A Boy and His Dog
1975 Directed by L.Q. Jones
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A rather kinky tale of survival.
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog Blood are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War 4, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
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A Boy and His Dog is #1 on my list of deadpan talking dog films. OMG, that dog is fucking funny (if a little misogynistic). When it starts with the headline "WORLD WAR IV LASTED FIVE MINUTES", and the narrator starts talking about World War 3… let's just say you're positive someone had a really bad day at the office.
As science fiction this film does not disappoint. It doesn't try to explain anything. There’s no foreshadowing or agenda. Even the dog forcing Vic to memorise history (including reciting the American presidents) doesn’t have any pay-off — although there was some political commentary there which I couldn’t quite put my finger on.
Basically, it’s all about the dog. No matter…
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I should appreciate this film for telling the story of a young man, his dog, and their post-apocalyptic quest on such a small scale, but "A Boy and His Dog" is too underdone to generate any such appreciation.
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World War IV may have lasted 5 days, but the memories of this movie will last forever.
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I love dystopian films and I love telepathic dogs. This film has both! I hadn't read the source material so the ending totally rocked my tits.
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Made me play Fallout 3 straight after, enjoyed it even with its pretty twisted ending! I'm a sucker for telepathic dogs too.
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This is still a strange, surreal, crazy, unique, and disturbing film 30+ years later. I would have already liked this film a lot as it was but its incredibly fucked up ending pushes this film to another level. I feel like I've been reading about A Boy and His Dog ever since I started to get into movies and I kind of hate myself for ignoring it for so long.
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Good film, very original but a bit incoherent at times.
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Cynical and incredibly influential.
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As close to Fallout: The Movie as one can get...I think
Anyways, it's a heartwarming tale of a boy and his dog...A horny rapey boy and his dog who can talk to the boy via his brain...so yeah, pretty awesome. -
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Watched at Home on Netflix DVD.
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One star for making me want to play Fallout, one star for clown makeup, half a star for reminding me it's okay to hate everyone in a movie. Pretty weird stuff.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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“Apocalypse 2024″ war vielleicht vor 30 Jahren mal ein toller Film. Unter heutigen Gesichtspunkten ist der Film allerdings nur noch Trash pur. Dabei ist “Apocalypse 2024″ aber nicht die Art von Trash, die man sich anschaut und köstlich amüsiert, sondern eher ein Film, bei dem man sich fragt, warum man ihn sich bis zum Ende anschauen soll.
Einen Grund gibt es dafür und der heißt Don Johnson. Mr. Miami Vice in seinen jungen Jahren zu sehen hat schon was und sollte ich Don Johnson mal für ein Interview zur Verfügung haben, werde ich ihn mal fragen ob es ihm heute peinlich ist, in “Apocalypse 2024″ mitzuwirken.
Bis auf Don Johnson gibt es dann auch keinen weiteren Grund sich den Film…
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misteriosa y profunda, NOT