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Rizar 2012-05-24 20:21:50

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010, G)

Well, the official website for "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of KittyGalore" has a paw for a mouse pointer, the movie uses most every lazypun possible about pets, and a reviewer has already claimed the moviemarks the end of civilization as we know it. With such prospects, afilm about talking cats and dogs coming together to fight off KittyGalore (voiced by Bette Midler) doesn't eye well for adults. And itdoesn't. Any mathematicians in the theater can better spend their timetracking the noticeable upward curve of boredom and silliness thelonger the movie runs (the pet gags during the end credits don'tcount).Aren't kids movies like this supposed to be funny despite theirabsurdity? It took 9 years to bring this sequel of "Cats & Dogs" to thetheaters, which gave it plenty of time to spread a wide umbrella forbig name voices. Nick Nolte's deep scratchy voice took to the endcredits to figure out, but it stands out in his role as a scrappymentor dog, Butch, the muscle of a secret agency run bysemi-intelligent talking dogs.We learn that dogs have an underground spy organization where no humanhas ever entered, appropriately outfitted with hi-tech gadgets in theBond tradition and specially tailored for dog clichés. Cats have asimilar underground facility for their secret organization, namedMEOWS. The first pet puns are quirky and tone setting, but after thethird or fourth - and when combined with lame cultural references(including Hannibal Lecter and who knows what else) - it becomestorture.The main character is a German shepherd police dog named Diggs (JamesMarsden), who joins a band of unlikely heroes to try to protect humansagainst Kitty Galore. Diggs follows the 'Dirty Harry' template of theends justifies his means, that is, he causes havoc while taking down amadman and tends to set off fiery explosions in the process. So, ofcourse, he's recruited by Butch (Nick Nolte) to join the secret dogorganization. Diggs and Butch reluctantly join teams with a top kittyagent, Catherine (Christina Applegate), from MEOWs. Along for the rideis a pea brained pigeon, Seamus (Katt Williams), to provide comicrelief.The plot is adequately thin and senseless. They battle against KittyGalore (voiced by Bette Midler), a hairless Sphinx cat, who plans toenslave humans and take over the world. Her plan is to use malevolentsound waves, from a weapon called "The Call of the Wild" (by the way),at an ultra low frequency (just for dogs) to trigger all dogs toviolently rebel against humans. Humans will have to lock them all inkennels. But the movie forgets to mention how Kitty Galore intends toconquer humans. Will she change the frequencies and use the weapon onus? She doesn't specify, but perhaps she could change to an appropriatefrequency to trigger our caveman impulses, or something.Kitty Galore is funny as she reluctantly placates her not so magicalmagician owner. She became evil because her previous owners treated herlike a freak and threw her out after she fell into a vat of hairremoval cream (like the Joker from "Batman"). The movie has a coupleother funny moments with a house filled of too-lazy-to-move high cats,and a goofy Calico cat voiced by Wallace Shawn (lampooning his role in"The Princess Bride"). Other stars take part in hopes of success,including Neil Patrick Harris, Roger Moore, and Joe Pantoliano, but itdoesn't help much.Some of the most effective scenes are ones where pets give normal petreactions. The audience actually responded to Diggs whimpering as hewas locked in his cage by his former cop partner, played by ChrisO'Donnell (in one of the few human roles). The pets only pretend to actnormal around humans, but on occasion a little girl stumbles on themtalking. She's amazed, no one believes her, and the pets resort toclichés (butt sniffing for dogs).That's it. Most of the other jokes are dull. The movie becomes so lazy,any action is just meaningless and boring. The movie uses a mix of liveaction animals, puppetry, and computer animation to bring the pets tolife. The CGI mouths attempt to make such absurdity seem real, but whocares when what they say isn't funny or interesting. The 3D wasn't verynoticeable at all.

