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Underdog [DVD] [2007]

DVD ~ Jim Belushi
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Jim Belushi, John Slattery, Amy Adams, Jason Lee
  • Directors: Frederik Du Chau
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Jun 2008
  • Run Time: 78 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0015RASXG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,930 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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What happens when mad scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage) and a former police beagle Shoeshine (voiced by Jason Lee) are involved in a fiery lab accident? A dog with superpowers (soon to be dubbed "Underdog") is born, and Dr. Barsinister becomes a man obsessed with revenge and bent on genetically modifying the entire population of Capital City. An unwitting former policeman, Dan (James Belushi), and his son Jack (Alex Neuberger) adopt Shoeshine in the hope of improving their strained relationship. What follows is a typical scene of home destruction by a young dog, multiplied exponentially by the incredible strength, speed, and newly developed language skills of one super dog. While Jack and Shoeshine struggle with the conflict between Shoeshine's desire to be a regular dog and Jack's insistence that he use his newfound powers to help people, mayhem reigns in Capital City as Barsinister and his henchman Cad (Patrick Warburton--Emperor's New Groove) wreak havoc on the entire city and Jack's dad, schoolmate Molly (Taylor Momsen) and her dog Polly (voiced by Amy Adams--Enchanted) are all unwittingly dragged into the conflict. Underdog dedicates himself to good, quickly becoming revered as a superhero, but ultimately it will take the combined efforts and understanding of Underdog, Jack, Dan, Molly, and Polly to defeat Barsinister and save Capital City from destruction. Based on the original animated Underdog television series, this live action film is entertaining, if not great.

Bonus features include deleted scenes with director introductions, bloopers, a 5-minute glimpse of the logistics of shooting animals and blending live action with animation, and the first Underdog cartoon "Safe Waif." (Ages 3 to 12) --Tami Horiuchi



Synopsis
To save the day, here comes Underdog, a 1970s Saturday morning cartoon transformed to glorious, semi-CGI animated life; it's a talking animal live-action film--a la Babe--with wisecracks aplenty. Voiced by Jason Lee, Underdog is the joke of the K-9 police force after his weakness for ham disrupts a public ceremony. Dejectedly, he lets himself get abducted for an animal experiment by a mad scientist, Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage). He escapes, doused in experimental chemicals, to become a dog with 80 times his normal strength. Jim Belushi embodies the sad-sack security guard at the laboratory who finds Underdog and takes him home as a playmate for his alienated tweener son (Alex Neuberger). The fact that chaos follows will come as no surprise, but what may is the genial tone the film maintains throughout.


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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Won over by the script!, 13 Jul 2008
By S. J. Hulbert "stephenjohnhulbert" (Cardiff, UK) - See all my reviews
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When my daughter made me buy this I was dreading the idea of watching it. What could be worse that yet another annoing film about a superhero? And a dog - what kind of superhero could that be, other than lame?

This just goes to show how WRONG you can be in pre-judging a movie. This movie isn't deep (why should it be), but the script is hilarious, the characters are great and the overall effect is fantastic - it's a genuinely funny movie which you will want to watch with your family over and over again.

This film is worth buying just for the script!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Film!.... , 22 Jun 2008
By LD (UK) - See all my reviews
Watched this with my husband and two sons - ages 4 & 8.

It got pretty much straight into the 'action', so my youngest (4) didn't have time to bored like he usually does.... which makes a change!

Great film, enjoyed by all.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Heaps of fun!, 16 Aug 2008
Any film that comes with a U certificate and stars talking animals can usually be guaranteed to be slightly lame - flimsy plot, rubbish script and duff acting. Not here! Underdog is tons of fun. Enough slapstick to keep 4 year olds happy, enough toilet humour to keep 7 year olds happy and enough wink-nudge one-liners to make the grown-ups giggle and it's all helped along by the brilliantly droll voicing of Underdog by Jason Lee of My Name is Earl fame. And at not much over an hour's running time, it's the perfect length of time for a family film. Heaps of fun!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Underdog
Definitely a children's film. Good film, made the children laugh and they watched it twice in the first week. Not a classic but worth buying.
Published 1 month ago by Gavin Taylor

5.0 out of 5 stars HEARD IT WAS GOOD
I JUST ORDERED THIS ITEM WAITING FOR IT TO ARRIVE. GOOD FAMILY FILM I THINK
Published 2 months ago by Mr. N. Surendranath

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!
I just watched this with my family
and we all loved it.
I was funny and the effects are fab.
The script isnt cheesy or corny.
It is just right. Read more
Published 3 months ago

2.0 out of 5 stars Underdog
Pretty poor childrens dvd...superdog antics which have rarely entertained my 3 year old son and five year old daughter..let the buyer beware!!
Published 3 months ago by Mr. John Mcgowan

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! For kids and adults alike...
An outcast from the police bomb squad training academy gets kidnapped by a mad scientist. Then, in an accident, is transformed from loser dog to superhero dog. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dodster

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect fun for children
With films such as this, I tend to refer to my children's opinion as much as mine because it is of course a DVD I bought for them to watch (they are of infant and primary school... Read more
Published 6 months ago by OEJ

5.0 out of 5 stars Underdog
This is Underdog [2007]a great film, disney at its best. I took my children to see it at the pictures and we had to wait ages until it came out on DVD. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. Addlesee

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than I expected
I have to say, I wasn't that interested in buying this Dvd, but my 4 year old kept asking for it so I gave in and we watched it that evening. Read more
Published 10 months ago by mummy spoon

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