billypilgrim23 Soulless piece of hackery concerning a particularly unsympathetic police-man who gets a dog as a partner. Every single "joke" in the movie is a cliché that's been done a gazillion times before. Belushi cannot act and fails to prevent his real-life shitty personality from manifesting on screen. Couple that with generic directing, crappy script, mediocre acting- it were better had this movie never been made. A total turd of a film.Belushi is a real jack-ass.The dog was OK.

Benjamin Cox Why does Hollywood insist on pitching two movies against each other, despite the plots being remarkably similar? Remember "Dante's Peak" going up against "Volcano" or how about "Antz" taking on "A Bug's Life"? Well, here is the natural opponent to "Turner & Hooch" except that there are one or two other issues to contend with. First of all, Tom Hanks has been replaced with James Belushi, the ugly dog is now a much-more photogenic German Shepard and the laughs have nearly all dried up - not that "Turner & Hooch" had many to begin with.Belushi plays hot-shot cop Dooley, obsessed with bringing down suspected crime boss Lyman (Kevin Tighe) to such a point that his girlfriend Tracy (Mel Harris) is considering kicking him out of her apartment. Determined to bring Lyman down, Dooley finds himself partnered with Jerry Lee, an eccentric police dog with a strong sense of personality. Unfortunately, Jerry Lee has a far greater impact on Dooley's personal life and before long, Lyman has gained the upper hand. Can Dooley and Jerry Lee overcome their differences and bring him down or will Lyman have the last laugh? Given that Belushi spends, I guess, maybe 70% of this movie talking to a dog, your enjoyment of "K-9" will largely depend on how funny you find Belushi. Personally, he's just about as unfunny as Hanks was in "Turner & Hooch" but like "Turner & Hooch", the dog is the true star. He has the best scenes and gets the most laughs but the film-makers make the same mistake of making the dog act like a human - no dog I've ever met covers their face with embarrassment! The other let-down is the plot which is not only predictable but also so closely matches "Turner & Hooch" that I'm surprised there wasn't a law-suit. It's a fact that this was released a few short months before "Turner & Hooch" but it feels like an odd kiddie's film - having the whole drug-plot run alongside the comic chaos of an out-of-control dog working with an unconventional cop felt like a difficult marriage, especially when played for laughs as it is here.It's never easy to compare two films so closely matched together but I'm afraid that "K-9" comes off a close second to "Turner & Hooch". It's not as funny, the dog doesn't appeal in the same way as the mutt in the other film and Belushi is a poor man's Hanks. It can't decide whether it wants to be a serious cop story or a straight-up comedy with a angry dog wrecking havoc but in the end, it became neither. The only real difference between the two is that the love interest in "K-9" is much hotter and there is no cop partner for Belushi to spark off, meaning he spends most of the film talking to a dog. And if that's what you want to spend 100-ish minutes watching then this is the film for you. Personally, I can't recommend it so for my money, the whole "cop-with-a-dog" sub-genre should be put to rest for a long time to come. Here's hoping.

bigverybadtom Yes, policeman with police dog partners are not a rarity in movie entertainment, but this movie stands out. Unfortunately by that I don't mean in a good way.The policeman played by Belushi is an utterly nasty and unlikable character. While he may have been involuntarily partnered with the dog, it hardly justifies his abusive behavior towards him. There is nary a laugh in the whole movie, and the dog clearly moves faster than a real dog possibly could.The movie poster ironically shows the dog with its paw on Belushi's shoulder, giving the impression that the movie was going to be much nicer than it was. It should have shown the dog tearing out Belushi's throat.

michaelzstuff James Belushi) is a "loose cannon" cop. He has to do everything his own way on his own time and doesn't know the meaning of the word, "team-work" But after he screws up his last bust by buying a car from a car dealer and five minutes later proceeds to crash it into a building where the bad guys are dealing dope, he is assigned a new partner, a dog! To be exact. A rouge German Shepard that wants to be treated more like a person than a dog.Belushi is very convincing and hilarious in his role as a cop, and the dog, surprisingly (I never thought I'd write this), was a great actor and did a terrific job. Hat's off to his handler!There are predictable and very typical cop vs. bad guy moments, but overall I thought the movie was an extremely funny cop-doggy comedy, with a very predictable but humorous ending to it.When compared to other cop-dog movies like "Turner and Hooch," it's a credit to Belushi's comedic timing that this film wound up on the top 250!