K-911 (1999) (V)

Director:

Charles T. Kanganis

Writers (WGA):

Steven Siegel (characters) &
Scott Myers (characters) ...

Release Date:

December 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

One's still a little smarter than the other.

Plot:

Dooley and his dog Jerry Lee still are active as a police team with the LAPD. However, years starting...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Sergeant | Police | Detective | Dog Actor

Cast

James Belushi	...	Det. Mike Dooley
Christine Tucci	...	Sgt. Welles
James Handy	...	Captain Byers
Wade Williams	...	Devon Lang (as Wade Andrew Williams)
J.J. Johnston	...	Fat Tommy
Joe Palese	...	Officer Perry
Scotch Ellis Loring	...	Phil Cage
Vincent Castellanos	...	Harry Stripe
Timo Flloko	...	Johnson
Joe Sabatino	...	Gym Counterman
Ron Yuan	...	Jackie Hammonds
Susanna Puisto	...	Girl in Park with Poodle
Denise Dowse	...	Dr. Perkins, DVM (as Denise Dowse)
Marla Frees	...	Nurse
Mac	...	Jerry Lee

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and some language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Finland:S

Company:

Universal Home Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Wells falls asleep on Dooley's couch near the end, we see him pull the blanket up over her shoulder. In the next shot, it's back down again, and when he leaves the room, the blanket is again up over her shoulder where he placed it.

Movie Connections:

References Beethoven (1992)

Changed at the edges, but the core is still the same.

Ten years after the first movie, James Belushi, one of the most gifted, and over looked light comedic actors of the last twenty years, returns as Detective Dooley for this movie.

If you are expecting more of the same from the first movie, you will be disappointed, but this is still a good movie. Realizing that all the Dog vs. Man battle of wills scenarios had probably been used up in the first movie, this one turns slightly more psychological in its approach as it concentrates on a criminal with a fixation with Dooley's recently deceased wife after she rejected his book, and blames Dooley for her death.

The script may not be the best, but the movie allows both Belushi and Christine Tucci to show their good acting ability, while still retaining enough of the light humour of the first movie to make it work, and the chemistry between the two stars is there for all to see.

An easy, light going movie, which, while maybe not worth a purchase unless you are a true fan of either the first movie or Belushi, definately worth a watch when it comes on TV.