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Dragon Head (Doragon heddo)

2004 List
Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings

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Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Dragonhead is dark, spooky, exciting, and (given the wild premise) rather fascinating, indeed. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 29, 2006 Full Review David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com Dragonhead is nothing short of extraordinary, a masterwork to rival the finest apocalypse films. Rated: 5/5 Sep 27, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Ini film bagus saat saya masih bocah Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member bad scripted, bad played movie that creates well closed apocalyptic world and that is why becomes cult classic. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member An absolute corker. Dragon Head is a film I knew nothing about. It starts in a demolished tunnel. A train crash. Three students have survived. 2 boys and a girl. They are unsure as to what has happened. One boy recalls seeing blinding lights outside the windows before the crash. This is the premise of the first 40 minutes, which works as its own film. One boy is hoping to be rescued but then plans his escape, while the other descends into madness. It's like a mini version of Lord of the Flies. I will mention the girl only this once as she is the reason I didn't give this film a perfect 10. She is a whiny character, that screams when someone is attacking her and then screams at the person protecting her. She complains about the scary tunnel, but whines about how dangerous the escape looks. All she does is whine, bitch, moan, and generally irritate. This first 40 minutes serves as all the character development. It's a great idea to build a huge movie in such a confined space. After the students leave tunnel, they find the world is covered in something white. Destruction is everywhere, and it's hard to separate the sky from the land. The effects here are wonderful. It's a fantastical and daring image. As the students walk on they discover some other survivors. These survivors have lost all hope and are planning to end it for everyone. Based on a Manga, the film should be episodic. However, due to the emotional connection developed, each scene has a welcome fluidity that allows it to go from creepy birthday party gone wrong, to helicopter action sequence. As the film begins to wind down, it has no reservations with slowing it all down allowing us to appreciate all the messages. It's a film about hope, where those that give up are the real failures. As some of the characters begin to remove fear, they forget that it's the fear that helps us survive. One of the best disaster movies you will ever see. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A movie spin-off based from the Manga: Two teenagers journey through a post-apocalyptic Japan, surviving cataclysmic events, and deranged survivors. Acting and VFX is pretty decent, however the movie drags a lot. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent Japanese disaster film! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member The japanese make the craziest films, this is one of them. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Director
Jôji Iida