI used by the film also seems to me to be more effective, better introduced and more elegant than anything that has been used previously (except the original work, obviously). The dragon that was presented here is good, it works well and the way it behaves and interacts with humans is well imagined. What really goes wrong with this film is the amount of bad costumes, bad make-up and the excessively fanciful way in which the Middle Ages, in a very concrete and distant period, were portrayed.

Production companies