Underdog Reviews

Well, to be honest, even though I had some really low expectations concerning this movie, I thought it was actually slightly better than I expected. I mean, don't misunderstand me, it was still seriously weak and the concept was just so misguided and lame, it was quite hopeless right from the start. Indeed, there is one gimmick I already don't like in the Disney family features and it is these cringe-inducing talking animals. Even with the recent live adaptation of 'The Jungle Book' which was a big critical and commercial success, it still barely worked in my opinion. To make things worse, with this movie, you had this dog who not only could talk but who could also do all kinds of ridiculous tricks with a rather pathetic end-result which was not helped by some rather weak CGI special effects. Eventually, there were only 2 things that saved this movie from becoming a total disaster. First, I thought that Jason Lee did a decent job voicing the main character which was quite an achievement considering the lame material he had. Secondly, this dog actually had a decent personality. Unfortunately, that was pretty much the only positive elements about this movie so I still don't think it is worth a look.

'Underdog' demonstrates not every superhero gets a good movie. And that can be explained why!

'Underdog' is based on a TV show about a flying superhero dog named Underdog. Here, he's voiced by Jason Lee (the guy from the bloody 'Alvin and the shitmunks' movies). His voice performance isn't very good.

'Underdog' also features not much laughter. I can remember this one gag where they sell hot dogs and Underdog thinks they're made of dogs, but asides from that, I don't remember any other funny gags! Underdog trying to chose a costume isn't very humorous and he can't come up with an accurate line until about half-way?!

The effects are rather poor, particularly the mouth movements! At least they move, unlike in 'Thomas the Tank Engine' (for the first 11 seasons) but the CGI is just poor!

'Underdog' would've been better off as a TV show (only) but as a movie, it's not very funny! Disney is really facing extinction ('Old Dogs', 'The Lone Ranger', etc.) and without Pixar, they would expire in a few years from now!

Underdog an idea from an old cartoon classic comes to real life. After a problem in the lab Shoeshine gets powers that turns him into a super hero. Along the way he takes out the bad guys. But the main person looking for Shoeshine is an evil midget with a dopey partner trying to catch Shoeshine and remove his powers.

The movie is good, funny and entertaining Jason Lee does excellent voice work for Shoeshine which fits in perfectly. Which also makes you think i wish my dog was like that. But a total let is that it only lasts for about 1 hour and 15 minutes and thats without the credits pretty short for a movie in my mind.

Underdog is cute.