Jackson Booth-Millard 2012-05-24 11:07:06

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

When I heard that there was a sequel to atrocious Cats & Dogs I wasthinking to myself why do they bother making follow ups to films thatare clearly awful, but I heard it had some positive opinions, so I gaveit a chance. Basically in the world where cats and dogs are enemies,most (not all) cats wanting to take over the world, and many dogs asthe secret agents defeating them. One particular German Shepherd policedog Diggs (Enchanted's James Marsden), owned by his cop master Shane(Chris O'Donnell), is recruited by dog Butch (Nick Nolte) to helpdefeat a new threat to the world. Furless cat Kitty Galore (BetteMidler) is planning to take over the world, and after meeting felinesecret agent Catherine (Anchorman's Christina Applegate) who works forMEOWS (Mousers Enforcing Our World Safety), it looks like the good catsand dogs will have to work together. Kitty, once known as IvonnaClawyou used to work for the cat organisation as an agent, but wentrogue after losing her fur and being rejected by her original owners,and she has a plan to brainwash all the dogs in the world to attackwithout though or reason. With a little help from the first film'ssuper villain Mr. Tinkles (Sean Hayes) locked up in the secret cell inAlcatraz, they find out that Kitty is going to use a satellite in orderto do this, but the mission is to find out where from. Eventually theyfind out that a fairground ride is where the satellite will beactivated, and in the end the hero cats and dogs save the day, only tosee the next mission coming up with the escape of Mr. Tinkles. Alsostarring Katt Williams as Seamus, Neil Patrick Harris as Lou, MichaelClarke Duncan as Sam, Joe Pantoliano as Peek, Sir Roger Moore as TabLazenby, Wallace Shawn as Calico, Rat Race's Paul Rodriguez as CrazyCarlito, Rugrats' Elizabeth Daily as Scrumptious / Patches /Catherine's Niece, Futurama's Phil LaMarr as Paws / Cat Spy Analyst,Scream's Roger Jackson as Inmate Fat Cat and Spirder-Man's J.K. Simmonsas Gruff K-9. The voice casting works very well, Marsden making alikable dog hero, and Midler indeed nearly stealing the show as thedevilishly raspy voiced villain cat, and the computer animation iscertainly improved. I think besides these two attributes, what hasimproved is the story, taking a lot of ideas from James Bond, and ofcourse spoofing the films, casting Moore as the feline M was a greatidea, and there are also some actually really funny spoofs of TheSilence of the Lambs, The Fly, The Terminator and Batman, so a muchbetter part-animated comedy fantasy sequel. Worth watching!

2012-05-23 09:04:40

You made my daughter very happy. Delivery was quick and Christmas was wonderful! Thank you!! Beth Phillips

This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (DVD) Again my daughter was very happy with the Revenge of Kitty Galore. Delivery was quick and Christmas was wonderful! Thank you!! Beth Phillips

TheLittleSongbird 2012-05-22 10:19:46

Actually, pretty decent

This is hardly a gem of a sequel, but it is not as bad as I heardpeople had said. I personally prefer the first, though that also hadits problems. The film does look good, with striking location work andskillful-enough photography and the effects don't look cheap either.The soundtrack is a lot of fun too especially at the beginning, and theacting is decent with the human characters likable enough and SeanHayes and Bette Midler standing out in the voice cast. The direction isat least okay. The film is too rushed though, particularly at the end,perhaps with a longer length it would have felt more steady. The scriptdoes have its clever and witty moments, but also one too many momentsof stupidity, and the film is not that long I feel the story was toothin to properly sustain the running time. Overall, a decent sequel butcould have been more. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Marcos Muñoz 2012-05-22 15:51:16

