Man's Best Friend (1993)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

John Lafia

Writer (WGA):

John Lafia (written by)

Release Date:

19 November 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Companion. Protector. Killer.

Plot:

A dog turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Rights | Attack | Chase | Journalist

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Ally Sheedy	...	Lori Tanner
Lance Henriksen	...	Dr. Jarret
Robert Costanzo	...	Detective Kovacs
Fredric Lehne	...	Perry
John Cassini	...	Detective Bendetti
J.D. Daniels	...	Rudy
William Sanderson	...	Ray
Trula M. Marcus	...	Annie
Robin Frates	...	Judy Sanders
Rick Barker	...	Mailman
Bradley Pierce	...	Chet
Robert Arentz	...	EMAX Security Guard
Cameron Arnett	...	Dog Catcher #1
Adam Carl	...	Dog Catcher #2
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Mugger

Runtime:

97 min | UK:87 min | Argentina:95 min | Canada:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Sierra Madre, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Kevin Yagher built the Max puppets as well as creating the make-up special effects.

Quotes:

Doctor Jarret: When you think of guard dogs. You first think of German Shepherds, they are smart lethal. But not good enough. Now we developed the new Emax3000. They are totally obsolete.

Movie Connections:

Featured in What Makes Fido Run? (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Puppy Love

Semi-cute horror flick.I will resit the urge to use the cliché 'lacks bite".

A noisy reporter kidnaps a dog from a research faculty.The dog turns out to be a genetically engineered super dog,which soon goes on a killing spree.

I think the man reason I wanted to see this was the cast:Ally Sheedy and Lance Henriksen?How can you go wrong.Unfornatly,both give lacking performance:on par with the movie.There are some disturbing scenes involving animals(so animal fans may want to shy away)and some of the most annoying kids in cinema history,.The is a small amount of gore for the genre fans.I also cant believe that IMDb doesn't list this as a comedy,most of the time the film is either trying to be cute, or crude,and it wasn't until the conclusion that we got some horror action.The direction is average,featuring some pre Blair Witch shaky cam and a very sunny atmosphere.The writing is just average,no characters really stood out,and the dialog is just standard.All though the concept is very interesting.

Not really recommend,simply average.

4/10