Back in the day, Belushi was the man! Taking Care of Business, Mr. Destiny, The Principal, K-9, these were some of his best movies, in my opinion anyway. Belushi plays a fly by the seat of his pants cop who does not like working with a partner. Until he meets Jerry Lee, a veteran police dog who has seen it all and is even more volatile than his soon to be partner. Belushi is obsessed with trying to catch a drug lord that has eluded him for years. With the help of Jerry Lee, perhaps this time the bad guys will go down. The dynamic of the 2 heroes is perfect and makes a person want to go out and get a German Shepard, or any dog for that matter.
This was one of those films that I absolutely loved as a kid, and could watch it over and over, because who wouldn't like a film where a dog can say 'oh oh'? Take the element of the dog away, and you pretty much have a dog of a story though. It's basically the buddy cop movie with a twist, and thanks to Belushi being quite likable, the film manages to be funny whenever the dog is off screen. Support is okay, but it looks like they are just letting the two get on with it.
Jim Belushi gives a career best performance as a funny,cool and take no messing cop who doesn't like to play by the usual rules of a police officer and he don't care if he breaks any rules,though he is no nonsense he is a bit of loser who has often lost the love of Tracy and doesn't get much better with the arrival of Jerry Lee even if the dog makes him a better more caring person as the story goes on, Belushi is just marvelous and doesn't get enough credit and seems to be forgotten in the decade of heroes like The Terminator, John McClane, Batman, Indiana Jones, Marty McFly and Peter Venkman (who for me is similar in style to Dooley and Bill Murray would of been excellent too as Dooley), check out "Red Heat" opposite Arnie for a same sort of character for Belushi.
Overall rating: 8 out of 10.
This was one of those films that I absolutely loved as a kid, and could watch it over and over, because who wouldn't like a film where a dog can say 'oh oh'? Take the element of the dog away, and you pretty much have a dog of a story though. It's basically the buddy cop movie with a twist, and thanks to Belushi being quite likable, the film manages to be funny whenever the dog is off screen. Support is okay, but it looks like they are just letting the two get on with it.
Jim Belushi gives a career best performance as a funny,cool and take no messing cop who doesn't like to play by the usual rules of a police officer and he don't care if he breaks any rules,though he is no nonsense he is a bit of loser who has often lost the love of Tracy and doesn't get much better with the arrival of Jerry Lee even if the dog makes him a better more caring person as the story goes on, Belushi is just marvelous and doesn't get enough credit and seems to be forgotten in the decade of heroes like The Terminator, John McClane, Batman, Indiana Jones, Marty McFly and Peter Venkman (who for me is similar in style to Dooley and Bill Murray would of been excellent too as Dooley), check out "Red Heat" opposite Arnie for a same sort of character for Belushi.
Overall rating: 8 out of 10.