The Dragon/Film: Difference between revisions

*** Necros is better for [[The Brute]].

** Dario and Colonel Heller in ''[[Licence to Kill]]''.

** Mr. Stamper in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''.

** Davidov {{spoiler|and Renard}} in ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''.

** In ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'', {{spoiler|this is subverted beautifully. The Dragon is positioned to cover his boss, as per usual for the trope, and then he's ''blown up''. Any [[Genre Savvy]] viewer was probably laughing.}}

* In ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'', Bolo is [[The Dragon]] for Mr. Han, the [[Big Bad]]. Oddly, killing [[The Dragon]] falls to [[The Lancer|Roper the con man]], rather than Lee [[The Hero]] (who goes straight for Han as soon as Bolo is defeated, and who is ''The Dragon'' but not [[The Dragon]]).

* In ''[[Layer Cake]]'', the evil Serbian warlord has a Dragon hitman named, appropriately enough, Dragan. He makes constant threats to decapitate Daniel Craig's character. However, he does not follow the usual formula in that {{spoiler|he spends the entire film untouchable. Neither he nor his boss are defeated.}}

* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies IV-VI, Darth Vader is The Dragon between the heroes and the Emperor. In I-III it's Darth Maul and later General Grievous. Darth Tyrannus doesn't quite fit the mold.

* Mr. French is Costello's Dragon in ''[[The Departed]]''.

* Subverted in ''[[Equilibrium]]''. The Dragon, Brandt, is set up as Preston's equal and nemesis throughout the film, but when they face off for the final duel, {{spoiler|it turns out to be a [[Curb Stomp Battle]].}} On the other hand, {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]], who seems like a noncombatant politician save for a blink-and-you'll-miss-it clue, turns out to be Preston's toughest opponent in the film}}.

* ''[[Total Recall]]'': Richter, to [[Big Bad]] Cohaagen.

* In ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers 1998]]'', Sir August has two: Mrs. Peel's clone and Bailey. Mrs. Peel kills both of them before Sir August dies during a sword fight with Steed.

* In the animated film ''[[The Flight of Dragons]]'', the evil red wizard Ommadon's Dragon is a literal dragon, Bryaugh, who is defeated by the Hero's literal [[The Lancer|Lancer]], Sir Orin. {{spoiler|Sir Orin is a knight who allows Bryaugh to engulf him in flames, then casts his fiery sword into Bryaugh's chest. They both die, though Orin gets better.}}

* Rather hard to pin down in ''[[Nothing but Trouble]]''. At first, [[Big Bad|Judge Valkenheiser's]] Dragon appears to be corrupt cop Dennis. However, after {{spoiler|Dennis' [[Heel Face Turn]]}} the role of the Dragon switches rather wildly between Miss Purdah and the Judge's Granddaughter Eldona.

** Their respective fates are also quite different. {{spoiler|Dennis becomes Fausto's bodyguard and Renalda's lover}}, {{spoiler|Miss Purdah is very clearly killed during the estate collapse}}, and {{spoiler|Eldona's fate is uncertain. She doesn't appear with Alvin in the news report, so she may have died in the estate collapse. Likewise, the fact that Alvin survived also indicates that she may have as well.}}

** Megatron appears to be the [[Big Bad]] in the third film up until the point when Sentinel Prime's [[Face Heel Turn]] is revealed. After that, Megatron believes that Sentinel will allow him to remain in command of the Decepticons and become his dragon. Megatron's decision to betray Sentinel and help Optimus in the final battle comes when Carly [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|throws it in his face]] that his [[Villain Decay]] has reached the point where he has become nothing more than Sentinel's unwilling dragon.

** Megatron is essentially the Dragon in the animated movie too, for Unicron.

* In the first ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' film, the Thin Man serves as a Dragon for the [[Big Bad]]. However, in the sequel, he's upgraded to anti-hero status.

* In the immortal classic ''[[Road House]]'', the [[Big Bad]], Wesley, has a Dragon by the less-than-impressive name of Jimmy, an ex-con who comes closer than anyone else to actually kicking the hero's ass for good. For his pains, he gets the film's most spectacular death.

* In ''[[Suicide Kings]]'', [[Denis Leary]] plays the Dragon to [[Christopher Walken]].

* In ''[[Pale Rider]]'', Corrupt [[US Marshal|Federal Marshal]] Stockburn is [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|La Hood]]'s Dragon .

* In the [[Errol Flynn]] film ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', Sir Guy acts as [[The Dragon]] to Prince John.

* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'':

{{reflist}}

[[Category:The Dragon]]