Battledogs

April. 05,2013      
Rating:
3.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

When a strange werewolf virus threatens to decimate first New York and then the world, a rogue general uses the disease to create an army of super-soldiers.

Craig Sheffer as  Major Brian Hoffman
Kate Vernon as  Dr. Ellen Gordon
Dennis Haysbert as  Lt. General Christopher Monning
Ariana Richards as  Donna Voorhees
Bill Duke as  President Donald Sheridan
Wes Studi as  Captain Falcos
Ernie Hudson as  Max Stevens
Debbie Rochon as  NYPD Officer
Wayne W. Johnson as  Soldier / SWAT / Passenger / Protester
Robert Bozek as  Arguing Man

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Reviews

Karry
2013/04/05

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Solemplex
2013/04/06

To me, this movie is perfection.

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Jeanskynebu
2013/04/07

the audience applauded

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ShangLuda
2013/04/08

Admirable film.

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trashgang
2013/04/09

This is one of the better Asylum productions. The cast is to say above mediocre. You will see a lot of known faces from flicks from the eighties early nineties. So on that part it's okay. This story itself is a rip-off of the Sharknado franchise which is easy to explain because those people are involved.But normally Asylum flicks aren't worth seeing for effects or horror but here the effects are rather okay. It's easy to spot that it's mediocre CGI but there's blood attached and the bites are looking nasty. So okay, for the horror geeks. And the attack on New York looked also believable. So for a normal flick it isn't top notch but for an Asylum flick it is, worth picking up if you are into laughable and over the top horror done on a bad way.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

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lunchboxwanderer
2013/04/10

I haven't been so entertained since 'Sharknado.' 'Battledogs' is, which I thought wouldn't be possible, a far superior film.The script allows two of the acting professions finest leading men the platform to show the wide range of their craft.I was on the edge of my Lazy-Boy the entire film, gripped in suspense, thrilled by the action and on the verge of tears from the drama.Stars Craig Sheffer and Dennis Haybert have set the bar so high with 'Battledogs' it's unclear why they didn't receive Oscars.I can only think that they so outshone their peers, it was out of pure jealousy they were purposefully not recognized.9 stars out 10, only because the Battledogs didn't bring about a nuclear apocalypse, which they were certainly capable of.

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TheLittleSongbird
2013/04/11

SyFy have a notoriously bad reputation, though there are some tolerable movies of theirs out there even if they are too far and between. Battledogs was a movie that I wasn't sure what to make of, it wasn't a particularly good one but neither was it a disaster. I am in complete agreement with the acting being the best asset, the cast were a good one to begin with and they all give fun performances, especially Ernie Hudson. Battledogs is a better-looking movie than most SyFy movies, true the CGI is not particularly great(not really much of a surprise though) but the dogs/werewolves were fairly convincing, the scenery is good and the editing is not too choppy. The music and sound mayn't win any awards as such, but they are atmospheric and sharp enough and serve their purpose well. The car wreck scene was quite an exciting set piece, and the gore isn't too shabby either. Battledogs is not without its flaws though. There is some nice tongue and cheek humour in the script, but too much of the dialogue is cheesy, unnaturally flowed and not always fitting in certain scenes. There is also a rather make-it-up-as-you-go-along feel. The story is a mixed bag. The good news is, it didn't bore me particularly and the nods to King Kong, Free Willy and Day of the Dead original were nice; the bad news is, nothing comes out as original and the mix of sci-fi and horror is confused. Maybe it would help if those two elements individually worked, sadly they don't; it is not thrilling enough to be good sci-fi and it's not scary enough to be good horror either. And it is largely to do with the overall quality of the CGI, the poor suspense and how tame and uninventive the attacks seemed to be. I'd forgive the fact that the characters are overused stereotypes if anything interesting was done with them, but despite the efforts of the actors the characters never were developed or likable enough. And how inaccurately and poorly the military are portrayed is likely to get people even more infuriated, especially if they're part of the military themselves. In conclusion, not terrible or great. 5/10 Bethany Cox

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Carycomic
2013/04/12

But, in this case, it's Dennis Haysbert (currently a.k.a. "the All-State Man") who takes the Donald Sutherland role of a black-ops martinet obsessed with giving Uncle Sam world-wide military supremacy with a unique bio-warfare weapon. And, he does it so convincingly, it's frightening!Unfortunately, that's about _all_ that was frightening. And, the only plot element I would describe as "unpredictable" was Craig Sheffer winding up with Kate Vernon rather than Ariana Richards. Say what?!If they were going to twist the plot like that, at all, the least the writers could have done is have the movie end with Sheffer getting _both_ women!In short? I give this...five stars.

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