Muzzle
- 2023
- 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
4.3K
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After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible.After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible.After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible.
Luis Chávez
- Aojo
- (as Luis Chavez)
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That sometimes has to be a bad dog - well no pun intended. Aaron really is the ... (Eck)hart of the movie (I probably should have used that as summary headline). That said, he has quite the supporting cast - you can look up the names yourself. If you have a heart (not gonna use his name again ... for this review at least) for pets/animals, you will find a lot to like here. Unless you are a cat person I reckon, but that is a different topic to discuss.
The story is good and the suspense is high - I would say that the story is predictable overall, but you will still find yourself on the edge of your seat ... waiting for what happens next ... knowing or not knowing almost does not matter. I assume most will invest themselves in this - especially if they know what the movie is about and what they are about to get ... can justice be served? Being right morally and in the eyes of the justice system may be two pair of shoes ... if that does not give you paws to think about ... (I had to, sorry not sorry)
The story is good and the suspense is high - I would say that the story is predictable overall, but you will still find yourself on the edge of your seat ... waiting for what happens next ... knowing or not knowing almost does not matter. I assume most will invest themselves in this - especially if they know what the movie is about and what they are about to get ... can justice be served? Being right morally and in the eyes of the justice system may be two pair of shoes ... if that does not give you paws to think about ... (I had to, sorry not sorry)
The film story is pretty good apart from a pretty odd and under-sketched villain, but what is distracting is the poor quality of the dialogue.
It's a combination of badly recorded dialogue, likely with a lack of options, and amateur use of dialogue cleanup software.
In this case, ADR would have been better to replace the bad parts.
ADR is replacing on set dialogue with new dialogue recorded later in a studio or custom spaces to replicate sets after the film has been shot. If ADR isn't done well, it sounds terrible. The actor has to be good at it, and importantly, the dialogue sound engineer needs to know how to deal with it to make it sound like it was recorded in the environment we see on film.
For a feature, it's a time consuming process and you have to pay the actors more, so perhaps they didn't have the money for it on this film?
Sometimes directors don't like ADR, which is common. In this instance, hire a better sound recordist!
To explain the 'lack of options' term above, there are usually at least 2 microphones used to record actors lines. One is the boom which is often suspended over the actors heads, the other is the Lav which is hidden on the actors body as close to the mouth as possible.
Sometimes sound recordists stuff up Lav mic placement and all you get is scrapes and bumps from the clothes ribbing on the mic and the Lav recording becomes mostly unusable. You are then left with only the boom mic recording.
In noisy environments, boom mics can pick up as much background sound as dialogue, which is a pain and hard to edit. Here, digital audio cleanup software comes into play, and gets used to remove the background noise. If digital cleanup is done badly, you get the kind of dialogue quality which is present within too many shots in this film.
It's a combination of badly recorded dialogue, likely with a lack of options, and amateur use of dialogue cleanup software.
In this case, ADR would have been better to replace the bad parts.
ADR is replacing on set dialogue with new dialogue recorded later in a studio or custom spaces to replicate sets after the film has been shot. If ADR isn't done well, it sounds terrible. The actor has to be good at it, and importantly, the dialogue sound engineer needs to know how to deal with it to make it sound like it was recorded in the environment we see on film.
For a feature, it's a time consuming process and you have to pay the actors more, so perhaps they didn't have the money for it on this film?
Sometimes directors don't like ADR, which is common. In this instance, hire a better sound recordist!
To explain the 'lack of options' term above, there are usually at least 2 microphones used to record actors lines. One is the boom which is often suspended over the actors heads, the other is the Lav which is hidden on the actors body as close to the mouth as possible.
Sometimes sound recordists stuff up Lav mic placement and all you get is scrapes and bumps from the clothes ribbing on the mic and the Lav recording becomes mostly unusable. You are then left with only the boom mic recording.
In noisy environments, boom mics can pick up as much background sound as dialogue, which is a pain and hard to edit. Here, digital audio cleanup software comes into play, and gets used to remove the background noise. If digital cleanup is done badly, you get the kind of dialogue quality which is present within too many shots in this film.
This movie only starts to become really suspenseful, gripping and action packed after some 45 minutes, so beware the real rewarding suspenseful part of this movie is only firing up during the second half.
