The plot: When a police officer and his faithful police dog get injured in the line of duty, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together — and Dog Man is born. As Dog Man learns to embrace his new identity, he must stop feline supervillain Petey the Cat from cloning himself and going on a crime spree.
Dog Man was great.
Pros: I’m surprised with how much I enjoy this one. This film being more on the animation being stylized worked. The voice cast was so good. I got to agreed Petey cat was the best character in the film along with Li’l Petey. I like the action in the final act and I dig the story finding a family and that defiantly be joyful for kids.
Cons: I didn’t like flippy involvement in the 3rd act & I wish we get more time with the police officer before merging with the dog.
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Directed by Peter Hastings
Produced by Karen Foster
Written by Peter Hastings
Based on Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Starring: Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Lucas Hopkins Calderon & Ricky Gervais.
Edited by Brian Hopkins
Music by Tom Howe
Production companies: DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
The Voice Casts:
- Peter Hastings as the voice of Dog Man, a hybrid between a dog and a police officer who was created as a result of a medical operation that fused an injured Officer Knight together with his pet dog, Greg. Keeping in line with the source material, Dog Man does not speak, although Hastings still provides his barks and expressions.
- Hastings also voices Officer Knight, a police officer whose body from the neck down is used to create Dog Man, and also provides the vocal effects of Greg, Knight’s dog whose head is used to create Dog Man.
- Pete Davidson as Petey, a quick-witted and arrogant orange cat who is Dog Man’s archenemy and the self-proclaimed “world’s most evilest cat”.
- Lucas Hopkins Calderon as Li’l Petey, a kind-hearted kitten clone of Petey and Dog Man’s adopted son and sidekick.
- Lil Rel Howery as Chief, the short-tempered police chief of the station Dog Man works at.
- Isla Fisher as Sarah Hatoff, a news reporter.
- Billy Boyd as Seamus, Sarah’s cameraman.
- Ricky Gervais as Flippy the Fish, a fish with telekinesis.
- Stephen Root as Grampa, Petey’s father.
- Poppy Liu as Butler, Petey’s former assistant.
- Cheri Oteri as the Mayor of Ohkay City, who frequently berates Chief and Dog Man’s police work.
- Melissa Villaseñor as the realtor who sells Officer Knight’s house. In the British English version, the role was dubbed by Louise Redknapp.
George Beard and Harold Hutchins, the in-universe creators of Dog Man and Captain Underpants, make a brief appearance. Kelly Stables provides the voice of Harold, who was previously voiced by Thomas Middleditch in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.
I highly recommend watching this film wherever you have seen it.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe