Rottweiler (2004)

Dante travels across a desolate, futuristic Spain in search of his girlfriend, Ula. He is pursued by a bloodthirsty, cybernetic Rottweiler.

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

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

Stars:

William Miller, Irene Montalà, Paulina Gálvez

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

In 2018, in Spain, the prisoner Dante (William Miller) escapes from a prison and is chased by a robot dog. He tries to reach the city of Puerto Angel, where he left his beloved girlfriend Ula (Irene Montalà). While running away, he recalls his recent past in Spain with Ula.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | robot | killer dog | escaped convict | lost love | 

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Taglines:

Eat. Sleep. Fetch. Kill.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 2005 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Foniko rottweiler

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones, Fantastic Factory (Filmax), Filmax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

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.

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Connections

References The Seven Year Itch (1955)

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Soundtracks

"Dufresne Search Party"
Written and Performed by tenchimoko musicophonic concern

User Reviews

Better than Most of the Crap in Recent Memory

Seriously, I don't see why everyone hates this movie. It's not THAT bad.

I felt the choice of actors was actually quite nice, for a low budget film starring a bunch of little known Spanish actors. There were several nice touches in the film that I enjoyed. For example, the main character slowly goes completely insane through out the movie, and I loved it. As he watches more and more people butchered by the rather well down robotic dog, he continues to decend deeper and deeper into insanity, with it finally culminating in his visions of his dead girlfriend speaking to him, even though she's been dead for a year.

I also felt the dog was well done, it didn't look that bad either... I must admit one last thing, I saw the movie on the Sci-Fi channel, so I didn't have to deal with the awkward nudity scenes, and the main character remained fully clothed throughout the movie.

As for the plot, yes, it was a bit lacking, but what do you expect? It was a movie about a killer, robotic dog. Tell me any movie where you have altered dogs as killers that was actually a success? And after having watched this movie after some of the Watchers flicks, you'll appreciate this movie so much more.

All in all, when compared to the other horror movie/slasher flicks of the twenty-first century, this really wasn't that bad. However, if you came into this movie thinking it would be the greatest thing since sliced bread, you will be sorely disappointed. Come into it with lowered expectations, and you'll be well satisfied.

And remember, it was better than "Watchers"...