I've seen the original and those who think this is an improvement are on something. While the original was cute and did manage to entertain ,this sequel does not. They try and cram as much CGI and silly dialog as possible in this movie including a rather useless magician character and a pigeon that I wanted to skewer just to shut it up. I barely heard even a laugh or giggle in the audience except for the few under 10 set kids and even they looked bored after-wards.
The plot involving a neglected cat aka Kitty Galore is so silly and ridiculous even by kiddie standards. The cat who was a member of some spy group of cats called MEOWS(the counterpart to the dogs spy group that protects humans)she turns rogue and decides to take it out on humans since she was neglected by her human owners after she lost her fur in an accident while being chased by a guard dog.So she collects computer parts and starts making a device to turn dogs into rabid animals which will force humans to put them in cages and then she and her cat minions will enslave mankind. It's even insulting to kids to sit through this drivel. Some of the dialog even tries to cater to older kids/adults but it fails miserably. Bette Midler tries her best to ham it up as Kitty Galore but her voice-over is nothing more than overacted camp that's painfully unfunny.
I think this movie should have been a direct to DVD release-it didn't deserve the big screen treatment. It still amazes me how much money is spent on movies such as these when other movies that are way better and have a small budget get the direct to TV or DVD treatment.
Bomb 1/10
The plot involving a neglected cat aka Kitty Galore is so silly and ridiculous even by kiddie standards. The cat who was a member of some spy group of cats called MEOWS(the counterpart to the dogs spy group that protects humans)she turns rogue and decides to take it out on humans since she was neglected by her human owners after she lost her fur in an accident while being chased by a guard dog.So she collects computer parts and starts making a device to turn dogs into rabid animals which will force humans to put them in cages and then she and her cat minions will enslave mankind. It's even insulting to kids to sit through this drivel. Some of the dialog even tries to cater to older kids/adults but it fails miserably. Bette Midler tries her best to ham it up as Kitty Galore but her voice-over is nothing more than overacted camp that's painfully unfunny.
I think this movie should have been a direct to DVD release-it didn't deserve the big screen treatment. It still amazes me how much money is spent on movies such as these when other movies that are way better and have a small budget get the direct to TV or DVD treatment.
Bomb 1/10