Plot

As a young boy, Ethan Kendrick (Cody Arens) encounters antiques dealer Jack (Robert Forster), who has a glowing dragon scale in a Korean chest in his shop. Jack says Ethan is the reincarnated spirit of Haram, a warrior-apprentice from 500 years ago. Haram saved his love Narin from Buraki, a 200-meter long Imugi serpent (spelled "Imoogi" in the English subtitles of Korean dialog). Jack gives Ethan a powerful pendant and tells him to find the reincarnated version of Narin, for when she turns 20, the pair will be be forced to fight Buraki again. Centuries ago, a good imugi was chosen by heaven to receive the power to become a dragon; however, the evil Buraki wanted the power for himself, and tried to defy the will of heaven. The power of the dragon was hidden in a girl: Narin. When she turned twenty and the power was ready, Buraki found her before the good imugi could. Narin escaped. She was supposed to sacrifice herself to the good imugi to give it the dragon power; instead, she and her lover, Haram, promised to meet again in a next life and killed themselves. 15 years after the enounter with Jack, the adult Ethan (Jason Behr) is a television news reporter who coincidentally meets Sarah Daniels (Amanda Brooks), the reincarnation of his love. Meanwhile, Buraki rises in moden Los Angeles and repeatedly chases the two reincarnated lovers; several times he almost has Sarah in his grasp, when she is saved by Ethan or he is shot away from her. In the end, he finally captures both her and Ethan, after combing the city for her with his army of powerful reptiles and dragon hybrids. Sarah is tied to an alter and offered to Buraki so that he may transform into a dark dragon. However, the good imugi arrives at the last moment and fights with Buraki. Sarah decides she doesn't want to run away anymore. Just as Buraki is ready to finish off the good imugi, Sarah gives the heavenly dragon power to it. The good imugi rises once more, shedding its skin and transforming into a powerful Asian dragon. Buraki snaps at the dragon in vain as it dips and weaves through the air. They fight, twisting, biting, and clawing at each other violently. Finally, the dragon breathes a fireball into Buraki's open mouth, and the dark serpent is incincerated. As the skies begin to clear, Ethan holds the dead Sarah in his arms- she gave up her life to give the good imugi the dragon power. The dragon lands, and Sarah's spirit appears to tell Ethan they will meet again. She gives herself up completely to the dragon, and as tears fall from its eyes, it flies up through the clouds and into heaven, carrying the blue orb of dragon power in its mouth.

The trouble with this movie is; like most people in the west, I have no knowledge of the myths behind this story and don’t really care.  The acting is wooden at best.  It just seemed to be identikit movie.  If you were to take the Transformers movie and replace the robots with dragons, you would have this movie.  It is a special effect movie, with no plot, very little acting and no reason for the actions.

An example:  When the snake/dragon thing finally finds this girl, it just hovers over her snarling.  If it was meant to kill her as is implied in the movie; it doesn’t do a good job.  It reminded me of those Japanese roll playing games.  You’re not meant to die and you not meant to go anywhere apart from the set plot.  The funny things is that this is a movie and that should be expected.  The trouble with these types of films is that you already know how the ending of the film and there’s no point watching it.