K-9000

This film is just plain weird, but then again most TV movies of the 80's were (for the record, this was done in 1989, not 1991). It's almost like Lethal Weapon meets Miami Vice.

From the opening shootout/chase sequence in Hollywood (gotta love how they run over a Beverly Hills sign in the hood), you know you're going to see something strange. The two cops look EXACTLY like Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon! Add to it the Jan Hammer soundtrack (he did Miami Vice too) and a script by writer/producer Steven de Souza (Commando, Running Man, Die Hard) and you have the quintessential 80's crime flick.

There are some elements of comedy, but those tend to be overshadowed by the somewhat violent content (for TV standards 20yrs ago). For the most part, this is almost a cult film.

While out of print on VHS and DVD, you can catch it on TV or Pay Cable (it was on Encore the other day) and worth a watch, just for nostalgia purposes.

This movie is highly unrealistic. I turned on the television to watch some television and this was on...and my children were in the room!! I found it highly disturbing that they had a dog that could talk. that just won't ever happen IRL folks! SORRY! but i like movies with a plot I can relate to! SORRY!

Saw it on TV today, the premise was interesting, and the situations in the movie, while far fetched, were good enough to keep my interests. If theres nothing else on, its something I'd watch again. 6.5 out of 10

Take the most washed out James Bond plot of world domination and arch criminals and sloppy dialog, add a talking cybernetic canine, and you have K-9000. If you don't laugh when the dog is wearing sunglasses, then you must have no sense of humor. This is like Knight Rider meets Turner and Hooch. If that isn't a winning combination I don't know what is. The actors are so washed up they had to take a taxi to the shooting location, which definitely belonged to one of the producers. In the final scene the criminal mastermind is thrown off a raised platform. You can see the foam coming out of the dummy. My favorite is the sunglasses on the dog. classic.

Whoever came up with this rather derivative quasi sci-fi idea of a dog who is part computer and able to communicate via an implant is probably dismayed at the way it was all put together. It looks like a pilot for a series that wasn't picked up, and no wonder thanks to the lame direction and overall weak production work.

First, what 's the idea of introducing the dog halfway through the film, rather than earlier? That's pretty bad form, as the whole idea of the dog/cop team is what piques our interest here. And then, even though it's 1991, everything looks like leftover 1985 Miami Vice stuff, especially Chris Mulkey's mullet haircut. Also, there's no pacing, no suspense nor tension anywhere in the film, and very few laughs provided by the dog/cop interaction, where one would expect more than what's given here.

Skip it.