But this movie has enough to offer in the first 45 minutes as well, because everything (direction, photography, editing, soundscore, dialogues, characters) are of SOLID quality. I really appreciate it so much to see a movie like this, made with an abundance of craftmanship.
The first 45 minutes are firstmost a subtle character portrait of an introvert, aggressive cop (terrific role by Aaron Eckhart), struggling with his inner demons. When his dog gets shot he desperately wants to find the dogkiller, but while investigating he stumbles upon the most dangerous drug cartel.
Slow start, bleak and supsenseful final. Terrific acting performance by Aaron Eckart. Solid direction.
Probably best suited for an arthouse movie audience, because this is defnitely NOT a fastpaced gungho action picture, but much more a slowburning, psychological character portrait of a cop, struggling with his inner demons.
But this movie has enough to offer in the first 45 minutes as well, because everything (direction, photography, editing, soundscore, dialogues, characters) are of SOLID quality. I really appreciate it so much to see a movie like this, made with an abundance of craftmanship.
The first 45 minutes are firstmost a subtle character portrait of an introvert, aggressive cop (terrific role by Aaron Eckhart), struggling with his inner demons. When his dog gets shot he desperately wants to find the dogkiller, but while investigating he stumbles upon the most dangerous drug cartel.
Slow start, bleak and supsenseful final. Terrific acting performance by Aaron Eckart. Solid direction.
Probably best suited for an arthouse movie audience, because this is defnitely NOT a fastpaced gungho action picture, but much more a slowburning, psychological character portrait of a cop, struggling with his inner demons.
Ignore the bad reviews. This is a very good movie with good acting. Aaron Eckhart plays the role perfectly. It shows the horrible conditions in Los Angeles and the vast homeless and drug use.
This is definitely one of the best K-9 / military dog movies out there. It shows how dangerous their job is and how good they are at it, especially with the fetanayl crisis that China is importing into the USA now.
This is just a straight-forward movie, without all of the nonsense hollywood is trying to feed down our throats nowadays. There have been few movies this year better than this one. I highly recommend.
This is definitely one of the best K-9 / military dog movies out there. It shows how dangerous their job is and how good they are at it, especially with the fetanayl crisis that China is importing into the USA now.
This is just a straight-forward movie, without all of the nonsense hollywood is trying to feed down our throats nowadays. There have been few movies this year better than this one. I highly recommend.
I feel like you have to have some sort of connection to dogs at the very least to comprehend the reason behind plot. Bonus if you're LE or a MWD Handler. These dogs are technically equipment, but they're so much more. They're a lifeline. Jake (Aaron Eckhart) has a military background and an LE job with a very expensive piece of equipment for a partner, multiple actually. (Ace and Sox/Socks) Right off from the start you get an insight to how he leans on this dog; he has full blown conversations while on patrol. (Any *loving* dog parent can tell you, we all have full blown convos with our dog. Sometimes even talking back to ourselves as the dog. LOL)
The fact the dogs in this story line were taken and turned into weapons for the bad (versus the greater good) is the heartbreaking part. The dogs are mere pawns. Jake is having none of it.
I don't quite grasp the negative reviews of this film. Was it a blockbuster? No. Did it keep my attention? Absolutely. (Which is no easy feat.) This is worth a rewatch down the line as well.
Overall, great movie. Not a 10, but great nonetheless.
The fact the dogs in this story line were taken and turned into weapons for the bad (versus the greater good) is the heartbreaking part. The dogs are mere pawns. Jake is having none of it.
I don't quite grasp the negative reviews of this film. Was it a blockbuster? No. Did it keep my attention? Absolutely. (Which is no easy feat.) This is worth a rewatch down the line as well.
Overall, great movie. Not a 10, but great nonetheless.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe LAPD patrol unit designation "1 Adam 12" can be heard several times over Jake Rosser's (Aaron Echart) police's radio. This is a direct homage to the very popular 1960s television program: 'Adam 12' which was created by the same folks who did Dragnet
- GoofsJake comes upon a man in the industrial building, who is heating transdermal patches of fentanyl to extract the drug. He's wearing a surgical mask and a face shield. That might protect him from a drop of the drug getting on his face, but if there were fumes from the process, a surgical mask would be no protection at all.
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ajuste de cuentas
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles County, California, USA(Establishing driving and still shots)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,807
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,047
- Oct 1, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $24,353
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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