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3.7/10   1,044 votes
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Director:
Aaron Norris
Writers (WGA):
Aaron Norris (story) and
Tim Grayem (story) ...
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Release Date:
28 April 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
One's tough ... One's smart... Together they unleash explosive action! more
Plot:
With his cop companion shot and killed by terrorists, Reno The Dog pairs up with tough cop Jake in thwarting the criminal organization. | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
TV Hosts Ryan Seacrest and Mario Lopez talk about 'feud'
 (From Monsters and Critics. 9 April 2009, 8:01 PM, PDT)

Slumdog Millionaire is Top Dog at 2009 Oscars
 (From Movie Maker. 23 February 2009, 11:47 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Delightfully violent fun for the whole family! more

Cast

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Chuck Norris ... Jake Wilder
Michele Lamar Richards ... Savannah Boyette

Erik von Detten ... Matthew Swanson
Carmine Caridi ... Lou Swanson

Clyde Kusatsu ... Capt. Callahan
Kai Wulff ... Otto Dietrich
Peter Savard Moore ... Karl Koller

Timothy Bottoms ... Nelson Houseman

Francesco Quinn ... Mark Curtains
Herta Ware ... Jake's mother

John Kerry ... Cmdr. West
Hank Baumert ... Border Patrol Officer

Linda Castro ... Paramedic
John Sistrunk ... Driver at border
Bob Bastanchury ... Passenger
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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min | USA:93 min (DVD)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
San Diego, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This encountered some flak as it was released just 9 days after the Oklahoma bombing. The film's plot actually features a gang of militant right-wingers who intend to detonate a similar device in a public place. Not surprisingly, the film took only $300 on its opening night in Oklahoma and the distributors - Live Entertainment - were forced to release a statement disassociating its film from the real-life incident. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The fire department captain is wearing a New York fire department helmet, despite working in San Diego. more
Movie Connections:
Features "Cops" (1989) more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Delightfully violent fun for the whole family!, 10 January 1999
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Author: Jason C. Atwood from Suffolk, Virginia

Never since ALADDIN (1986, Bud Spencer) has there been a movie on drugs designed for family audiences young and old. And what makes a "family" movie? A scrungy old mutt and a boy on a bike! There's more, too! Chuck Norris gets to have a faithful companion who can outwit and outsmart terrorist scum! It's got a mass overload of everything your kids would appreciate! Fiery explosions, handguns, criminal organizations, the Pope, and bomb threats add more to your viewer-friendly pleasure, and...... I'll stop right there! Unless you can't handle what's in store in TOP DOG, please don't pick this one up! The combination of violent action with family-based material is an outrageous atrocity one will not want to believe. It suffers miserably on originality and plot, making this your cookie-cutter actioner. Mommy won't approve this flick to Johnny and Sally, even if it is rated PG-13!

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