Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014)

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

As Good As It Gets

Absolutely Fantastic

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Like other reviewers have noted, the criticisms of this movie seem unjust. Disclaimer: I am a fan of the game, but have been a fan of many games, novels, etc. that do not turn out this well when made into movies. Warrior's Dawn has high production value in every aspect (great voice acting even though I prefer original voice acting, touchingly beautiful music and characters brought to life through superb character design and animation). But it also has a deftly-woven action-based plot that evokes emotions of hope and reconciliation. This was not too surprising since the game itself is like a visual novel with its engaging, well-written and often humorous dialogue. Yes, the world of the movie has similarities to others, but its unique as well. It would take a lot more clichés and borrowing of elements from various mythologies to be disappointing to fans of the fantasy genre. But this movie goes beyond most movies in its positive and comedy-enriched message.

Awfully disgusting Chinese quality.Movie lacks much truthful and severe fake originality, graphics were sub-par yet the movie tries so hard to impress yet being a Chinese, knows very little about traditional nor modern creativity. The director be better off making shoes and gadget's component in an abandoned factory in 3rd world china than wasting other people's precious time. Have not been impressed throughout the movie as the actress looks pretty much a like a back alley 5$ woman in the outskirts of Chinatown. The only compliment I can give for this movie is the poster where we could not even predict what is the message about to be delivered by this untimely rude movie. The Chinese are preferred to invest in more plastic surgeries if they plan to waste the world's time and healthy eye vision.Not recommended for quality goers.

OK, it wasn't the same thing, but the feel of it was the same. Young kid becomes great while tagging along a party of epic fighters sent to kill a dragon. I haven't played Dragon Nest - which BTW is a MMORPG - but I liked the characters and the lighthearted mood of the film. In fact, the only thing that I think could bother people is that it is basically aimed at children and (very) young adults.The animation was nice, the main character a bit annoying, but fun, the young romance thing interesting. There were some points that I didn't like, the reveal of the nature of the two brothers and the scheming dark elf that everybody seems to know who she is, but was never explained in the film. Also the unfathomable 'level up' at the end, so Asian in nature, that made the entire story feel kind of stupid. I mean, if a little kid can do all that, what the hell was everybody else doing?Bottom line: I rate it as 'unexpectedly good'. In truth, I had no idea what the movie was, I just liked the title, so not much in the way of expecting, but considering it is a Chinese animation film, it was actually quite good and I enjoyed it. Also, it should be a good film to watch with young kids, just cover their eyes at the sex scenes - nah, just kidding.

As a 23 year old, watching this movie was much more enjoyable than I thought it would be. What interested me about this movie was that I've played Dragon Nest in the past and I was interested to see what the movie would be like. Don't worry if you've never played Dragon Nest before, you do not need to know the story of the game in order to follow along in this movie. Everything was explained well enough throughout the movie that you will follow along just fine. To start off, I should warn you that there are deaths in this movie, but the fighting and deaths scenes are very contained. What I mean by that is when a character is cut, they do not show any blood or the wound and they do not die in any gruesome type of way. The atmosphere, character, and the cartoon style sort of resembles How To Train Your Dragon in many ways. If I had to choose something memorable, I would have to say the music really stood out the most. They did a great job of creating the atmosphere and setting the mood for most scenes.There are a couple of things that I didn't like. It might be nitpicking since it's just a children's movie, but I feel like they could've done much better on some things. First of all, the whole story developed at a very fast pace, so fast that there was no room left for character development at all. Whatever character development did happen was only focused entirely around the main character. However, because of the fast pace, they were able to squeeze in a lot of enjoyable action scenes. Secondly, it was painfully obvious who the bad guys were. The stereotype of bad guys wear black clothing were very prominent in this movie.In conclusion, this movie has pretty much everything you want in a children's action movie. Swords, magic, princesses, warriors, fighting, and DRAGONS!!!!