Entertaining for the family, fun for the spy/cop movie fan

"Cats & Dogs": the idea of the original movie (which I haven't stillseen, but I will) didn't appeal me 10 years ago. But then, 10 years agoI had no kids, and when they seemed really interested in this 3D actionflick about cats and dogs fighting and teaming up to save the world...well, I decided. That there was a 3D-animation/3D-projection Roadrunnershort before it finally tipped the scales towards going.And I'm not sorry. It's not a very smart movie and the dialog is quitesimple (OK, the dove character and some of the supporting cast is plainboring), but it worked great as a family movie: the kids (specially the4 years one, who loved "Toy Story 3") liked the plot and followed itquite all the time without need of much explaining, and the parentsliked the sometimes blatant, sometimes more silently reference tomovies and sagas, from Bond's (it's really Shirley Bassey at theopening credits!) to "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon", "Men in Black" oreven Burton's "Batman". The middle part was a bit slow (both in the CGIan plot advancement departments) and the main character development wasscarce, by any means; much more interesting was his kitty companion andthe misadventures of both the villain and his mouse.All in all, recommended as a light family film or as a cop & spy spoof(if you want the spoof not to be as offensive to the original materialas the Scary/Date/Disaster/Superhero Movie sagas.

2012-05-22 06:00:28

Cats & Dog 2

Not a horrible but it was okay. I thought Maramaduke was better, but if you want to keep the kids entertained then check this one out. It's silly and goofy and one the kids will love!

thekyles99 2012-05-21 15:25:38

No where near as good as the original!

No where near the laughs the first instalment delivered. the only goodthing about this sequel is that they brought back Sean Hayes character"Tinkles" SPOILER FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CARE Don't READ FURTHER.. Yepand looks like there is going to be a third instalment folks you allhave seen how silence of the lambs ended well. meet Mr. tinkles whojust might have a friend for dinner. In this instalment James Marsdenprovides the vocals for the main character, a German Sheppard policedog who is washed up named Diggs. Digg's partner (Chris Odonnell)cannot keep covering up Digg's blunders so until he can figure how toget his shield back Digg's must remain in the city pound. Butch, yesone of the returning heroes from Cats And Dogs 1 but voiced this timeby Nick Nolte (guess Alec Baldwin wanted nothing to do with the sequel)gets advised by returning hero #2 Lou (also voiced by another actor)that he wants Diggs to join up with them to fight the new feline threatto canine and human kind Kitty Galore (voiced by Bette Midler). thistime around the villain has come across a sound so severe that whendogs here it they will go crazy and attack their owners, thereforeremoving all dogs as pets due to safety concerns. As to which if thisdastardly plan succeeds next up on the chopping block will be thehumans. Cats and dogs this time around have to join forces to removethe world of Kitty Galore the feline threat. My kids loved this as muchas the first instalment however i did not..but then again these movieswere made for the kids i guess.....

2012-05-21 02:45:05

Kids movie

This review is from: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (DVD) It was a very cute movie. We had watched Cats and Dogs and liked it, but our son loved this one.

