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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
Directed by Rob Minkoff, Chris Bailey, Mark Koetsier
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Overview
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain’s wicked plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant mentor, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
Rated PG | Length 94 minutes
Actors
Michael Cera | Samuel L. Jackson | Ricky Gervais | Kylie Kuioka | Mel Brooks | George Takei | Gabriel Iglesias | Djimon Hounsou | Michelle Yeoh | Aasif Mandvi | Cathy Shim | Stephen Apostolina | Kirk Baily | Steve Blum | Ranjani Brow | William Calvert | David Chen | Miles Clark | Seth Clark | Matt Corboy | Jeff Fischer | Jason Griffith | Larry Herron | Bridget Hoffman | Rif Hutton | Ashley Lambert | Lex Lang | Terence Mathews | Tom McGrath | Scott Menville | David Michie | Rob Minkoff | Zoe Minkoff | Edie Mirman | Juan Pacheco | Michelle Ruff | Warren Sroka | Kelly Stables | Jaquita Ta'le | Arianna Trames | Floyd Van Buskirk | Kirk Wise | Matthew Wolf
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/29/2023 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Only learned of this movie recently and fired it up for one reason only (easy to guess) and yet it turns out this is a pretty fun flick. Wish I had selected it when in was in ABQ bc I think Hannah would dig it. It’s a Japanese influenced animated movie where cats (or dogs) replace people in an Edo period-like Japan.
It’s all cats but when a small town requires a samurai for protection, as a joke they are sent a lone dog (Michael Cera). The dog believes he is a samurai but isn’t so an elder skilled cat (Sam Jackson) in the village becomes his sensei. Or sifu I guess. Then a bunch of stuff happens.
It’s an Mel Brooks style comedy but aimed at kids, which is a little weird but I enjoyed hearing his voice. And ofc it’s super meta like Blazing Saddles, again weird bc I don’t think kids would understand that or the jokes about filmmaking. But the fart humor they’d get.
The voice I wanted to hear the most unfortunately doesn’t get enough lines but still great to hear her.
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