If you're expecting anything resembling the beloved cartoon, you'll enjoy the title sequence and nothing else. If, however, you set your expectations just low enough, or are an easily satisfied 8-year-old, you might have a bit of fun.
The first half is all backstory: Our star pooch (voiced by Jason Lee) is an incompetent rookie in the K-9 unit of the Capitol City police force, but after mistaking a ham for a bomb during the mayor's (John Slattery) press conference, he quits in disgrace, only to be dog-napped by mad scientist Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage) and his overgrown, half-witted sidekick, Cad (Patrick Warburton). Barsinister works for Growth Rese...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG
Length:
86 mins