a5c7b9f00b A bomb-sniffing beagle is fired from the mayor&#39;s office for a faux pas. That night a mad scientist dognaps him and injects him with an elixir. The dog escapes, but now has superpowers. He&#39;s adopted by a security guard - an ex-cop, who&#39;s a widower with a moody teen son, Jack. The boy discovers that the dog, named Shoeshine by dad, has super powers, but it&#39;s their little secret. While Underdog saves people in distress, the mad scientist and his underling continue their plot to catch him and take over the city. There&#39;s also a girl Jack likes who has a dog that Shoeshine takes a shine to. Will every dog have his day? The story begins with a normal, bumbling everyday watchdog beagle named Shoeshine who gets exposed to a substance that gives him the powers of a superhero. And not to mention the ability the speak during an accident. He is adopted by a security guard - an ex-cop, who&#39;s a widower with a 12-year-old moody son, Jack Unger. Shoeshine uses his superpower to protect his love and the citizens of Capitol City from the evil Simon Barsinister. Underdog dedicates himself to good, quickly becoming revereda superhero, but ultimately it will take the combined efforts and understanding of Underdog, Jack, Dan, Molly, and Polly to defeat Barsinister and save Capital City from destruction. OK, when I saw the previews I was APPALLED that they would screw up good old Underdog. But, I went to see it based on some positive reviews and honestly, it was a cute little movie! My husband, son and I all agreed and that&#39;s saying something. No, it&#39;s not Citizen Kane, but heck, it&#39;s not meant to be. I feel bad that all the bashers out there who haven&#39;t even seen this movie are giving it such a bad rating. (I&#39;m assuming they haven&#39;t seen it, because if they did I would think it would have at LEAST 5-6 stars.<br/><br/>Jason Lee is greatthe voice of Underdog, but I pretty much enjoy anything he does. My only real complaint was that it was a really short movie. I don&#39;t expect (or want) it to be two hours, but another 10-15 more minutes would have been better. Last year seemed to be who could make the best &quot;Animated Movie of the Year&quot; and quite frankly I got burnt out on themthey seemed to pump them out like water out of a fire hydrant.<br/><br/>While the old TV and movie cartoons are a thing of the past compared to today&#39;s CGI and animation, it&#39;s still a change to see something old reborn in today&#39;s world even if it&#39;s not a cartoon, semi-cartoon (i.e., Roger Rabbit) or a CGI / animation creation like Underdog.<br/><br/>To me Underdog was always a spoof on Krypto (Superman&#39;s Dog in the comics and TV cartoon show) and Mighty Mouse (for those of you who remember) and was never intended to be taken seriously at all. All they wanted to do was sell breakfast cereal to youngsters.<br/><br/>Krypto was the big beautiful white dog and Mighty Mouse was the big muscular mouse out to protect the other smaller mice while Underdog was the little funny looking little dog that sort of resembled a basset hound.<br/><br/>WhereUnderdog always seemed to stumble along on his way quite often destroying everything in his path and his idea of collateral damage was just part of doing business it was quite the opposite of Krypto &amp; Mighty Mouse way of doing things.<br/><br/>WhereMighty Mouse would fly about and at times sing his way to victory, poor little Underdog would try and rhyme his dialog that at times sounded kind of child like and silly. The voice of Wally Cox instantly comes to mind when you mention Underdog, I don&#39;t care who you arelongyou remember the old cartoon series.<br/><br/>Even Mighty Mouse&#39;s girlfriend name was Pearl Pureheart (in the cartoons) while Underdog&#39;s girlfriend name is Sweet Polly Purebred, who was a reporter and Underdog was a shoeshine boy in the old cartoon series. The movie was good clean fun that even an eleven and twelve year old could enjoy (those jaded preteen movie critics), while I reminisced about the good old days of Saturday morning cartoons. Underdog may have been originally created to sell cereal for General Mills, but this latest incarnation couldn't sell Frisbees at a dog park.
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