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Watch: Dragonslayer 1981 123movies, Full Movie Online – A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard, and his keen young apprentice volunteer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the next virgin in line, the King’s own daughter..
Plot: The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 18,319
	83% | RottenTomatoes
	68/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 215 Popularity: 12.001 | TMDB

Reviews:

A suitably entertaining fantasy film from Disney, if a tad too long.

‘Dragonslayer’ is just about good. I like some of the locations used as well as the, admittedly dated, special effects. As for my dislikes, those would be the cast, characters and story. I had a fine time following all three, but I didn’t overly care for any of them – I didn’t feel attached.

Peter MacNicol, who I always remember from 1997’s ‘Bean’, is alright as Galen, if unspectacular and mostly forgettable. As are the rest of the cast in truth, I can’t say their performances will stick in my mind either unfortunately.

I can see how some people would enjoy this. I did, just not majorly.

_**”Jaws” in Medieval Times, except with a Dragon**_

A medieval kingdom is harassed by a dragon, apparently the last of its species. Those in government decide to appease the horrific beast with regular sacrifices of virgin maidens, which are selected through a questionable lottery system. When the King’s daughter is picked for sacrifice, the monarch employs a sorcerer’s apprentice (Peter MacNicol) to slay the dragon.

“Dragonslayer” (1981) takes the “Jaws” route by not fully showing the beast until well into the second hour of the film. Prior to that moment the film expertly builds up a heap of horrific anticipation concerning the creature. The first virgin sacrifice scene is particularly terrifying. When we finally DO see the monster it’s not a let down. Despite the film’s age, this has to be one of better dragons to appear in cinema.

I’ve heard some complain that MacNicol was wrong for the role of the protagonist. I disagree. He’s easy to relate to because he’s a flawed human being with naive, boyish qualities, not a larger-than-life superhero, like Conan or Beastmaster. I’ve also heard some complain that the heroine, Caitlin Clarke, is too “man-ish” looking. Well, duh, that fits into the whole sacrificial lottery plot. When Caitlin ultimately (and uncertainly) dons a dress & make-up she’s woman enough.

The Dark Age sets/costumes/locations really impressed me. If you’re in the mood for a top-of-the-line medieval flick with castles, dungeons, forests, villages, fair maidens, kings, sorcerers and caves, this one fills the bill.

“Dragonslayer” was an inexplicable flop at the box office when it was released, perhaps due to the glut of sword & sorcery pictures in the early 80s. But that doesn’t mean you can’t discover it (or rediscover it) and savor it now.

The film runs 1 hour, 48 minutes and was shot in Scotland (Skye) and Wales (Snowdonia & North Wales) with studio stuff done at Pinewood Studios, near London.

GRADE: B+

Now THAT’S what I call a dragon!!!
With the name Disney attached to a sword and sorcery/fantasy romp, many genre purists might be filled with immediate consternation as they visualise in horror the possible ‘cute’ connotations.

Fortuitously, the understandable apprehension that this may well induce actually proves to be entirely unfounded however, as this movie is about as far from Pete’s Dragon or any other Disney fare as is humanly imaginable!

What we do have here, is an excellent movie with top notch production values, awesome special effects, a fine cast, and a very dark story.

The dragon itself is without doubt the best ever committed to celluloid (a much better design than the CGI one in Dragonheart) and proves to be hugely menacing and destructive as it incinerates everything in it’s path.

The actors to, all put in excellent performances and it’s particularly great to see such a fine piece of casting in the form of the late great Sir Ralph Richardson as the wizard Ulrich. In fact for such a role there has surely never been a more appropriate choice of actor other than of course, Peter Jackson casting Sir Ian McKellen to play Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

For fans of sword & sorcery and fantasy movies in general, this really is an absolute must see!

Best cinematic dragon ever!
I’m not sure there’s more than one compelling reason to see this film, but what a reason! As an SF/fantasy buff, I’ve seen my share of dragons on film, but there has never been one like Vermithrax Perjorative. The old beast simply looks, moves, sounds, acts, almost smells as one would imagine a dragon would. The filmmakers paid painstaking attention to detail in creating VP. Other film dragons look like animated clay figures, or lizards with wings glued on, or CGI effects (impressive, but still obviously computer-generated). This one looks like the cinematographer actually caught a dragon on film. The rest of the film is entertaining enough – not exactly Wellesian drama, but captivating nonetheless. Sir Ralph is marvelous, even in his twilight. And the fact that the dragon doesn’t show until the end serves to heighten the suspense, ala Jaws or Alien. But, oh that dragon!! Well worth the price of admission. Can’t wait to see it on DVD.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min), 1 hr 49 min (109 min) (USA)
Budget 18000000
Revenue 14110013
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director Matthew Robbins
Writer Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
Actors Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Oscars. 7 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Vistasonic (some 35 mm prints), Dolby (35 mm prints), 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints), 2.39 : 1
Camera Panaflex Camera and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Metrocolor, Culver City (CA), USA (prints), Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman 100T 5247)
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm, 70 mm (blow-up)