Danny the Dog (2005)

Director:

Louis Leterrier

Writer (WGA):

Luc Besson (written by)

Release Date:

13 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Serve No Master

Plot:

A man raised into behaving like a dog, escapes from his captor to start a new life, who seeks to reclaim him because of his unnatural martial arts skills that are triggered when unleashed.

Plot Keywords:

Collar | Fight | Dog | Piano | Fight Club

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 30

1:55 AM

TNT

Cast

Jet Li	...	Danny
Morgan Freeman	...	Sam
Bob Hoskins	...	Bart
Kerry Condon	...	Victoria
Vincent Regan	...	Raffles
Dylan Brown	...	Lefty
Tamer Hassan	...	Georgie
Michael Jenn	...	Wyeth
Phyllida Law	...	Distinguished Lady
Carole Ann Wilson	...	Maddy
Mike Lambert	...	The Stranger
Jaclyn Tze Wey	...	Danny's Mother
Puthirith Chou	...	Teen Danny
Tony Theng	...	Little Danny
Owen Lay	...	Baby Danny

Also Known As:

Unleashed (Australia) (Philippines: English title) (UK) (DVD title) (USA)
Danny the Dog (France) (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violent content, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France | USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-15 | Taiwan:R-12 | Argentina:16 | Philippines:R-13 | Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | USA:Not Rated (unrated DVD version) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Portugal:M/16 | Norway:18

Filming Locations:

Blackfriar's Bar, Merchant City, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

The screenplay was written by Luc Besson exclusively for Jet Li.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Towards the beginning of the movie, as Bart is making his visits, the camera shoots a low angle of Bart removing Danny's collar. There is a sign on the building above them; the sign is backwards, indicating the film was flipped from the original shoot angle.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bart: Get 'em!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sonata No. 11, in A Major, KV 331

Different than I thought it would be... in a good way

Unleashed is not the best film I have seen by any means, but it was completely different than I thought it would be. I thought that it would just be another martial arts extravaganza of people flying across rooms when punched and blood dripping from lips etc. But it wasn't that. Yes there were some scenes that were like that, but it was mostly about a family who took Danny (Jet Li) in as part of the family, and it is basically about the change he goes through from a 'dog' capable of killing almost anyone with his bare hands to a story of how he decides he wants out of that.

Again, not the best movie, but a lot more unexpected than i intended, worth a watch. It is actually a good movie.