What can you say about a contemporary fairy tale of a man raised as a human pitbull, in which unapologetic grimness vies constantly with goofy, squirm-inducing sentimentality? The answer hinges on how easily you buy into the rosy conceit that Mozart sonatas and vanilla ice cream can transform a brutalized sociopath into a cute and cuddly companion. Danny (Jet Li) has lived his life in a cage, let out only to do the bidding of his "Uncle" Bart (Bob Hoskins), a pugnacious Glaswegian loan shark whose white suit is perpetually spattered with welshers' blood. When Bart removes Danny's collar and snarls "Get 'em," Danny's a flesh-and-blood guided missile. Collar on, he ret...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
142 mins