BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

billypilgrim23 Soulless piece of hackery concerning a particularly unsympathetic police-man who gets a dog as a partner. Every single "joke" in the movie is a cliché that's been done a gazillion times before. Belushi cannot act and fails to prevent his real-life shitty personality from manifesting on screen. Couple that with generic directing, crappy script, mediocre acting- it were better had this movie never been made. A total turd of a film.Belushi is a real jack-ass.The dog was OK.

Aaron1375 This movie came out the same year as "Turner and Hooch" thus being yet another two movies released around the same time with similar plots. Not sure if there was a third movie to complete the set so that it would be like the trio set of films such as the underwater trio of "The Abyss", "Leviathan", and "Deepstar Six". These two films basically had cops who were not dog lovers getting partnered up with a new canine pup. In the case of "Tuner and Hooch" it was a matter of Hanks character kind of inheriting the dog from the owner killed by some bad guys and Hanks thinks the dog can i.d. the killer. Here it is a bit more realistic as Jim Belushi needs a drug sniffing dog so he kind of gets stuck with one of the worst on the force. I enjoy this one better than the Hanks' one, but both have some rather humorous moments and both did fairly well for movies back in the 80's as this one made 42 million and Hooch made 72 million. I see from the scores though that they are not highly revered movies, but like I said I thought they both were good. This one just worked a bit better for me. I am not saying Belushi is a better actor than Hanks, far from it, but I liked his character a bit more than the one Hanks portrayed. I also think German Shepards are one of the best breed of big dog so that is probably why I am biased against the other one a bit. This one also had a much funnier ending than did that one. What makes this one though is the interplay between Belushi's character and the crazy canine, Jerry Lee, I think its name was as they try to stop some drug guys.

TheLittleSongbird I do agree the story is predictable, and the ending didn't quite excite or move me. However, it does work surprisingly well as a man-and-dog buddy movie. The film is at least nice to watch, the soundtrack is decent, the direction is good and the script does have a few laughs that makes the experience enjoyable. And the acting is very spirited- Jerry-Lee is the star of the show, very well trained and cute, while James Belushi is always watchable and Mel Harris is appealing and sexy.Overall, this is a surprisingly good buddy movie with enough humorous moments and spirited performances to make it worth watching. 8/10 Bethany Cox

elshikh4 It's not a good action, or real thriller. I can't call it a full comedy either. But sure it's fun movie about having a dog for the first time.It's part exaggerated, like the scene in which the dog turns into a monster in the bar while the directing didn't express well how he defeated all of the robust thugs! It's part cheesy, like the last encounter between the lead and the evil guy where the last was capable, so easily, of killing both the lead along side his girl while he didn't! And it's part naive; watch how the lead empties his gun shooting the bad guy crazily for nothing but hurting his dog? We didn't have the chance later to know appropriately what happened to that evil guy or how this situation ended !! Nevertheless, the soundtrack was fully diverting, having smart sense of humor. James Belushi looked excellent whether as tough cop or funny man. And Mel Harris, who acted as his girl, got such an unforgettably wonderful pair of legs! Still the movie's highest point is the way it shows the start of a good relationship between a grown man and a dog cutely. And it's surely more fun than the year's "other" buddy-action comedy about a cop and a dog (Turner & Hooch).Finally, I have an advise for you : don't watch it with your girl, because it's not a chick movie, it's rather exclusively a guys, kids and dogs movie !