Dragonquest
Dragonquest is a 2009 American sword-and-sorcery film produced by The Asylum and starring Daniel Bonjour, Mark Singer, Jennifer Dorogi, Brian Thompson, and Jason Connery. Although not a true "mockbuster" like other films produced by The Asylum, the film borrows heavily from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Plot[edit | edit source]
The evil sorcerer Kirill (Thompson) raises a fire dragon and sets it upon the kingdom, effortlessly destroying the King and his army. To stop him, a "chosen one" named Arkadi (Bonjour) is tasked with collecting a number of magical stones. Arkadi is assisted on his quest by Katya (Dorogi), a no-nonsense warrior, and Maxim (Singer), a cynical old wizard.
Kirill has hypnotic powers, which he uses to enslave the men of Arkadi's village. Arkadi is lured away from Katya and Maxim and is hypnotized into giving away the amulet that holds the magic stones. Katya and Maxim raid the encampment and free Arkadi, who regains the stones, but Maxim is killed and Katya is hypnotized by the same magic mirror that ensnared Arkadi. Later, under Kirill's control, she steals the amulet from Arkadi and brings it to the evil wizard.
Kirill captures Arkadi and destroys the stones. Arkadi manages to break Kirill's hold on Katya and, recalling Maxim's words to him, realizes that the stones themselves hold no power; the act of collecting them has imbued him with their qualities, and he is able to conjure an ice dragon without the amulet. The ice dragon defeats Kirill's fire dragon in the skies while Arkadi defeats Kirill on the ground, saving the kingdom and the world.
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Kirill, speaking through his fire dragon, tries to hypnotize the King
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The King is too strong-willed to bend
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He chooses to kill himself instead
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Kirill has the dragon incinerate the King
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Kirill sends his dragon after Arkadi's ally Rachek
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The dragon begins to hypnotize Rachek
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Kirill speaks through the dragon
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Kirill urges Rachek to give in the darkness
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Rachek tries to resist
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But he is not as strong as the King
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And he falls under Kirill's control
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Kirill asks him about the amulet
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Rachek tells him about Arkadi and his quest
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As a thank you, Kirill orders Rachek to strangle himself
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Anson, a man from Arkadi's village, invites him to stay at a camp
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Anson shows him a mirror and asks him what he sees in it
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Arkadi looks into the mirror
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But the mirror is a trap that hypnotizes anyone who looks into it
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Kirill urges Arkadi to give in to the darkness
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Arkadi is hypnotized
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Anson holds out his hand
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In a trance, Arkadi removes the amulet
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And gives it to Anson
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Anson has his guards take Akardi away
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Maxim attacks the camp
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Allowing Katya to sneak in undetected
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She wanders into the mirror tent
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And looks into the mirror
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Kirill hypnotizes Katya
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She falls into a trance
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Kirill brainwashes her.
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Katya, entranced, listens to Kirill
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Arkadi escapes frim his captors
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He finds Katya in the mirror tent
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She snaps out of her trance
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Arkadi and Katya recover the amulet
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A mortally-wounded Maxim gives a farewll speech
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Arkadi and Katya say goodbye to Maxim
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Katya, under Kirill's influence, leads Arkadi to a cave
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"We must stay here tonight," she insists
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That night, Kirill summons Katya
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Katya and Arkadi are fast asleep
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Katya wakes up, confused
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She falls back into a hypnotic trance
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And steals the amulet
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Katya leaves the cave
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Still under Kirill's control
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She brings the amulet to him.
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Arkadi allows himself to be captured
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Kirgill admires his two newest possessions
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Katya is completely under his spell
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"The Keeper has failed to find the final stone"
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"Yes, my Lord"
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"You have done well"
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"Thank you, my Lord"
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Arkadi is brought before Kirill
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"Katya!" he yells
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But Katya sees and hears only her master
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Nothing else matters
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Kirill throws the amulet off a cliff
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Welp, all that for nothing, huh?
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Kirill sends the hypnotized Katya to "the Pit"
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She mindless walks to her doom
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Arkadi tries to reach her
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"I trust you," he says, recalling an earlier conversation
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The words get through to Katya
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And she snaps out of her trance
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Pretending to be hypnotized, she drops her crystal on the ground
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So that Arkadi knows that she's free
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Kirill tortures Arkadi
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Meanwhile, his hypnotized minion...
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...is suddenly not so hypnotized
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But plenty mad
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Kirill summons his fire dragon
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"The power lies in you"
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Yes, they really say that
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Arkadi summons an ice dragon
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Ah, the old "powers out of my hand pushing against yours"
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Sigh.
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Well at least Katya is having a good fight
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Arkadi gets force-pushed off a cliff
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But his ice dragon saves him (of course it does)
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We're doubling down on this. SIGH.
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The dragons literally slug it out
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Down goes the fire dragon
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And with it, Kirill
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Arkadi and Katya reunite
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The hero gets the girl
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And they all live happily ever after?