2012-05-20 03:54:49

A cinematic abortion

Sometimes certain movies just have this aura about them. Movie posters for these particular films are just pungent with a vile odor while trailers seem to leave the most horrid and putrid taste in your mouth and cause your face to twist and distort as if you were being put through the most despicable forms of torture. You pretty much know, it's like your knee acting up when it rains and you can basically just feel it in your bones that this movie is going to be terrible and is going to be the furthest thing from a pleasant experience. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is such a movie.You know you're in for some trouble when you hear a cover of Pink's "Get This Party Started" over the opening credits. It feels like it goes on forever. Let the torture begin. You see that twist on Jigsaw's infamous line, "Let the games begin," from the Saw series? You'll be begging to be put into one of Jigsaw's traps by the time this movie is over.The special effects were at their best when they were more subtle. When you could tell that real animals were used and CG was used to only add reactions to the animals or for more human-like facial expressions. But these subtle effects were few and far between, as you can imagine. The film revolves around spy dogs and undercover agent cats after all. Things get exciting, chases heat up, and effects get more extravagant. That's the thing though; you can tell you're just watching something that was created on a computer. They wouldn't be bad if the entire film was CG, but they look really artificial with the real world as their backdrop.After seeing a movie like this, you have to wonder how much some of these actors were offered to do a movie this bad. Did they actually believe in the product or were they just that desperate for a paycheck? It's got to be the latter, right? You've got Cyclops as Diggs (James Marsden), Cape Fear's Sam Bowden as Butch (Nick Nolte), Veronica Corningstone herself as Catherine (Christina Applegate), A Pimp Named Slickback as a pigeon (Katt Williams), Jack McFarland as the feline rip-off of Hannibal Lecter (Sean Hayes), Vizzini (INCONCEIVABLE!) as a calico cat (Wallace Shawn), oh, and Bette Midler as Kitty Galore. Michael Clarke Duncan shows up as an Old English Sheepdog, says a few lines, and you never see him again. Is this the first movie Chris O'Donnell has been in since Vertical Limit? It sure feels that way and it didn't seem like he could get any lower than Vertical Limit until now. Meanwhile, some guy from "Saturday Night Live" shows up (Fred Armisen) and plays with a cocker spaniel while Jack McBrayer channels Pee Wee Herman in the most handicapped of ways for some scenes that probably should have been cut in the long run. Neil Patrick Harris and Katt Williams are probably the least offensive and closest thing to actual humor in the movie, but that still isn't much of a compliment.The story is the typical cats against dogs routine with a bit of an edge; an evil cat plans to use a sound that'll be channeled through a satellite orbiting the earth to eventually drive dogs mad and turn against their owners. Since humans are also a potential target, spy dogs and undercover agent cats will have to team up (cue Scooby Doo saying, "Ruh-roh!"). The story just felt stupid in the long run, especially with all the little side plots going on. Diggs tends to do whatever he wants as a police dog and is reckless, but he learns the error of his ways by...doing nothing but that the entire movie? Then his owner can't find him even though he's practically right under his nose the entire time. Most of the material with human interaction just makes you want to stab yourself in the face with whatever you can get your hands on to keep yourself from having to sit through this monstrosity of a movie any longer. It's a lot like Barney the purple dinosaur if he was replaced with CG cats and dogs; just awful, smash-me-in-the-face-with-a-cinder-block-to-end-this-madness, cutesy, garbage.Lastly, this movie references a lot of movies you know and probably love. The down side is that it feels like sacrilege rather than a shout out to great films. There are countless references to the James Bond franchise; Paws and Kitty Galore illustrate that point fairly well. Everything from Mission: Impossible to Batman to Silence of the Lambs and Terminator. The Batman and Terminator references are low blows, but the Silence of the Lambs one is the worst mostly because it lasts longer than any of the others. Think of those terrible spoof movies like Date Movie and Epic Movie with a slight we're-trying-to-make-this-as-adorable-as-possible-by-shoving-it-down-your-throat edge.Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is quite possibly the most painful movie watching experience I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Jokes are lame and corny, dialogue feels forced and overacted, popular movie references tarnish the reputation those movies made on society instead of paying homage to them, and the storyline walks a thin line between simple and ludicrous which results in a product that isn't even halfway entertaining. It'd be more appropriate to rate this movie in the amount of times you'll actually groan verbally throughout the movie's duration. It might be fun for children who haven't developed the ability to distinguish a pile of steamy excrement and something that is actually entertaining and it may be amusing to your pet since my dog seemed to enjoy it, but if you have any sort of expectations or qualifications for what a good film should be then you are going to hate this movie or you'll be smart enough to stay away from it forever.

