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Dog Man
Family · Comedy · Adventure · 2025
When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat.
Movie details
Dog Man
“Part dog. Part man. All hero.”
2025 Family · Comedy · Adventure 1h 29m
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TMDB
7.4 / 10
Community rating
When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat.
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The archetype split
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The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Peter Hastings
Written by
Peter Hastings
Peter Hastings
Dog Man / Officer Knight / Harold's House (voice)
Pete Davidson
Petey the Cat (voice)
Lil Rel Howery
Chief (voice)
Isla Fisher
Sarah Hatoff (voice)
L
Lucas Hopkins Calderon
Li'l Petey (voice)
Ricky Gervais
Flippy (voice)
Poppy Liu
Butler (voice)
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“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.