George and the Dragon

George, [James Purefoy] returns from crusade and bids farewell to his Muslim friend Tarik, [Michael Clarke Duncan], as he plans to go home to start a farm, while Tarik intends to travel to Spain to seek the legendary mercenary El Cabillo, [Val Kilmer]. Before parting, they rescue Father Bernard, [Jean-Pierre Castaldi], a convicted priest who has escaped his hanging, from a pursuing mob. George and Father Bernard travel to England together.

The king’s daughter Luna, [Piper Perabo], is carried off by a dragon. Her betrothed, Lord Garth de Guerney, [Patrick Swayze], obsessively searches for her, and with dragons dismissed as legends, the abduction is blamed on Picts. George, now alone, returns to the house of his father, Sir Robert, [Paul Freeman]. Sir Robert recounts stories of fighting a dragon when he was younger and gives George a relic of his battle—a dragon horn. Despite his father’s encouragement to continue his adventures, George is determined to acquire land and establish a smallholding. Robert advises him to visit King Edgar, [Simon Callow], and ask for land. Unbeknownst to him, he is followed by Wryn, [Rollo Weeks], a boy from the village.

Luna has not been harmed by the dragon, who she calls Adelaide, and she defends its cave and its egg from a small group of Picts. In Spain, Tarik finds El Cabillo but is defeated by him in a duel after El Cabillo cheats, and Tarik is left for dead. On the road, George encounters Lord Garth, who is impressed by George and takes him to meet the king. George volunteers to accompany the search for Luna along with Garth and the aged guardian of the King’s household, Elmendorf, [Bill Treacher]. El Cabillo and his men also travel to England and begin hunting for the princess, hoping for a ransom.

Garth’s party is ambushed by a group of Picts, which they fight off. Elmendorf and George pursue a small group and encounter Wryn, then stumble upon the dragon’s cave. Luna tells them that Adelaide has apparently died from a wound, but Luna is determined to protect Adelaide’s egg, which she has named Smite. She prevents George from destroying it and insists they take it with them.

They arrive at a nunnery, where Bernard is now staying. The nuns reluctantly agree to keep the egg secret. Garth also arrives at the nunnery and is pleased to see Luna safe, but she tells him she will not marry him. Elmendorf confides in George that Garth was selected as Edgar’s successor because he would be a strong ruler, but that Luna only agreed to the betrothal because she was told to.

Unwilling to give up on his dreams of rule, Garth abducts Luna and Bernard, intending to marry her by force and then launch a coup against the king. Bernard reluctantly performs the ceremony in an abandoned castle, but George and Elmendorf arrive before it is concluded, closely followed by El Cabillo. El Cabillo reveals himself to be Tarik, who took the title by defeating the previous El Cabillo. However, Tarik’s second-in-command Bulchar, [Stefan Jürgens], betrays him and the mercenaries attack. During the battle, Smite hatches. Wryn blows the dragon horn, awakening Adelaide.

Garth’s men arrive and attack the mercenaries, followed by the royal army led by King Edgar and Sir Robert. Garth offers George the chance to rule with him, but George refuses, leading to a three-way battle between them and Bulchar. In the confused melee that ensues, Elmendorf sacrifices himself to save Luna and appoints Wryn as his successor.

Finally, Adelaide appears, driving off the mercenaries, but George is trapped inside the ruined keep with the two dragons. George notices the broken lance protruding from Adelaide’s hide and realises that his father was telling the truth about fighting a dragon. He emerges from the keep holding the bloody lance and is hailed as a hero and a saint for slaying the dragon, but a furious Luna rides off. George pursues her and is intercepted by Garth. As they battle in the shallows of a lake, Adelaide appears and devours Garth. Luna realises that George saved Adelaide by removing the lance.

George and Luna agree that the dragons’ survival must remain a secret, and George throws the dragon horn into the lake to stop it being used again. Luna then asks that they travel to investigate rumours of a unicorn near Glastonbury.

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 15:21