collipal-1 2012-05-19 18:10:52

Simply atrocious

What was my excuse to go to see Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of KittyGalore to the cinema? I am always interested in seeing well donespecial effects...even if it is in deplorable movies, such as G-Forceor Transformers.In the case of Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of KittyGalore, the special effects are competent, and they are complementedwith the wonderful practical creations of Romaire Studios.Oh, and bythe way, I also have a special affection for dogs.However, nothing ofthat helped me to enjoy this atrocious and deeply tedious film.The original Cats & Dogs was not a gem of modern cinema, but it made melaugh with its ingenious parody of the spy cinema, not to mention Icould also recognize the attitudes from cats and dogs I have met duringmy life in the characters (of course I am not talking about the gadgetsand the action scenes, but about the brief moments where the authenticnature from those animals was perceived).Now, as it usually happens,the obligatory sequel looses the slight charm from the original movieand increases the level of coarse humor, and the result is anotherfamily movie where the story is replaced by noise and visual excesses.Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is composed by tired routinesof a stupid humor which do not provoke even one smile, and theapparatus action sequences are very boring as well as irrelevant, andthey only work as a distraction on the slow way to the ending.It is amistake to expect too much from a film like this, but I always have theslight hope of finding filmmakers who do not take the family cinema asan excuse for reducing the intelligence from the screenplays to theminumum, or ignore the most basic precepts of cinematographicnarrative.Bad luck; I will keep searching.As I said on the beginning of the commentary, the good special effectsare not enough to recommend Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,because the movie is authentically horrible and hateful.I think thatthe animals from this film should have also been behind the cameras; Iam sure they would have made a much better job.

Charlie Burns 2012-05-18 19:00:17

Well, I always wanted to know what the worst movie of all time looks like.

Alright, I will try my best to not rant and rave (especially since Ialready have done a much more detailed review of this on my blog, soread it there if you are curious), but this movie is without a shadowof a doubt one of the worst films of all time. Yes, worse than craplike Batman and Robin, Troll 2, or even Battlefield Earth, especiallywhen you throw in the small fact that at least those films areinteresting in how bad they are. This film is not interesting, not inthe least. From the absurd amount of cat and dog puns that are moreforced than the drama on American Idol, to the just not funny jokescoming either from the main dog (who I am certain is probably missinghis brain) to the pigeon that supposedly works for the big "bad" ofthis movie (and no, I do not really care why a bird works for a cat,but it is really stupid, that is for sure.) I wish I could say maybethe CGI is good, but no, it looks like the same half-hearted attemptsthey use in Asylum films, and worst of all it couldn't be lessconvincing that the animals are talking unless you just made them ALLCGI, instead of using real cats and dogs. Sure, I know people try anduse the stupid excuse, "But its for kids, can't you let it just bethat?" No, I can't, because while there are still being great,incredible kid films being made and released (just think Lion King orHow to Train Your Dragon) that not only are really, really enjoyablefor children, but just so for adults, then I cannot stand while craplike this is being made. No, this film has nothing redeeming about it,from the story that has no point except to make puns and make my brainscream, or to the "jokes" that couldn't be funny if George Carlin toldthem, nothing works in this film. And those adults who do claim thatthey went and saw this and actually enjoyed it, I do pity you all, andhope one day you meet a good movie (like Robocop or Terminator 2) andjust...grow up.

2012-05-18 00:31:32

This Is A Good, Cute Movie!!!

I see that the plot of this movie has been detailed wonderfully by other reviews, and so I'll just say that this was really, really a fun, cute movie that my son got as an early Christmas gift - if you're thinking, then, of getting it for your own kid(s) for Xmas, you've still got time to pick it up. The CGi is, in fact, great; the scenes are fun and colorful and fast (perfect for about three to seven years old), and the little inside jokes for the adults are funny as heck...Roger Moore, 007 himself, in a spy flick with cats and dogs? I loved that, and the scene where Diggs drops through a secret door into his super-spy doghouse is reminiscent of Batman and Robin sliding down the Batpole. I just thought that it was an all around cute movie that, granted, left a little to be desired in human character development, but in this case, it didn't matter. The movie is about super-spy animals, for Pete's sake. Let go, laugh, and pick this up as a stuffing stocker - it got pushed aside in the 'Toy Story 3/Shrek/etc.' mania when it was in the theatre, but discover it for your kids, now. =) Loved it!

