"Dogs see us feed them and give them shelter and think that we are gods. Cats see the same thing and realize ah-ha it is the cat who is a god." - unknown.
How do you follow up a fun, entertaining movie? You could A: Rehash for cash or B: use the first instalment to catapult the sequel into delightful new directions. Sadly this effort opted for the all too popular option A.
Which is too bad since the original film contained one of the most brilliant physical comedy scenes ever to be put to film. I refer of course to the moment when the cat voiced by John Lovitz was hit in the head with a bun.
Another point in favour of the first is that it pitted good dogs against evil cats. This harmless exercise actually pissed off countless hard core cat lovers in the world which in itself is pretty funny.
Sadly, this instalment decided to remove any redeeming qualities and instead chose to be a film with nothing for anyone.
This time around you have a gung-ho male police dog and a tough female cat. And just in case anyone screams "affirmative action" you have a pigeon that is voiced as a stereotypical sassy black sidekick.
These characters all work together to fight the evil Kitty Galore - a cat who had it all until an unfortunate hair removal cream incident changed all that and now she's trying to take over the world blah blah.
It actually hurts to say this movie sucks because Neil Patrick Harris leant his unlimited awesomeness to this production and not even he could save it.
Seriously, this movie is a waste of time and if you have desperate need to see a talking dog and cat movie, rent the original and go see any good movie playing right now.
