A Boy and His Dog (1975)

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• moon r

  
  In the post-apocalyptic future survival in the barren wastes means searching for grub wherever you can, but a young man wants ... err ... more, if you know what I mean. A telepathic dog with a radar tuned for such sure comes in handy. What's the moral of the tale? True pulp… More
  In the post-apocalyptic future survival in the barren wastes means searching for grub wherever you can, but a young man wants ... err ... more, if you know what I mean. A telepathic dog with a radar tuned for such sure comes in handy. What's the moral of the tale? True pulp sci-fi don't need no stinkin' moral. A cult classic with more questions than answers, but okay.

• Greg S

  
  In the post-apocalyptic future, a loner uses his telepathic dog to search for scarce females. Strange, unique, and fun, with a perfect black finale; the implicit misogyny of the "pooches before cooches" message does take the movie down a notch, though.

• AJ V

  
  A very interesting, weird, crazy, very 70s movie. A dog who can talk telepathically? It's an interesting post-apocalyptic world story, I didn't really care for it, but it's not bad.

• Alice S

  
  Holy sheeit. Just watch it. It's carzy. Just carzy.

• Tim S

  
  An insane apocalyptic tale.

• Anthony L

  
  A strange but wonderful film with one of the greatest endings in cinema history. It?s a buddy movie for people with a dark sense of humour!

• Randy T

  
  Post-apocalyptic cult classic that looks as though it were filmed entirely at your local landfill. A little too sophomoric for my taste but it has it's moments.

• Curtis L

  
  It's like Mad Max meets the Shaggy Dog, with some people eating thrown in. If Don Johnson isn't the most lovable drifter you'll ever see, then I'm a Vermishious Kanid.

• James A

  
  In this movie Don Johnson is looking for a heart beat and a woman to rape. I guess in a post apocolytic world its an ok thing to do.

• Jason S

  
  While I dig the post apocalyptic setting of the movie I thought the script was a little bare. It's a simple plot with so so acting. The whole thing is pretty bleak with no happy ending in sight for anyone. The ending was a bit of a surprise but all in all it fell a little short.… More
  While I dig the post apocalyptic setting of the movie I thought the script was a little bare. It's a simple plot with so so acting. The whole thing is pretty bleak with no happy ending in sight for anyone. The ending was a bit of a surprise but all in all it fell a little short. I can see why this is considered a cult film.

• El Hombre I

  
  If you enjoy seventies Dystopian science fiction, you could do a lot worse than to catch this little post-atomic-holocaust story, A Boy and His Dog. I could hardly call myself a Don Johnson fan, but he's not bad as Vic the boy, roaming the wasteland with a most unlikely canine… More
  If you enjoy seventies Dystopian science fiction, you could do a lot worse than to catch this little post-atomic-holocaust story, A Boy and His Dog. I could hardly call myself a Don Johnson fan, but he's not bad as Vic the boy, roaming the wasteland with a most unlikely canine friend. Recommend this one purely for it's oddness and unique approach to the post-nuclear-holocaust story. Nobody would try and remake the film these days without a bloated budget, massive CGI bombed-out cityscapes, mutants and wars, and ten times less charm. Good cast with Johnson and the dog forming a believable relationship, and a world-weary performance from Jason Robards as the head of the Committee. How many other films can you see Don Johnson hooked up to a machine that is extracting his sperm? Please don't answer... <a href="http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/?action=view&current=a-boy-and-his-dog-don-johnson-and-t.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/a-boy-and-his-dog-don-johnson-and-t.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Ken S

  
  sooooo odd

• A.D. V

  
  Interesting post-apocalyptic premise but too drawn out and other than the dog, no one is likeable which makes it hard feel for the characters.

• xGary X

  
  A very odd cult sci-fi starring Don Johnson that's an eccentrically black comedy involving rape, cannibalism and a talking dog. Imagine a cross between Westworld, A Clockwork Orange and Scooby Doo. Weird.

• Edward S

  
  Anything I expected to find in The Road Warrior and failed to find was found in A Boy and His Dog. This includes a believable atmosphere and a true sense that the world went through a nuclear apocalypse; don't get me wrong, I enjoyed The Road Warrior. I just thought its strangely… More
  Anything I expected to find in The Road Warrior and failed to find was found in A Boy and His Dog. This includes a believable atmosphere and a true sense that the world went through a nuclear apocalypse; don't get me wrong, I enjoyed The Road Warrior. I just thought its strangely wavering tone and playful (nearly cartoonish) sets worked against its conveying of a dystopian wasteland. However, A Boy and His Dog successfully creates this world and takes us on a tour through its anti-hero, the hormonal, savage, yet human Vic. He is accompanied by, who is rightfully my favorite animal in cinema, his companion, the intelligent telepathic dog Blood, whose wise-cracking dialogue, semantics, and organic movements prove to be a winning combination. As for the plot, well, it's brilliant. Aforementioned, it gives us a tour of this wasteland and it plays on our expectations: it's unpredictable, we know it, and the film does not end in constantly chocking out creative ways in portraying what life is like in this place, which, at some points, borders on outright horrifying. This film is really something.

• Francisco G

  
  Misogyny can be quite funny and oddball on this lil' underground gem from the 70s

• Ed Fucking H

  
  Probably the only buddy movie, where one of the buddies is a talking dog, that isn't totally lame. Follows these two characters through a post apocalyptic world where food and women (apparently) are scarce. The dog (blood) provides Vic with women, and Vic provides the dog (Blood)… More
  Probably the only buddy movie, where one of the buddies is a talking dog, that isn't totally lame. Follows these two characters through a post apocalyptic world where food and women (apparently) are scarce. The dog (blood) provides Vic with women, and Vic provides the dog (Blood) with food. All is going well until Vic meets a woman who lures him into a squeky clean pseudo utopia. They have definent plans for them there, where he is to impregnate the women there, as the men that live there have been underground too long and they can't impregnate their women themselves. When it becomes clear that the people in this underworld have no plans in keeping him around after he is no longer necassary to them he must escape. Best ending ever that put a big smile on my face, and a pretty intresting and unique concept. Recommended for dystopian Sci Fi fans, and dark comedy enthusiasts.

• Chad R

  
  A weird post apocalyptic sci-fi flick featuring a very young Don Johnson and his telepathic dog Blood. Disturbing as it may be, this story follows Vic in his search for food, water, and sex (whether by rape or otherwise). Dark humor not everyone will enjoy. In the end it all… More
  A weird post apocalyptic sci-fi flick featuring a very young Don Johnson and his telepathic dog Blood. Disturbing as it may be, this story follows Vic in his search for food, water, and sex (whether by rape or otherwise). Dark humor not everyone will enjoy. In the end it all comes down to who is better for you, the dog or the woman? Which will help you survive?

• Quinto W

  
  During the first hour or so I thought I was hating this movie because the only character I was liking, and the only who wasn't making stupid decisions, was the dog, whom I loved all the way through; but then by the time it was all over I put everything in place and discovered how… More
  During the first hour or so I thought I was hating this movie because the only character I was liking, and the only who wasn't making stupid decisions, was the dog, whom I loved all the way through; but then by the time it was all over I put everything in place and discovered how much I had actually enjoyed it and the ending has got to be the very definition of dark humor.

• Marion R

  
  Weird, pretty decent for a low budget

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