NY 2012-05-17 11:17:59

This is a terrible movie...

I took my 80 year old Mom yesterday to see this movie. Paid the HIGH price for 3D because it was the only option and walked out about halfway through it. I don't walk out of movies. I think the last one was The Wiz which I hated but it was a little kid throwing up next to me that was the real reason I left.This movie was ruined by adding the computer generated faces to the cats. That and a really lame confusing story. It is just bad on about every level. Save your money.

stevenball2 2012-05-17 01:26:06

For everyone who loves cats & dogs

James Marsden one of the stars of this movie hosts the Oscars this year- I wonder if anyone will make note of this - one of his lessercredits. Other stars helping out are Bette Midler as Kitty Galore &Nick Nolte as Butch - they really do put their all into it. There aremany other famous humans involved - the only character that jarred me alittle was the pigeon Sheamus who spoke ghetto throughout. O and did Imention that Chris O'Donnell looks smoking hot as a cop. All in all afunny movie certainly a pleasant escape movie for a rainy day. Did theyreally spend 85 million on this? O well I guess that means there won'tbe any more sequels

Philip Wing 2012-05-16 04:10:52

We'll be watching this again, again, again...

My younger daughter and I saw this for the second time, now, at herrequest. On opening night it was a replacement for her running out ofSorcerer's Apprentice, on which she ran out (spoiler) after seeing thevillain made out of cockroaches. (This for someone who likes playingwith live insects, gently enough to catch a bee in her fingertips.)Oddly, both nights had about the same theatre audiences, very light. Idid not see anybody run out of the theatre, as some of the one starreviewers have noted.I did not see the first one (unlike several of the one star reviewers,who seem to love *that* one and hate this one for not being theoriginal). The Bond references start from the villain's name in thetitle, upon which Jay Leno does a routine which is likely based onpersonal experience. If you know which Bond flick involves a redMercury Cougar, you'll do fine... :)The numerous external movies references keep the adults awake (if youcare). The not so cute animals add reality. (Spoiler: The cute puppysome of the one star reviewers want is a disguise for Kitty Galore - sothere! :) )In animal treatment obsessed San Francisco, I guess they had to givesome Peta bread... :) Other than a flavored iMac, the productplacements are kept to a minimum (a Moto phone, too). The San FranciscoBay Area location selections are interesting (and may have been asource of ire to the one star folks) (Spoiler) The only one that camefrom pure cloth was Playland at the Beach, which has been gone foralmost four decades, plus never existed in the form depicted in themovie. (Spoiler) The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk currently has the samemodel of attraction as used in the movie (next to the Rock and Rollcars), except their operational one has many old photos of theBoardwalk.With the number of one and two star reviews, I would expect a piece ofcow manure I would never own. Instead, just as noted in the SFGatereview (which the low reviewers will probably hate), I found a decentmovie the family (including our rescue cat) can sit down and enjoy.P.S. Kudos to the staff of the Century Tanforan who were willing toswitch us out of the Sorcerer's Apprentice to this movie at no cost.P.S.S. I don't see in the trivia whether some of the animals wererescue animals. I'm curious to find out.

2012-05-15 19:12:04

Not as good as Original

Was excited about this release but was a bit disappointed. Worth a watch but doesnt compare to the ist.

Jeremy Garcia 2012-05-15 18:36:53

Bad... just bad.

