A Boy and His Dog

1975 "A rather kinky tale of survival."
6.4| 1h30m| R| en
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Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

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Wordiezett So much average
Micitype Pretty Good
MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Filmbufftwerp This was fairly funny and well written, in a writerly sense, but what was supposed to be the emotional turn at the end didn't land for me because of the scripts, the movies, woman problem. So World War III just happened and the world's population and society as a whole were decimated, not to mention the fact that there aren't many women around to have sex with. And that's were Don Johnson comes in, or doesn't come in. With the help of his trusty dog, who he plies with food, he goes around looking for a woman to bang. He eventually finds one...and that leads to some unexpected consequences. Don Johnson is good in his seedy main role, and the dog steals the show. It has some novel scenes and fresh interplay between the Don and the Dog. Overall, the movie is witty and has some fun moments...but that's where the good words end...You can't have your lead character treat woman as only sex objects and then ask me to believe that he had any sort of relationship with the main female character. I didn't buy for a second that the girl had any emotional investment in him, nor did I believe that he ever saw her as anything more than a pin cushion, as nothing he did spoke to the contrary. So the notion that his relationship with his dog in any way grew thanks to the "relationship" with the woman was asinine. That brings me to what this movie was really about. An exercise in woman hating...and ultimately, that they're beneath dogs (and if you've seen the movie, you know what I mean). Other than that, there wasn't much else doing in this movie. It had a very small cast and very thin plot. The theme, as it were, sucked. It didn't work and along with the treatment of women sucked, there goes that word again, most of the enjoyment out of what was otherwise a decent little character driven post apocalyptic sci-fi movie.I've nothing against cruel and mean spirited movies, even if they aren't witty like this film is, as long as they have something to say. This film has nothing worthwhile to say, nothing defensible to argue for. It's just misogynist lit porn brought to film.
esotericbonanza A grungy and blackly funny science fiction film made in a time when the genre was more about ideas than whizz-bang fx. Somewhat mean spirited and filled with gallows humour, this is also a film of lamentation, of characters concerned only with survival at all costs. With fine production design, totally convincing as a barren world of ruin, and sharp-as-a-tack writing, this is a must see.
jake-law123 Was not expecting to enjoy this film this much. It had the perfect balance and amount of quirkiness, humor, drama, and creativity. It takes a huge twist to the post apocalyptic genre.A teenage boy (Vic) and his telepathic dog (Blood) work together as a team in order to survive in the dangerous post-apocalyptic wasteland of the Southwestern United States. The dog promises him women to rape if the boy finds the dog food to eat. They come across a female of the underground city, who lures him down there to his unknown fate.Right away the idea of the telepathic dog intrigued me, not just the idea, but the voice and sound editing is amazing. It's really grounded in reality in a stylistic way. There's almost no music in the film, and the conversations between the two get heated up quick, making you feel the desperation of their situation.Everything is simply set up well. The quick prologue informs us of the aftermath of World War 4 turning everything to dust, a quick glance of the aftermath, an introduction to our characters etc. There's always something new happening regardless, it never gets repetitive or boring, especially with the constant bickering of the 2 main characters. It's like the fact that it's a dog and boy makes it automatically interesting to listen to.In the third act when the boy goes to the underground city to find the girl, he leaves his dog. This is where the film was ruined by some, the film's third act doesn't include the dog and apparently drags. I won't say they're wrong, but I will say it makes up for it simply for the final thing of dialogue in the film...nuff said. Trust me, it makes up for everything.I loved this all together. It just hit me right for some reason. It's not a phenomenon in the post apocalyptic genre, but it's a fresh touch to the typical wasteland setting, with interesting characters and plot. Highly recommended.
Boramee Seng Not "may" contain spoilers, this review has THE spoiler. And many other spoilers. Read at own risk.Definitely an interesting movie. I watched this with a friend and we have a habit of making fun of a lot of little things, but there wasn't much to poke at in this one. It felt like it portrayed a post-apocalyptic Earth pretty accurately, what with the main character literally caring for nothing more than just food and sex. Something I think is notable to point out is the fashion sense of the citizens of Downunder. I mean, they literally have clown makeup on. I'm not afraid of clowns myself, but I can imagine how immensely terrifying it would be to be abducted and then imprisoned by the manifestation on your worst nightmare. Also as a side note, that crazy fashion sense makes me think of it as "The Hunger Games" before its time. But the biggest impact this movie had definitely needs to be attributed to the ending. My friend and I were just sitting there saying to each other "Aw, the dog's gonna die but it's fine he's got a girl to keep him company now." And then all of a sudden we went silent and just started shouting "NO. NOOOOOO. WHAT. NO WAY." Not only was the twist completely unexpected, but the delivery was amazing. There was no way that we thought that the demented teenage rapist was going to feed his brand new girlfriend to his dog. Though in hindsight it seems like there was a high chance that they would find some way to keep the dog alive.Overall, I gave it a 7 on a pretty biased scale. I didn't connect very well to Vic. I mean, I can see what his motivations are and what he does to get what he wants, but I wasn't able to really sympathize with who he was. None of the characters really connected to me and for me, that's a pretty big deal. However, it is worth mentioning that I went into this movie expecting a 1 and some laughs and came out with a 7 and "At least she had good taste."