Hundreds of years after the era of Camelot, a valiant knight named Bowen (Dennis Quaid) acts as mentor to a petulant, power-hungry prince named Einon.
When Einon is mortally wounded in battle, Bowen and the Prince’s mother (Julie Christie) turn to an unorthodox method of saving him: a talking dragon is summoned, who gives Einon half his heart to save his life.
Years later, a fully grown Einon (David Thewlis) abuses his subjects and makes slaves of those in his kingdom. Bowen searches for the dragon that, in his opinion, “poisoned” his young pupil. When Bowen encounters Draco, “the last dragon” (Sean Connery), the two initially duke it out, until they make a truce.
Better still? They work as a con artist team, where Draco terrorizes a town and Bowen pretends...