Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
More entertaining than the commercial success of 2001, “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” put the children in their pocket with his animals so irresistible. Some parents will not be outdone by all these allusions to popular cinema.
The time has come for cats and dogs have confidence to fight an even greater threat. It appears through Kitty Galore (voice of Bette Midler), who dreams of dominating the universe. But first, she must get rid of a duo of Mutt, a cat and even a rogue pigeon.
This is the season for spies. After “Inception” and “Salt”, a comedy spot for the whole family where pets are revealed … again. People who feared a sequel to “Cats & Dogs can catch their breath” : the director Lawrence Guterman was replaced by Brad Peyton, most voices are new (even for the characters who return the string) and the scenario a bit higher. It is not even the “Babe” 21e century, but a roller coaster that most comic drama has much more to offer than all the “Marmaduke” and other “Dr. Dolittle”.
The trailer left little room for imagination. The product is for children with all these cute animals. The young souls come out of the room trying to get a dog as the four-legged creatures literally steal the show from children (poor Chris O’Donnell is made to make up the numbers from these trained animals). The special effects more spectacular than in the previous version, comes to forget the generosity a similar story as “Chipmunks” even though he still has several issues to improve (eg emotion, which is not to go).
Since producers and distributors know that parents do not choose to be present, they have concocted many tributes to make their job more enjoyable. The hilarious introduction comes straight from James Bond, while the conclusion is a continuation of that of “Mission: Impossible”. Between the two poles appear spikes “Batman” and “Austin Powers” and a long sequence plagiarized – and very funny – from “Silence of the Lambs”. Although this is not enough to forget about the little originality (there is always an alliance between two enemies to combat a greater evil , as in “How to Train Your Dragon”), the result leaves look with a pleasure, especially that all could have been even more moralistic.
The characters brought together, a mixture of archetypes and stereotypes, are often references to the animated “Bolt”, though none really steals the show similar to his, as was the case in engineering “Aladdin”. The voices chosen meet the good- side of the subject (James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Pantoliano and even former 007 Roger Moore succeeded), with special mention to Bette Midler who sometimes talk Glenn Close in “101 Dalmatians”.
None of this will undoubtedly mark the viewer’s mind (young or older). It is a simple and light entertainment, the perfect complement to the recent “Ramona and Beezus”, who looks better fault. But with such a synopsis, anyone expecting something catastrophic, which is not the case.
Nuisance almost redundant since the success of “Avatar” is these three-dimensional effects, once again present and are absolutely worthless. This is evident from the short film that precedes the film. The episode of “Looney Tunes” with Road Runner and his hapless nemesis Coyote gives a headache. Instead of simplifying and purifying the gag as was the case for so many decades at this famous inseparable duo, the writer tries to show off the view with the technology, which gives a main idea extremely repetitive and ultimately disappointing.
