Chris Masterson as Francis Wilkerson
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
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I know a lot of people can’t equate women being people until they had a daughter or whatever but there’s parents that don’t even see victims as someone’s daughter either so it’s really just a “if it’s not happening to someone I know then I don’t care” & to be fair a lot of people don’t even care when it is someone they know so
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For years I have thought that the guy who played Francis on Malcolm in the Middle looked familiar, but I could never place him (and I didn’t recognize his name).
The other day I decided to look again, after seeing an episode on tv, and I thought I finally recognized his name, so I searched him up, and found out.
Christopher Kennedy Masterson (Francis) is the younger brother of Danny Masterson (Hyde from That 70s Show).
Now that I know this, the resemblance is uncanny.
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Dragonheart 2: A New Beginning (2000)
While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...
Dragonheart 2: A New Beginning is so foul it made me go back and alter my rating for the original film. I know this is a direct-to-DVD sequel, but you know what doesn’t require a big budget? Writing.
Years after the first film, an orphaned stable boy named Geoff (Christopher Masterson) befriends Drake (voiced by Robby Benson) a dragon whose egg was hidden in a monastery by the late Sir Bowen. As the dragon begins mastering its skills, two visiting Chinese citizens (Henry O as Master Kwan and Rona Figueroa as Lian) worry that the dragon's appearance is a terrible omen.
In all fairness, this is a sequel to Dragonheart, a film that many have affection for, but isn't particularly good. One thing’s for sure, that film ended on a definitive note. You had to pull out some kind of retcon for more adventures to follow. Even so, you could’ve done a better job than this. Though I won’t deduce many points for this, the special effects in Dragonheart 2 are not convincing. The lower budget is obvious, with many shots awkwardly framed to avoid showing the dragon. When you do see Drake (whose name is only slightly less unoriginal than ‘Draco’) his design is child-friendly and goofy. I doubt the design was finalized when the actors were shot - they’d have trouble keeping a straight face if they knew what sort of creature they were interacting with.
What kills Dragonheart 2, is the writing. The foreshadowing is obvious, making the surprises and plot twists not the least bit shocking. The villain, Osric (Harry Van Gorkum), is poorly constructed. He’s basically Wormtongue, but somehow less subtle and in hindsight, his actions don’t make sense. He begins amassing power by slipping the King (Ken Shorter) a poison that makes him lose his mind (actually it's his assistant doing it but only he’s confronted come the end of the film). One of his first orders is to force all citizens to wear clothes according to their caste and to enforce brutal punishments. The man’s ultimate goal is to trick Drake into giving him half of his heart. This would make Osric invincible… so why is he acting like a tyrant? Why would the dragon even consider saving him?
Dragonheart 2 wants to recreate the magic (sure, let’s go with that) of the first film. Geoff’s best friend is a stuffy friar named Mansel (Matt Hickey) who provides comic relief, there’s a badass female fighter like Kara was, much of the film centers around goofy slapstick comedy as Geoff and Drake bond while the young dragon discovers his various abilities. None of these efforts succeed. It’s the kind of movie that will come in a two-pack with the first, but that you will only ever watch once and then never revisit again. (On DVD, February 12, 2018)
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