Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King

The Movie

In Germany it's called Die Niebelung and it ran three hours as a TV
mini-series. In the UK it played theatrically under the title The Sword of
Xanten. If you happen to be in South Africa (which is where the flick was
shot), the title you'll want to remember is The Curse of the Ring.

Here in the U.S. it's called Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, and no
matter what the flick's actual name is, the story is based on numerous ancient
Nordic legends, including a few that helped inspire Tolkien to write The Lord
of the Rings. Yep, it's a magic / dragons / swords / romance / treachery
sorta thing, precisely like what you'll find in Excalibur,
Dragonslayer, and ... um ... Krull.

Starring German woodblock Benno Furmann and B-movie vixen Kristanna Loken,
Dark Kingdom is all sorts of predictable, corny, and trite ... but it
falls we...
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