I wasn't a huge fan of the first Cats and Dogs movie and I hated thisone even more. This is just a series of really bad parodies throwntogether, most noticeably based on the James Bond series. You will seeand hear a few lines from other classics which are also done poorly. Itwasn't that funny, it wasn't engaging, the special effects are behind -I don't think there is any part of this movie that was done right. Ionly managed to smirk two or three times during the movie, all thanksto Katt Williams, but this wasn't his thing. He is normally a lotfunnier. I would much rather watch his stand up than waste money onthis movie. I don't think this would be a good kids movie either sinceit is based on the Bond series. Could you imagine what your kid woulddo if they found out Kitty Galore is suppose to be Pussy Galore? Itwould be the perfect excuse for them to yell out "Pussy!" all the time.This movie was a bad idea before the script writer put his pen to hisnotepad. My recommendation is to give this movie a pass , run as faraway from it as you can, and don't ever look back. It isn't even worthyof the bargain bin at a used video shop.

imogen-15 2012-05-15 07:11:49

Great introduction to Bond for kids

Took my sons aged 4 & 6 to this & they loved it. It may not be the mostentertaining movie ever for adults, but heck, it passed a morning ofthe school holidays, & that's good enough for me. Being a Bond fan, Iloved the opening credits & liked the fact that they were copying thatgenre. I confess to intermittent feelings of boredom, but have yet tosit through a kid's movie where this was not the case at some point. Itis clearly very very difficult to make a film which genuinelyentertains adults and children throughout - if they manage to make bothlaugh at some point, they are doing well in my humble opinion! I askedmy kids whether they had preferred Toy Story 3 (which has a much higherrating on IMDb) or Cats & Dogs, and they said they had liked both justthe same. Perhaps IMDb should only allow kids to review kids films!Adults, this film may not be Oscar material, but lets keep things inperspective.

2012-05-08 14:40:30

Miaow! There are some catty reviews on this film

Look, this is essentially a kid's movie, so one should not expect it to be a complete masterpiece (and, yes, I do know that there are many kid's movies which are indeed masterpieces), so I don't understand why it's been so heavily criticized here and particularly elsewhere. There are many funny parts, and although it's not as good as the first movie, it is still worth watching. As with many kid's movies nowadays there are many references for the adults as well (including a takeoff on Hannibal Lecter). And that Kitty Galore---remember Goldfinger?

ajs-10 2012-05-08 04:26:52

It's not great...

I saw the prequel to this, Cats & Dogs (2001), a few years ago and,although I didn't agree with the sentiments expressed in the film, Ikind of liked the way it was done. When this one came up on TV Idecided to see if they had made any improvements in the interveningyears. Well, I suppose technically, the CGI has improved, but thestorytelling most certainly hasn't! Here's a brief summary before Ireally rip into it… I mean, give you my considered opinion.Kitty Galore is a bad cat, so bad that she wants to take over theworld… Of course the dogs won't stand for this. And, so it turns out,neither will the cats. For the dogs, there's a new recruit, Diggs, aformer police dog who has a problem following orders. He is partneredwith Butch, a veteran agent who really knows the ropes. In their searchfor Kitty they find a pigeon, Seamus, who holds the key to catchingher. They also find another agent, a cat called Catherine whose boss,Tab Lazenby, agrees to work together with the dogs in order to foilKitty's evil plan. As they close in on her she begins to put her planinto effect… Will they get to her on time? I guess that's all I can sayor my cats will probably do something nasty to me.First of all, the effects and the CGI were all done pretty well, but,at times, looked a bit too overdone. The voices of the main characterswere provided by; James Marsden as Diggs, Nick Nolte as Butch,Christina Applegate as Catherine, Katt Williams as Seamus, Bette Midleras Kitty Galore and Roger Moore as Tab Lazenby. All were competent, butI guess it's hard to give a stellar performance in a film like this.It all started so well with James Bond style opening credits and evenShirley Bassey singing the song. Unfortunately, it went downhill fromhere. I know I'm not really the target audience, but I don't think eventhe kids will like this one much. It's almost like the writers weretrying to be too clever, rather than relying on the things that work ina kid's film… visual gags. I was quite glad it wasn't a particularlylong film and by the end I was glad it was over. Unfortunately, notrecommended.My Score: 3.8/10 IMDb Score: 3.6/10 (4,096 votes when this review waswritten). Rotten Tomatoes Score: 13/100 (93 reviews counted when thisreview was written).