Reign Of Fire (2002) - in this post-holocaust monster movie, a crew of former American soldiers recklessly skydive from a single Agusta
helicopter (an A-109, as used by SAS troops) using a hi-tech radar system to detect and snare the dangerous flying beasts that have destroyed
civilisation. In one of these operations, the chopper is chased through the sky by a dragon until the yankee hero (Matthew McConaughey) kills it.
Of particlar note with regard to the scope of this film, is the entirely misleading poster
artwork that shows Boeing AH-64 Apache gunships engaged in aerial combat with dragons over
a burning London, as this battle is not realised in the film.
The helicopter pilot is played by onetime Bond girl Izabella Scorupco.
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