This was on TV last night and I gave it a shot when I read Lance Henkrisen is a lead. Boy was I wrong to do so. This must have been one of the most stupid movies I have ever seen. What annoyed me the most was the totally incorrect show of dog behaviour, and no, I don't mean when that dog turned mutated bad, I mean before. The female lead acts outrageously stupid as well, keeping a really big dog she saw attacking her boyfriend and like it was nothing, naively giving it to be taken for a walk to a 6 year-old small boy. Great idea. This boy though and his friend are real ahoes and get the dog to chase and kill and eat a poor cat in the worst ever monster swallowing scene in film history. Oh yeah, and when mutant dog turns crazy he just kill for the sake of it, and no, not only the bad guys, also the postman who was just there at the wrong time. It all ends with muti-dog being killed, his evil experimenting professor being electrocuted in another surreal stupid scene where another baby dog pulls the electrocuting trigger. Next scene, some months later, the female collie mutant dog impregnated has babies, they all look like collies but aha, there is one which looks like a Rottweiler mix. Yeah, that is not how genetics work in procreation. Terrible story line, terrible special effects, the producers had absolutely no clue about dog behaviour whatsoever, and these kind of stupid movies do absolutely nothing for the already and wrongly bad reputation of wonderful breeds like the Rottweiler for example. So yeah, total trash, couldn't loathe it more.

i couldn't say more...this is a good horror movie actually,but i wonder why this movie is only given a 4.6 stars out of 10, why?? actually it deserves more than 6! Come on...this is a B movie, what more we can aspect?? The acting is quite good, especially Lance Henriksen. He is the only reason why i bought this movie. Ally Sheedy is not that good... but i think she's still OK in this movie. Not bad after all. The best part of this movie is The scene where the dog swallowed that little kitten. It looks very scary and funny a little bit. I really love this movie! So, i guess i'm the only one who's giving this a 10 out of 10 stars isn't it?? People might wonder why i give this 10 right?? I'll tell you why.. i'm just giving this movie a chance..cause this movie deserves higher rating than 4.6, maybe 6 and above to me. People are voting high ratings for the matrix and batman the dark night which i think was very very bad and stupid! Man's Best Friend is far much much more better than those! Give this movie a chance..plizzz....10/10**

From the "killer canine cannon" comes this mediocre horror outing, Man's Best Friend, regarding a genetically enhanced mutt with DNA of many dangerous animals injected into it making the dog particularly lethal towards those that tick it off. A journalist looking for her big break, is invited by a nervous employee at a scientific institute run by Dr. Jarret(Lance Henriksen)to peek inside the corrupt practices regarding the horrifying mistreatment on animal test subjects. This employee is attacked and killed by the powerful and unpredictable canine, Max 3000, who has been supplied a drug suppressing it's violent tendencies, but thanks in part to snooping kind-hearted journalist, Lori Tanner(Ally Sheedy, just adorable in the movie), it is released from the institute and Jarret is unable to coerce it back into the cage. Hopping into Lori's vehicle, Max will soon infiltrate her life, their bond keeping her temporarily alive as it poses a threat to suburbia and everything within it. Lori's beau, Perry(Fredric Lehne)doesn't find Max very comforting, particularly due to the canine's jealousy of anyone coming between dog and owner. Meanwhile, a very worried Jarret, who knows that the drug he administered to the dog will only last for a certain amount of time, confides reluctantly with police detectives in finding Max before it loses control and becomes completely volatile towards everyone/everything in it's path.I imagine writer/director John Lafia had a field day coming up with ideas regarding Max and the damage he could inflict on people and animals. It actually climbs a tree after a cat and eats it. It can actually adapt to it's environment and blend in like a chameleon, doing so and frightening a couple of goofy dog-catchers away. After being sprayed in the eyes with pepper spray, Max actually hunts down and bites into the ankle and throat of a postal worker who had delivered mail to a home. A sadistic mechanic(..played by the surprisingly imposing William Sanderson, who rarely acts so cruel)assaults Max with a shovel across the head, even taking to it's face with a lit blow torch, before the canine clamps down ferociously onto his crotch! Max pisses acid into the face of a victim it doesn't like, and pretty much sexually molests a collie who attempts futilely to escape from the canine. Even an insulting parrot(..actually taught such naughty, inflammatory words by a neighborhood kid)makes the wrong gesture towards Max, getting eaten! I think Lafia, though, establishes right away that Max is a product of man's own engineering..it would in all likelihood be a very hospitable and loving pooch if Jarret hadn't injected the DNA of a rattlesnake and tiger into it. And, we are privy to what Jarret does to his animal test subjects with the footage recorded by Lori and her camerawoman, Annie(Trula M Marcus), so Max is a victim of unhealthy scientific experimentation. Henriksen, as Jarret, is often presented as desperate and scared, sweating and always urgent because he know what kind of killing machine has been released on the city. His whole career and well-being is centered on Max's protection and capture. Like many films of this nature in the 90's, punches are pulled(..we don't even get to see how Max killed a despicable thief who attempts to mug Lori's purse), with the scenes where Max attacks animals and humans not that gory as the camera immediately pulls away as it bites down or inflicts harm. This kind of film would probably be rated PG-13 and transition easily to cable television. Certainly maintains the Hollywood polish, often featuring cute comic scenes concerning Max's behavior within a normal suburban environment(..and it's reactions towards people and situations) where it doesn't truly belong.

okay horror flick but nothing special that could have been a lot better if it wasn't for the uneven pacing and bland dog attacks the script isn't bad and it has some decent ideas but it' just isn't that thrilling. The acting is good Ally Sheedy is excellent here she's cute vulnerable and looks great with tears in her eyes Lance Henriksen is his usual solid self and delivers a good performance still i wish he would pick better projects Robert Costanzo is a disgrace to the acting profession (in my opinion) and i just wanted to beat him! Fredric Lehne is annoying and amusing at the same time he has his moments but he is off and on there SPOILERS!!!!! is a funny moment when the dog puts the steak tar tar in the toilet and flushes it overall nothing special what so ever only worth a watch if your really bored ** out of 5