Is this movie connected to Eragon or How to Train Your Dragon?

No. It is an independent release from The Asylum designed to mimic the title and general aesthetic of Eragon when that film launched in late 2006. It has no affiliation with any major studio franchise.

How scary is the dragon itself?

Not very. The creature effects are early-2000s low-budget computer animation with awkward physics. The monsters are far more likely to produce giggles than nightmares.

Why is this film streaming on so many free platforms?

B-movie distributors license these direct-to-video titles cheaply in bulk to platforms like Tubi, Pluto TV, and Hoopla, which need deep catalogs to serve ad impressions.

Is there inappropriate content like nudity or severe gore?

There is no graphic nudity. The combat includes basic sword strikes, blood splatters, and campy fantasy violence roughly equivalent to a late-night cable TV edit.

Dragon – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Dragon

Name: Screenwise
Author: Screenwise

movie2006

24%

WISE Score

2.7

IMDb

An infamous 2006 mockbuster where Princess Vanir wanders through a foggy forest dodging rubber-costumed dark elves and PS2-era CGI.

2.7/10

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Dragon

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NR, 2006

24%

WISE Score

2.7

IMDb

An infamous 2006 mockbuster where Princess Vanir wanders through a foggy forest dodging rubber-costumed dark elves and PS2-era CGI.

2.7

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Screenwise Verdict

Produced by the B-movie factory The Asylum to capitalize on the 2006 theatrical release of Eragon, Dragon is fantasy filmmaking at its most threadbare. Princess Vanir, flanked by two bodyguards, treks across the haunted woods of Sidhe to seek help against an elven army. What follows is eighty minutes of people in bargain-rack chainmail standing in damp Pacific Northwest woods delivering stilted dialogue before facing a blurry, digital flying reptile.

There is no reason to put this on for family movie night unless you are running a deliberate bad-movie roast. It sits at a 2.7 on IMDb for solid reasons: the sound design is tinny, the action sequences lack momentum, and the plot wanders aimlessly.

Age Fit

Ages 12 and up if anyone watches it at all, purely because younger kids will be bored to tears by the pacing and confused by the murky violence.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

Standard fantasy fellowship setup about saving a kingdom, but undercut by cheap cynicism, wooden performances, and murky pacing.

Imaginative

A shameless low-budget mockbuster rushed out to draft off Eragon, packed with derivative fantasy tropes and bargain-bin CGI.

Safe

Sword clashing, rubbery monster fights, and dark elf skirmishes. The effects look too fake to genuinely traumatize anyone, but expect blood squibs and mild grimness.

Enriching

Offers almost zero intellectual or emotional payoff. Dialogue is clunky exposition and the characters exist merely to walk between muddy battle scenes.

Parent Info

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Why It Might Be Great

Functions as an accidental comedy masterclass in how The Asylum churns out direct-to-video knockoffs.
A useful reality check for kids who think any movie with a dragon in the title is worth streaming.
Provides vintage B-movie chuckles if your family enjoys dissecting terrible fight choreography together.

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What to Watch For

Melee violence involves cheap practical gore, slash wounds, and campy creature deaths that might look grotty to younger kids.
Dull, glacial pacing with long stretches of characters walking through nondescript woods to fill the runtime.

Conversation Starters

"Can you spot where the computer effects look painted on versus an actual physical prop?"
"Why do you think movie studios release titles that sound almost identical to big Hollywood blockbusters?"
"If you had to redo that dragon sequence on a zero-dollar budget, how would you stage it?"

Deep Dive

The Mockbuster Trap

In late 2006, 20th Century Fox spent over $100 million bringing Christopher Paolini's fantasy novel Eragon to the big screen. In response, independent studio The Asylum spent a microscopic fraction of that to push Dragon straight to video store shelves and grocery store bargain bins. The strategy relied entirely on rushed cover art and distracted shoppers grabbing the wrong disc.

Two decades later, streaming algorithms still surface it on platforms like Tubi and Pluto TV under generic fantasy searches. Knowing what you are clicking on changes everything.

Cardboard Swords and Fog Machines

The story itself could fit on a cocktail napkin. Princess Vanir needs an alliance, dark elves are marching, and a legendary dragon roams the forest of Sidhe. But instead of epic worldbuilding, viewers get:

Extended, repetitive walking scenes through the same patch of woods.
Fight scenes where swords visibly miss opponents by several inches.
A digital dragon that looks like a cutscene from an early 2000s console game.

Who Is This Actually For?

If you have a middle-schooler or teenager fascinated by filmmaking mechanics, bad movies can be oddly educational. Paired with a bowl of popcorn, pointing out continuity errors, obvious foam boulders, and unnatural line deliveries can be a blast. But if your kid genuinely wants a rich, transportive fantasy quest, point them toward The Lord of the Rings or Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves instead.