5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Guess there's no movie so bad someone won't give it 5 stars, September 2, 2001
This review is from: Atomic Dog [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This incredibly cheap sci-fi made-for-TV outing isn't good sci-fi, isn't good horror, and isn't even particularly good for animal lovers. Here's the goofy set-up. A janitor's puppy is left behind at a nuclear power plant that's being shut down for "low-level radiation leaks." Instead of doing what he'd do in real life, which is die horribly, he grows into a Superdog with human intelligence. Now some years later, a family moves into a house, evidently not caring that it's just down the street from an evacuated nuclear plant, and the Atomic Dog gets their dog pregnant. When the Atomic Dog tries to claim his pups, all heck breaks loose. Sort of. The Atomic Dog (who gives the movie's only good performance) is never really menacing because the filmmakers don't want to frighten kids or upset PETA, and, of course, at the end (SPOILER WARNING) he turns out to be a misunderstood hero. Sniff. The direction is purely workmanlike, the script never offers anything original when it can just take the obvious route, and, for a kids' movie, I can't even recommend it, since there are four dogs in the movie altogether and three of them end up dead. Anyone who thinks this is a five-star movie needs to get out of the house more. Casablanca is a five-star movie, people.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beware of the dog, February 3, 2000
This review is from: Atomic Dog [VHS] (VHS Tape)
this movie made me jump, made me cry, and made me laugh. i love dogs and this movie only deepend my appriciation for the nice tame dogs. a radio-active dog who gets it on with a family dog finds himself in a whole new tangle. with the death of his wife he's looking to get his two puppies back and nothing is gouing to stand in his way.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Most, January 8, 2005
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Atomic Dog [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I haven't seen this movie in while, but I remember it. I've seen "B" movies and this isn't one. A REAL B movie is Frogs. I like the Atomic Dog because he was so smart. My fav. part is when the women shoots him with a tranq. dart and he just looks at her as if to say,"I'm not an idiot" then pulls the dart out.
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