Title: Dragon Dynasty (15)
Year: 2006
Running Time: 85 minutes
Director: Matt Codd
Cast: Federico Castelluccio (Marco), Aaron Hendry (Giovanni), Dion Basco (Gao Ling)
Notes: None
Rating: 3
Thoughts: Marco Polo is given a stone by the Chinese Emperor to acknowledge his efforts in setting up trade routes.
This unlocks the gates to the dragon world. And the dragons pursue Marco.
Well it's an interesting premise and maybe that's how spaghetti got to Italy! Sadly the film is either busy with average dialogue or else drifting in between scenes.
The action itself is decent enough, including a good underwater scene, but that just exposes some of the acting even more. I also don't really see the need for this to be Marco Polo at all, it could really have been anyone who did a good deed for the Emperor.
It's a romp, little more, and whilst it does keep going there is very little connection with any of the characters. The dragons aren't the worst but by the end, I didn't really care what happened to them.