Wiener Dog Internationals - DVD

Army Dog [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2016 product/publication from Lions Gate

Dora Madison Burge of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS stars as Madison, a spoiled big city 16-year-old with a full teenage social life. But when her mom is deployed overseas for three months, Maddy is sent to live with her hard-nosed grandfather (Lance Henriksen of ALIENS) at his rural cattle ranch. In this strange place with no Wi-Fi, Maddy will meet cute 17-year-old dog trainer Eli (Cody Linley of HANNAH MONTANA and CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN), grow to love and respect her stubborn grandpa, and bond with an old cattle dog who just may have the potential to be a blue ribbon champion. Bonding through their mutual sense of displacement, the two outcasts from a special bond in this heartwarming story about the meaning of family, the courage of outcasts, and the promise of new beginnings.

We've never been big fans of the dog movies of the 1930s (Rin Tin Tin, etc.), but this B-British action-crime film is really pretty good. Plus it's got Christopher Lee to boot! Two British cops pursue a burglary suspect. One of them is shot and killed by the fleeing criminal. His partner vows to catch the killer. However, before taking on this task he is assigned a police dog for added protection. So the cop puts a German Shepard through training, the scenes of which are most engrossing and very real. There's some nice domestic drama thrown in for good measure and Rice is very pleasing to the eye. A nifty climax has the dog chasing down the killer. Well-acted and scripted. Lee has a nice part as a constable who's afraid of dogs! Police Dog is presented in it's original 1.66 1 aspect ratio.