I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

not horrible nor great

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It caused me physical pain to watch this movie. Not only was some of the acting terrible, and the effects were cheap, but Drake was ugly (C'mon, he's essentially Draco and the Scarred one's kid, and we all know how lovely Draco was). The plot was sub par, and the dragons were terrible. The FULL GROWN dragon was about 1/4 the size of Draco.This movie MAY have had the possibility to NOT SUCK if it had a bigger budget and a better script. I wouldn't let my kids watch this. I'd watch the first one with them. Honestly this shouldn't have happened. Don't even get me started on how many shots they took from Dragonheart, and they bastardized the old code. The Dragons looked very very fake, and the fact that the first movie was made in '96 and had much much better effects shows the lack of care put into the sequel. I gave this movie a chance, against my better judgment, thinking "It can't be THAT bad." But it was. The Bad guy was too cliché, and not the kind of bad guy that David Thewlis was in DH. It was a travesty, and nothing can be done to save it. Children should not be allowed to watch it. Oh, and taking the music that Randy Edelman wrote and using it throughout it not going to save it. Yeah. I'm sorry but I could not STAND this movie.

Hmm... it doesn't follow the story very well. Guys don't lay eggs. Draco's death was significent because it was to be the last dragon's. And, the content of A New Beginning deserves a G rating.Seriously, the dialogue was simply childish. Like, "Wow," and "I don't wanna leave!" So yeah, this was pretty fake in and out. The first one had a serious storyline and was awesome to watch. But watching a baby dragon spit fire out his butt, spit on someone from a mile away, to be taught to breath ice, you can't possibly be thrilled by that.Next thing, the special effects were miserable. When Drake breathed "ice," it was was like seeing a bunch of kindergarteners throw chunks of styrafoam as a wall!

As far as sequels go, this one is about average.It lacks the style and substance of the first and substitutes any attempt to go with legend and/or myth, with fluff and "cuteness," giving it a much softer (non-existent) edge.The performances were also lacking, dangling there somewhere below the original, but not so low as to be considered within the land of the putrid.Draco is dead. LONG LIVE DRACO! but there is a new Dragon to take his place. He's a baby Dragon. (Awe! Ain't he cute?! NO!) He has to learn everything, and there is a Chinese soothsayer who is there specifically to teach him. But he's also there to kill him.Confused? That's OK. It's a very easy plot to follow, so it will spin itself well in a nice, even, straight line for you. No twists, no surprises, just...exactly what you expect.The effects are a bit better, but the stars are gone, and so this project was left with little talent, and less hope. I own it, just because I got this thing about collecting all the parts of something. There are few I don't have all the parts to (like Exorcist. don't' have 2, don't want it, etc.)All in all, I can't give this more than a 5.3/10, and realistically, I'm being generous.the Fiend :.

I'm sure everyone who loved the first Dragonheart were most taken by the breathtaking presence of Draco, the consequence of some very successful work on the part of his animators. The first appearance of his successor in this film is bound to be a bit of a shock, because the animation is not the equal of Draco. That being said, everything else about Dragonheart II is equal to the first. It's a clever and very original story with a great cast and even our dragon has a lot of personality despite the limited graphics.If you loved the first Dragonheart, you can learn to love the second one too.