Dog Day (1983)

Theory OK But

This movie spent a lot of time on sexual implications and direct sexual, vulgar language. At one point a woman in the movie kept begging to be f...ked and was murdered for bothering a man who would not. The picture was blurry most of the time but I was able to watch it. The plot was ok, (nothing exciting). For the age and price of this movie it was passable.
Watch this if you have nothing else to watch.
February 22, 2007

Must be seen to be (un)believed

This film is unbelievably bad, a product/relic of the French film industry at its low water mark in the early 1980's. Lee Marvin, in his penultimate role, appears to be drunk and nearly dead throughout most of the film. Tina Louise (yes, "Ginger" from Gilligan's Island and still sporting the same hair style) is cast at Lee Marvin's "moll", presumably because the producer/director found them in the same nursing home. The sound is terrible, the dubbing is unintentionally hilarious and the film is presented in full screen (pan and scan).

So why did I give it three stars? This is a "party" film, to be enjoyed while inebriated with your friends. That and the fact that Lee Marvin was a better "action hero" with one foot in the grave than most of today's crop of wannabes.
February 12, 2007

An average crime motion picture

An armored car holdup goes bad, and the Lee Marvin character is on the run. He ends up hiding on the farm of a dysfunctional family. Everyone wants the bag of money he grabbed during the holdup. The plot seems to be more about the family than about the robbery. The motion picture has sex (there are scenes in a bordello, including bondage and discipline; bedroom scenes; one scene in the kitchen); significant nudity ranging from female nudest campers to a boy getting his butt whipped; and a large amount of violence. I would personally give it an R rating or, in the other rating system, AO for adult only. I am looking at the uncut French version. You will obviously not see this on TV, at least not in the United States.

I would agree with a previous reviewer that the sound quality is bad. Perhaps that is the result of a poor job dubbing in English for a French film. It was necessary to strain to hear some of the dialogue, which made it difficult at times to follow the story. It is an obviously older Lee Marvin in the motion picture, and it is not one of his better acting assignments.

It is hard to say who actually ends up with the money. Many characters end up dead, and some murders are conveniently blamed on the robber. January 1, 2005

Yes I am selling it but...

this is a solid period movie. fair warning it is full of sexual content that I couldn't believe was in a movie from this time. It was obviously dubbed from french but what I cannot figure out is that lee marvin is actually speaking english while all the characters speak french. Overall a solid film with lots of twists. August 15, 2004

Dog Day

Movie is OK, but DVD quality is practically non-existent, sound is just bad. March 5, 2004

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