![]() ![]() Alex and the other girls get every bit as beaten up as the boys. Unusually for this trope, he has a sense of humour. Bald of Authority: Gideon, the lead Archangel.You remove the heart, you bring down the beast!" Also, after being told that the sky is the dragon's territory "No, that's my territory. Badass Boast: "There's nothing magical about them they're flesh and blood.Likewise, while Van Zan's shotgun lends weight to his badass killer image when dealing with Quinn's crew, it's only effective at relatively short range, and next to useless against a dragon fifty feet in the air.The Chieftain tank - it's BFG is good for intimidating settlements, not so for blowing up flying creatures.Van Zan himself points out how incredibly inefficient a strategy that usually results in three people killed for every dead dragon is. Talk about going around the world to get across the street. The entire "skydiving with a metal net to make a dragon fall to its death" tactic the Americans use.Artistic License Biology: Numerous, but most strangely is the fact there seems to be millions of dragons across the entire planet, but only one of them is male.A nib pen, presumably Quinn's, scratches out a message to his adopted son. Apocalyptic Log: As the introducing voice-over explains what happened after the first dragon awakens, we see a newspaper montage covering different stages of the dragon apocalypse, from the first scientific articles to the war itself.For the biosphere it's a Class 4 due to the dragons scorching all the lands to ashes for them to consume, and humans' Nuke 'em actions before society collapsed likely helped. ![]() Apocalypse How: A Class 2 for humanity, with the possibility of it growing into a Class 3a if the dragons outlast the humans.Depending on how you look at it Quinn might count as an anti-hero for much of the film. An Offer You Can't Refuse: Van Zan makes it clear that refusing to give aid and shelter to his dragon slaying force is not an option, given their superior firepower.An Axe to Grind: Van Zan's hideous-looking axe that he uses to finish off the dragons they shoot down.Subverted in that nothing goes well for the Americans, they cause the destruction of the castle, many needless deaths with nothing to show for it, Van Zan dies rather spectacularly, Quinn is the one that actually kills the male dragon, and only a handful of Americans are still alive at the end. America Saves the Day: Lampshaded by the British characters snarking that the Irregulars are worse than the looter gang they initially expected them to be.All There in the Manual: Quinn's last name.After the End: Between the opening scenes and the movie proper, dragons have destroyed about everything.Action Girl: She's not that over the top an example, but in the final confrontation Alex is no less competent than Van Zan or Quinn.This puts them at loggerheads for much of the film. Action Duo: Quinn is the Action Survivor, Van Zan the Action Hero.Achilles' Heel: The dragons can't see well in the light of dawn and dusk.Both games can put the player in the role of either a human or a maturing dragon. Received two Licensed Games, one for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox (notable for the PS2 and Xbox versions to get an M rating while the Gamecube version received a T), and another for Game Boy Advance.
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