DVD Review: Underdog

Underdog
Directed by Frederik Du Chau
Starring Jason Lee, Peter Dinklage, Amy Adams
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Available Dec. 18, 2007

Let's take inventory:

Beloved TV show – check.
Hot breakout actor – check.
Memorable character actors – check.
A chance to show off cool CGI effects – check.
Disney – check.

It can't miss, right?...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Movie Review: Underdog

The context of a talking dog with superpowers is improbable. A live-action film about a childhood icon whose lasting impact transgressed four decades should be deplorable.

Disney and Spyglass Entertainment have recreated Underdog, the classic cartoon series from Saturday mornings about a loveable mutt, and expanded a vague, but interesting concept into a full-length feature. Talking dogs included.

An unnamed beagle (voiced by Jason Lee) is captured and locked away in the fortified laboratory used by Simon Barsinister (played by Peter Dinklage (1)) and his thesaurus-reliant henchman Cad (Patrick Warburton). The animal escapes near-tampering of his doggy DNA and begins running around the lab room at top speeds, ears a flapping. The chase comes to a halt when the beagle crashes into a shelf of glass beakers and unidentifiable liquids, spilling a monster Molotov cocktail over our friend’s fur, imbuing him with an encyclopedia of superpowers. This biochemical shower provides the dog with animal abilities that far surpass his own, flight, strength, speed, etc...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

'Alvin and the Chipmunks' Teaser Trailer

You know, there hasn’t been a big screen adaptation of an old children’s cartoon starring Jason Lee in one role or another since ... well ... this month.

But this time, you get to see his face, and does he look weird without the Earl-stache!...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!