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Synopsis: A bomb-sniffing beagle is fired from the mayor's office for a faux pas. That night a mad scientist dognaps him and injects him with an elixir. The dog escapes, but now has superpowers. He's adopted by a security guard - an ex-cop, who's a widower with a moody teen son, Jack. The boy discovers that the dog, named Shoeshine by dad, has super powers, but it's their little secret. While Underdog saves people in distress, the mad scientist and his underling continue their plot to catch him and take over the city. There's also a girl Jack likes who has a dog that Shoeshine takes a shine to. Will every dog have his day?
Director(s): Frederik Du Chau
Production: Buena Vista
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
14%
PG
Year:
2007
84 min
$43,710,394
Website
1,548 Views


Listen, do me a favor.

Keep an eye on him.

You know What?

Give him a chance.

- You might even like him.

- I don't think so.

All he does is eat, sleep and poop.

Then the two of you

have a lot in common, don't you?

[Barsinister] I can isolate specific

protein strands in animal DNA.

Then combine them any way I want.

This will give him

the speed of a cheetah,

the ability to fly like an eagle,

or the strength of an animal

one hundred times his weight.

Forging a doctor's note, Jack?

Is this What it's come to?

I didn't forge it.

So, you expect me to believe

that you have... "monkeypox?"

[Coughing] It's pretty bad.

OK.

I don't know What disappoints me more,

the fact that you did it,

or that you did so poorly that

you couldn't even fool a P.E. Teacher.

Ahhh. Food.

[Sniffing]

Yep. Definitely smell food.

Hmm.

It's not dog food, but it's about to be.

Oh, no.

They're going to blame this on me.

Oh, well, bon apptit.

A- ha. Homo postalis,

the Great North American Mailman.

Natural enemy of the dog.

- [Barking]

- Look, the Ungers got a neW cat.

Come on. Come on, come on.

Is that the best you got?

You Want a piece of this here?

Whoa.

[Laughing]

That's right. Run, mail-slinger, run.

And never come back here again.

- [Tires screech]

- [Cat screeches]

Great. Two for one.

Hey. Is that a tennis ball?

[Chuckles] This day just

gets better and better.

[Grunts] Whoa!

[Pants] That couch tried to kill me.

There is something

mighty peculiar going on here.

- [Door opening]

- Huh?

- What did you do?

- [Whimpering]

Dad is going to kill you.

And then me.

Oh!

I really hope this is chili.

Give me a break.

It was an accident.

[Jack] Hello?

Dad? Is that you?

Hello?

Come here, boy.

- Did you hear something?

- No. Did you?

- Did you just talk?

- Huh? What? Hmm?

Whoa, Whoa... Wait a minute.

You can understand me?

[Both screaming]

[Hyperventilating]

OK. OK. Deep breaths.

Get some fresh air to the brain.

You're just imagining this.

- Wait. You...

- Bad dog. Stop talking.

Wait. Stop.

Person, heel.

Come on, Who trained you?

Person, just Wait.

- What did you just call me?

- Sorry. I don't know your name.

Jack. Nothing. Stop talking to me.

Look, I can't stop talking to you,

Jack Nothing,

because I'm freaking out here.

If We're going for a Walk,

you may Want to get a poop bag.

- What?

- I have that special feeling.

Maybe you're the problem.

A Weirdo kid Who can

suddenly talk to dogs.

HoW did you learn to speak English?

- HoW should I know?

- Can you speak other languages?

A little retriever. Some shih tzu.

My Chihuahua is a little rusty, though.

- OK, I mean other human languages.

- So English isn't enough for you?

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Adam Rifkin

Adam Rifkin, sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. His career ranges from broad family comedies to dark and gritty urban dramas. He is best known for writing family-friendly comedies like Mouse Hunt and 2007's Underdog. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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