Rottweiler (2004)

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

Miguel Tejada-Flores (screenplay)
Alberto Vázquez Figueroa (story)

Release Date:

10 June 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Eat. Sleep. Fetch. Kill.

Plot:

Follows the story of a dog who was beaten severely at a young age and has surgery, in which it's bones are replaced with metallic bones. Later, this half robotic dog comes back for a gruesome revenge..

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Robot | Killer Dog | Escaped Convict | Lost Love

Cast

William Miller	...	Dante
Irene Montalà	...	Ula
Paulina Gálvez	...	Alyah
Cornell John	...	Dongoro
Lluís Homar	...	Guard Borg
Paul Naschy	...	Kufard
Ilario Bisi-Pedro	...	Aranda
Nicholas Aaron	...	Sugarman
Lolo Herrero	...	Nacho
Ramata Koite	...	Berta
Bárbara Elorrieta	...	Woman in white
Ivana Baquero	...	Esperanza
Roberto Hijón	...	Said
Abdel Hamid Krim	...	Abu (as Hamid Krim)
Levinson	...	Moja

MPAA:

Rated R for strong gory violence, sexuality, nudity, some language and drug content.

Runtime:

Spain:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Castelao Producciones

Goofs:

Continuity: When the mother is killed and the blood drips down onto the daughter's face, the blood pattern on the girl's face varies several times between shots.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in El maquinista (2004)

Soundtrack:

Dufresne Search Party

S10 Reviews: Rottweiler (2003)

Spain's Fantastic Factory strikes again with this Brian Yuzna (Beyond Reanimator) directed hokum. Dante and Ula are playing infiltration (apparently a rich boy's game of sneaking into third world countries) and when it goes horribly wrong they are caught by the authorities and separated. When Dante makes a daring escape and then finds himself being hunted by the titular title character which is now more Terminator than dog. It eats everything. It destroys everything and it can't be stopped. How will poor Dante find his beloved Ula with the Doginator on his trail? Well where shall I begin? The script is pretty ratty even for low budget fare. Giant leaps in logic and plot inconsistencies are plenty in this tale. Unnecessary flashback sequences try to unlock or more correctly infer a twist in the ending but it fails to generate anything to sustain you that far. Things just don't jell in the end. The acting by the no name cast of Spanish actors is pretty straight as one would guess with a script that requires the lead to get attacked, shoot a shotgun, have sex with the local bimbette (while she holds a gun on him no less) and wander the desert starkers for 25 minutes you can't expect much and you end up rooting for the dog. The dog effects however are the only bright spot of the film as the kills can be pretty bloody and cool and the animatronic dog was actually pretty spiffy. Heck, the dog gives the only worthy performance here.