Nearly a decade ago they made Cats and Dogs. It was ridiculous but still fun in it's mediocre kid movie way. Now they decided they needed to bring a sequel to a movie that already hardly held up. This time there is a new recruit, a police dog put out of service because he always seems to get into trouble on every case. Now he is part of the secret spy dogs and his owner searches for his lost dog. And of course now there is an evil cat, Kitty Galore, who is planning on basically putting out a high frequency radio signal that will essentially render animals virtually useless. So now the cats and dogs decide to team up.
Even the wonderful CG animated road runner cartoon before the movie couldn't warrant paying for this movie in theaters. It really is that bad. It never should have gotten past a direct to DVD release. It's a kid's movie that is terrible even when that is kept in mind. Even Shrek 4, another bad kid's movie of the year, was much better than this. The story is boring, the characters uninteresting, and the jokes awful. And of course the majority of the jokes only adults will understand because they are punch lines and many other movies. I think most of the simple few word one liners from other films were thrown in throughout the entire movie. It lacks heart and it lacks fun.
So what warrants it having one star? The effects were decent and there was a great voice cast. In fact, the voice cast is what saves the film at all. Unfortunately it is also a waste of a great voice cast. Since kid's movies are going to be continue to be made they could at least work on only putting quality family films in theaters. Leave the rest for DVD.
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