Teringer
An Exercise In Nonsense
Aneesa Wardle
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
unbrokenmetal
Somewhere in Northern Africa, back in WW II. Nazis discovered dragon eggs, raised many grown up dragons a little later, and hire four witches to control the dragons by psychic powers. Then they attack allied forces, planes and tanks are destroyed by the fire of the mythic beasts, until a British general develops a cunning plan: shoot back...Another trash movie from director Mark Atkins I remember best for 'Princess of Mars' and 'Sand Sharks'. The budget was obviously very low, for example the pilots in the cockpits are always shown in a close-up with a narrow focus range against a blue studio background, so nobody can see interior details of the planes. The acting is ridiculous, just for example take the the French pilot. Well, you knew from the subject of 'Dragons vs. Planes' it wouldn't be Shakespeare, still this is entertainment on a very modest level. The fantasy element of the co-operating witches is interesting, but will work better in a different background, i.e. a pure fantasy movie. The best scene of this movie was, which is telling a lot, the drinking contest. Maybe I'll recommend the same to 2 people I really don't like some time.
Ghost_SWE
P-51's fighting dragons... It sure sounds like this is going to be one awesome film indeed. It is not though. This is a film you should save for when you are severely hungover. Or better yet, skip altogether. But at the same time, if you are one of those people that enjoy bad film's, this one is a must. It has everything a bad film need. Bad script, bad acting, cheesy story, horrible effects, you name it. If you are looking for realistic dog fighting scenes with the legendary P-51 fighting dragons, you will have to find it somewhere ells. This is not the kind of film that spends time or money on researching historical documents on old WW2 aircraft. This film sounds like it could be a masterpiece, but in the end its pretty much exactly what you expect. A low budget film that might entertain some people.
bcamptx
SPOILER ALERT: This film is among the most specious piles of bovine excrement ever made with a WWII related theme. (The film FORTRESS, released just a couple of years ago is also in this category.) The supernatural theme of Nazis calling on witchcraft, demon worship, fantasy creatures, etc. is taken to an all-time low attempt at suspension of belief. Let's examine some of the problems with this little jewel.1. Dragons. Okay dragons are tough. Dragons are mean. Dragons can fly nearly 400 mph? A P-51 gets chased down by a dragon. Really? Maybe Nazi dragons... 2. I noticed the guy who wrote this career killer also directed it. He should be banned from doing either ever again. There obviously was no technical adviser as each and every military uniform in this movie is hilariously incorrect. From collar tabs on wrong lapels, overseas cap badges used on uniform blouses, an American commanding officer with British collar tabs (maybe he was a Canadian?)... the list goes on. No one with even a rudimentary understanding of WWII history was involved in this project. 3. The major cliché in all of this is the group of pilots gathered together to stop the onslaught of the evil Nazi dragons. Without giving away any further "plot" elements these guys are the same people you'd find at a fraternity kegger (if you had one with foreign exchanges students.)The rest of the movie looks and sounds as if it were translated from the original Japanese monster movie without the benefit of someone who speaks Japanese. It was an hour and a half of my life that I'll never get back. I'd already read the reviews and figured it just couldn't be that bad... It was that bad and more. Do not waste the electricity it takes to view P-51 Dragon Fighter. Use some water instead and flush this t**d to where the sun doesn't shine.
dreamwalk1986
This, just like Mark Atkins other attempts (generally rip off's of other big movies in order to trick people into buying the DVD, "Jack the giant killer" is his perfect shameless example) is yet another flop in literally every way possible, there is literally no saving grace at all.To cut a long story short, the directing, cinematography, writing and acting is all shocking. I watched it purely out of curiosity and I wish I could have that time if my life back. I am generally a very positive person and find "something" good on most things, but this is just abysmal - needless to say, don't bother.
