在这部屠龙者的黎明喜剧/动作/科幻/奇幻/冒险片中,威尔和他的父亲在一座孤立的山上过着简单的田园生活。当威尔的父亲被一头龙杀死后，威尔必须动身下山，并根据一个始于多年前的神秘的家族联系去护卫斯特林，一个曾经富有的领主和骑士。他的到来并不受欢迎，威尔被安排到艰苦而又山路漫漫的农场去干活。他很快成为斯特林任性女儿凯特的朋友。他们两个开始共同努力来揭开连接他们两家的秘密，并帮助威尔准备他与龙的决战，在这决战中，他将向杀死他父亲的龙复仇，并且证明自己是一个男人。
When Will's father is killed by a dragon, he embarks on an epic journey filled by vengeance that leads him to an ancestral home which he stays at and works for the tyrannical Sterling in order to learn how to slay the beast. While he is training, he befriends Sterling's daughter Kate, and Sterling becomes increasingly suspicious of and threatened by Will. He orders his men to kill him but Will escapes. Now Will must evade Sterling's men whilst trying to avenge his father.
