D-War (2007)

Korean director Shim Hyung-Rae's monster movie D-War begins with a lengthy prologue, in which an antique dealer named Jack (Robert Forster) watches a young patron, Ethan Kendrick (Cody Erens) get zapped with a force emanating from a chest in his shop. Realizing the significance of this event, Jack bequeaths a medal to the boy, and speaks candidly to him of mystical events that transpired a half-millennium earlier. In a bygone era, it seems, giant creatures called Buraki roamed the land, morphing from serpents into dragons and back again, and equipped with a massive army of formidable creatures. An ancient warrior...
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-apprentice saved the life of his beloved from these monstrosities; the warrior's spirit was eventually contained in the aforementioned chest, and it has now filled Ethan. Jack gives Ethan an enchanted red pendant and advises him to see out the contemporary incarnation of the ancient warrior's intended, who can be recognized via a red dragon tattoo on her shoulder. When the woman reaches her 20th birthday, it seems, she and Ethan - joining forces - will be able to reincarnate Imoogi as dragons. That woman is in fact Sarah (Amanda Brooks); she and Ethan do encounter one another, but it isn't long before the Buraki serpent and all of his enormous minions resurface and decide to lay waste to the City of Angels, worming their way through the town as they look for the chosen pair.
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A beautiful young woman possesses the power to transform a legendary giant serpent into an almighty dragon who can only ascend into heaven with the woman's ultimate sacrifice. But, the forces of darkness are out to claim the young woman as their own, and her reincarnated lover and his aged mentor stand in their way.

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Vijfhonderd jaar geleden vocht de Koreaanse krijger Haram met Imoogi serpent Buraki, een 200 meter lang mythisch monster, om zijn geliefde, Narin, te redden. Nu zijn de Imoogi terug op aarde en verwoesten zij Los Angeles. Verslaggever Ethan Kendrick wordt ingeschakeld om de zaak te onderzoeken. Hij komt erachter dat Sarah Daniels hem hierbij zal moeten helpen.

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