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An ex-con daredevil trucker must reinfect himself with white-line fever in order to save his wife and kid from nasty gunrunners in this enjoyably mindless, twisted-metal-fest from the director of Passenger 57. Longtime MIA action stud Patrick Swayze (who snagged the part after Kevin Sorbo had to suddenly vacate due to health problems) is even more expressionless than usual in the lead role, but helmer Kevin Hooks compensates with a seriously rocking country soundtrack, some pleasantly eccentric supporting characters (including erstwhile crooner Randy Travis and a way-over-the-top Meatloaf as a psychotic trucker preaching damnation by the dashboard light), and--most importantly--a whole lot of rolling iron getting smashed in spectacularly kinetic fashion. A low-down, down-home, cotton-picking flick that blows up real good. --Andrew Wright
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Action-packed truck demolition derby with Patrick Swayze playing an ex-convict who is tricked into hauling a shipment of illegal firearms in his big rig. Once a caravan full of machine gun-toting maniacs attacks him on the road, he decides to take matters into his own hands and do a little hard driving to save his life. Randy Travis and Meat Loaf co-star. 89 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Freanch Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish; biographies; theatrical trailer.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
From the opening scene, it becomes clear that director Kevin Hooks is going to serve up a John Woo style action flick as the backdrop for promoting his views on existentialist thought. Patrick Swayze, a God-fearing truck driver, serves as a modern day Soren Kierkegaard while the rougher Randy Travis counters as an atheistic Jean-Paul Sartre figure. Together, the two must deliver one last shipment to prevent harm to Swayze's wife (a Simone de Beauvoir lookalike) and daughter, all the while battling an angry Meatloaf, the rig-driving equivalent of Edmund Husserl. While trucking cross-country, Swayze continually posits that religious faith is central to an authentic existence through the guise of insisting on delivering the goods "according to plan". Travis (who, incidentally, provides some lovely songs on the score with his `Juan and Diego Band') believes that by accommodating the terrorists' plan, they are checking their own individualism. In other words, they are "condemning themselves to be free" by forcing themselves to make future directed choices. At a critical point, Travis says, "Let's do it, Black Dog," revealing the existentialist common ground that an individual's subjective experience is the focus of what it is to exist as a human being.
Interestingly, the daughter-mother hostage scenes reveal a Nietzche-Hume debate on the habit of causality, but I won't reveal all the best bites. Look for writers Mickelberry and Vining's subtle nod to the unfortunate young death of Albert Camus during the truck-over-the-cliff scene!
Interestingly, the daughter-mother hostage scenes reveal a Nietzche-Hume debate on the habit of causality, but I won't reveal all the best bites. Look for writers Mickelberry and Vining's subtle nod to the unfortunate young death of Albert Camus during the truck-over-the-cliff scene!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a good action movie. If you have never driven a truck, then some of the details of the film probably will be lost on you. However, anyone who likes action and the trucking lifestyle should enjoy this movie. I give it "two thumbs up."
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When i watched Black Dog for the first time i thought is was one of the best movies i had ever seen. Now that i have seen it i watch it over and over again. What makes the movie so great is that it has awsome soundtrack to go along with it. From Randy Travis singing "My Worst Fear" and Rhett Akins singing Eddie Rabbits "Driving My Life Away". I would recomend that everyone watch this movie at least once in your life. I would expecially recomend it if you are a truck driver your-self. It is so easy to comprehend with what they go through. Even if you arnt a truck driver your-self it gives yo a little respect of what they have to go through(just hopefully not so much drama) with dealing being away from the ones that you love, for just doing the job that they choose to do.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
black dog
The critics always hated this movie, but it has always been one of my favorities,I watch this movie several times a year.
Published 1 month ago by nybiker
Kill me now!!
This movie is terrible. You could easily put this in the comedy section of movies. The positive reviews for this movie makes me doubt the future of humanity. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Bow Before Me
it feels like your in the movie
i;m not going to lie but this is the best movie i've ever seen it has so many action in it i would recomend this to a person who likes trucks or a person who like action
Published 12 months ago by best movie
Black Dog
My son, who loves "trucker movies", stated that he wanted the movie "Black Dog", but could not find it. I knew I could fond it on Amazon.com, and I did. Read more
Published 16 months ago by LaLucy
Another underrated action movie from Swayze 8/10
Just a random review this time Black Dog directed by Kevin Hooks he also directed Passenger 57 & now he directs TV shows but it's a shame Hooks knows how to make action movie. Read more
Published 21 months ago by J. Paul
renegade truck driver on a demolition run . . .
With generous amounts of vehicular mayhem, Black Dog (1998) delivers what director Kevin Hooks (Passenger 57) intends, a violent, over the edge, high action ride. Read more
Published 22 months ago by trebe
Blackdog
Brillant movie starring Meat Loaf and Patrick Swayze i would reconmend it to anyone who loves patrick swayze movies.
Published on February 12, 2010 by Tracey Willmott
Not a great movie
It's still fun to watch. I watched it several years ago, and finally bought a copy. Now that Patrick Swayze is gone, I kind of feel nostalgic for his movies.
Published on November 29, 2009 by J. Demond
Awesom Movie, hard to find
This movie is an awesome movie, and i was glad to finally be able to find it. In the last few months this movie has been running off of the shelves as fast as their putting it out.
Published on November 20, 2009 by Jessi J
BEST OF PATRICK SWAYZE
Truly love it, but after a while of seeing it over 100 times, it's boring.
Published on November 11, 2009 by Elvis
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