Man's Best Friend

R

1993

1 hr. 27 min.

Horror

Comedy

List

21%

14 Reviews

Tomatometer

43%

5,000+ Ratings

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Reporter Lori Tanner (Ally Sheedy), investigating a story about animal cruelty, gains access to a facility where dogs and cats are the subjects of cruel experiments conducted by Dr. Jarret (Lance Henriksen). After seeing the conditions of the lab, Lori flees the building, but massive escaped dog Max follows her. Lori decides to keep Max as a pet, but the seemingly lovable canine is a genetically altered dog with unusual abilities and psychotic tendencies that set him on a killing spree.

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EdBoonSucks

Got suckered in by the cover of this trash-heap of a movie. My first thought seeing the movie cover as a kid, was thinking that this was a terminator dog, and it's going to be awesome. But the movie was nothing like that at all. To compact all this trash into a nutshell would be to phrase it like this. Some reporter breaks into a science lab somewhere that does weird experiments on a dog that gave him the claws of a tiger, clocking ability that the predator would be jealous of, and the jaw lining of a python as an excuse to watch a dog devour a cat. (spoiler alert: This was the only reason why this movie was made, to watch a dog eat a cat.) Also this dog can also pee acid strong enough to melt a guy's break lines but somehow impregnate a female collie dog. The end.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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Very bad movie! Plot sucked!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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It's soo hilariously bad, it almost needs to be seen to believe. It's an absolute blast, it had me howling. Between the dog-rape, pissing acid and going predator with the vanishing I was doubled over laughing. This disc will get some good plays.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/16/19

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They should put mans best friend back on cable television that dog was a good actor and all of the actors in the movie played good.yall please play this movie on cable television for Halloween this year 2018

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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I've always hated dogs, i'm a cat lover mostly, so...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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this is the best kind of bad movie. a not so subtle political message, special effects on just the right side of terrible, a lot of people who could be doing something better with their talent and dire need to tell itself seriously. highly recommended.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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John Lafia

Director

Ally Sheedy

Lori Tanner

Lance Henriksen

Dr. Jarret

Robert Costanzo

Detective Kovacs

Fredric Lehne

Perry

John Cassini

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Daniel M. Kimmel

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Chief problem is that Max the dog -- a Tibetan mastiff -- is easily the most likable character in the movie.

May 8, 2005

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James Berardinelli

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Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Marc Savlov

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Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

I love a good movie that's all over the place, as ridiculous and absurd as this movie is. As much disregard as it has for filmmaking, this movie is highly entertaining.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 15, 2019

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

An atrocious movie. Abysmal. Everybody was terrible, even the dog was terrible.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 15, 2019

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Lassie, come home!

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 21, 2019

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Synopsis

Reporter Lori Tanner (Ally Sheedy), investigating a story about animal cruelty, gains access to a facility where dogs and cats are the subjects of cruel experiments conducted by Dr. Jarret (Lance Henriksen). After seeing the conditions of the lab, Lori flees the building, but massive escaped dog Max follows her. Lori decides to keep Max as a pet, but the seemingly lovable canine is a genetically altered dog with unusual abilities and psychotic tendencies that set him on a killing spree.

Director: John Lafia
Executive Producer: Daniel Grodnik, Robert Kosberg
Screenwriter: John Lafia
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 14, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.0M
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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