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Monday, August 22 The Dog's a killer
I just watched the film "Danny The Dog" (also known as "Unleashed"). On a legal DVD (for once, heh) - if you're into stylish Kung Fu book-ending some great acting (Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins do it for you? and even Li is good) then I highly recommend this film. The trailer was released in 2004, and the film was fully released as "Unleashed" in the UK and (probably) the US / Europe on the 19th of August this year; but as I hadn't seen it yet, and my neighbour already had the Chinese/Cantonese version (which is the English version, just with its work-in-progress title for the Chinese market, and the subs that you can turn off in half a second)... Well, the logical thing to do (no, really?) was to watch it. And I wasn't disappointed, see this Danny The Dog / Unleashed review from The Movie Blog, as it sums up the film much more succintly than I could:
Jet stars as the titular Danny - a man raised in captivity and trained as an illegal pit fighter by Bob Hoskins. Hoskins is an absolutely powerhouse actor who we don't see nearly enough on this side of the ocean - the last time I remember him was the stellar Felicia's Journey, actually - and he looks to be both incredible and incredibly vicious in this. How a tubby little aging Englishman can exude so much menace I don't know, but Hoskins does. Danny somehow escapes from his captors and is discovered by a blind man, played by Morgan Freeman, who takes him in and slowly wins his trust. The performances look to be quite strong from all the principal characters with Jet finally taking on a role that demands a little bit of range, the cinematography is striking and the fight choreography is from Yuen Woo Ping so you know it's going to be good. No word on release dates yet. Thanks to KFC for the link.
Nothing more to say really - other than go watch it soon as it comes out! You can find a larger review, plus clips, trailers and interviews on the CineWorld Unleashed page.