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 Director
: Lawrence Guterman
Starring
: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Voices of : Tobey Maguire,
Susan Sarandon, Sean Hayes, Alec Baldwin, Joe Pantoliano
Picture
1.85:1, DD 5.1, Single Side, Dual-Layer, Snap Case
Running
Time : 84 mins
The
story:
Things are gonna get hairy !
Cats
and dogs, known to mankind only as cuddly pets and man's
best friend, have engaged in a fierce and merciless battle:
Mr. Tinkles (Sean Hayes), a ruthless cat, is plotting intensively
to achieve nothing less than world domination. His main
target is Professor Brody (Jeff Goldblum), who is working
on a medicine to rid people from dog hair allergies. Yet
Mr. Tinkles strives to get to the substance, analyze it
and then have it turned into a means of rendering all humans
of the world aggressively allergic to any kind of dog. Cats
would rule, as dogs would then be exterminated. But Mr.
Tinkles did not bother to waste any thoughts on little Lou
(Tobey Maguire), the Brody family's new puppy, who never
before has heard of dog agents and the major protective
mission they fulfill towards the unsuspecting Brody family.
Together with Butch (Alec Baldwin) and a few other dog agents
from the neighbourhood, Lou desperately tries to hinder
Mr. Tinkles in his sinister plans to take over the world.
The
summary:
Bright
ideas are hard to come by in movieland. This is most certainly
not one of them. A "kids" film that masquerades
as a "kids film that adults would like" that is
definitely one of the stinkers of its time. Forget Toy Story
and Ants this is nothing like as good !
The
film centres around Mr Tinkles (Sean Hayes) attempts to
take over the world for the cats. On the good side is Lou
(Tobey Maguire) a dog that has to save the world. It relies
heavily on spy references and tries to emulate Austin Powers
in that respect, except Austin Powers is a delightfully
referential movie and proves to be funny.
This
movie cannot make is mind up and is basically a kids movie
that uses unfunny "humour" and loads of special
effects to try and dazzle. It degenerates in a mess and
adults will hate it. It does make me wonder what kids will
find this enjoyable. Its mindless pap that we hated and
you can too if you buy it. It is movies like this that make
you question your integrity as a reviewer.
Thats
all I want to say quite frankly. See our shorts to the right
for disc details.
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