Review of Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) by Kyle S — 10 Oct 2010

I know I am going against just about everyone, but I actually enjoyed this. The first I gave a 6/10. The first I have very fond memories of as a kid, and so these films are kind of a guilty pleasure for me.

This film was actually supposed to come out in 2003 with Kevin Lima directing, didn't pan out for some reason, and it finally comes 7 years later. The target audience of the original are all grown up now for the most part, being a 9 year gap in between, so I'm not sure what the studio was thinking.

I would like to see the third film be made in order to wrap things up nicely. There was some hilarious stuff in it: Fred Armisen, Joe Pantoliano's character's first appearance, and I really enjoyed the Bond homages, I mean, Shirley Bassey did the opening song, and Roger Moore plays a cat named Lazenby! Along with numerous other Bond homages.

One thing I love about these movies are the assassins that are called in. "The Russian" and the "Ninja Cats" in the original, the Scotish brothers in this one, great stuff. It knows it's ridiculous, and is a fun family feature.