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Synopsis: A bomb-sniffing beagle is fired from the mayor's office for a faux pas. That night a mad scientist dognaps him and injects him with an elixir. The dog escapes, but now has superpowers. He's adopted by a security guard - an ex-cop, who's a widower with a moody teen son, Jack. The boy discovers that the dog, named Shoeshine by dad, has super powers, but it's their little secret. While Underdog saves people in distress, the mad scientist and his underling continue their plot to catch him and take over the city. There's also a girl Jack likes who has a dog that Shoeshine takes a shine to. Will every dog have his day?
Director(s): Frederik Du Chau
Production: Buena Vista
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
14%
PG
Year:
2007
84 min
$43,710,394
Website
1,653 Views


Quick, there's not much time.

Take the vial to the police.

- You got it.

- Don't drop it.

Look! It's Underdog!

[Policeman] Stand back! Stand back!

[Bomb beeping]

[Rapid beeping]

[Screaming]

Mission Control, removal of the thermal

blankets from the MBS is successful.

Hey. Houston, we have a beagle.

Hot! Hot! Hot! OW. That burns!

Ahh!

Look, up there.

[Explosion]

Oh.

Oh, God.

[Sobbing]

Dad.

[Continues sobbing]

- [Groaning] Jack.

- Shoeshine.

Shh! Jack, call me "Underdog. "

Oh, man. That was by far

my Worst landing ever.

[Crowd cheering]

Well, I guess I'll see you

around, Underdog.

Yeah, see you around, kid.

You're going to love solitary, Doc.

My isolation Will be nothing

more than an enclave

in Which I can focus

my intellectual poWers

upon the task of

Wreaking my vengeance

on that pathetic house pet, Underdog.

You know What?

Solitary is a relative term, Doc.

Meet your new roommate.

Hey! I took the top bunk.

I thought it Would be

too paradoxical for you.

- No, you can't do this to me.

- Yes, I can. I just did.

Noo!

...then Underdog

ran out With the bomb

and buried it farther than

any bone has ever been buried!

Sounds like I missed all the excitement.

Oh, yeah, you did. Hey!

What happened to your tail?

Oh, uh, it got burnt

reentering the atmosphere.

[Laughing] Shoeshine, Where

do you come up With this stuff?

[Woman] Help!

Somebody, please help me!

- Excuse me a moment.

- Ha.

[Barking]

[Barks three times]

Excuse me just for one moment.

You see, some heroes are born,

destined for greatness.

Others are made.

Everyday men and women,

and, yes, dogs,

who rise up in times of crisis,

no matter how high the odds

are stacked against them.

These are the heroes

we all have inside us.

These are the underdogs.

- [Riff Raff] Look, it's Speed Bump.

- You again?

Runt, are you still hard of hearing?

- Yeah, hello?

- I told you to stay aWay.

Listen, I'm in a hurry.

Don't mess With me.

[Laughing]

He's just like all little dogs.

All bark, no bite.

I do not bite. Yes, that is true.

But see what my bark Will do to you.

- Huh?

- That's just bad rapping, dog.

[Loud bark]

- Whoa!

- [Shivering]

Ooh, I didn't need to see that.

Boss, you're so pink.

It's very becoming.

Ahhh! I'm naked. I'm naked!

Look! Up in the sky!

- It's a bird.

- It's a plane.

- It's a frog.

- [All] A frog?

Not bird, nor plane, nor even frog.

It's just little old me, Underdog!

[Cheering]

[Man] Scene two-o-seven. Take 27.

[Man 2] And... action!

There's no need to fear, underwear is...

I'm sorry, did I just say "underwear?"

- Do it again.

- Please cut that out of the movie.

- Take 21.

- Action!

There's no need to...

Wait, what is there no need to?

Script Supervisor, what's the line?

Whoa!

What's my motivation again?

[Man] Uh, you're a superhero.

Oh. Hey!

- Action!

- Can I get an ice pack?

Whoa.

- Somebody moved the floor.

- [Giggling] Nice.

OW!

Take 25.

- Who's stepping on my cape?

- Cut!

There's no need to fear,

Underdog is here!

- Cut!

- I'll be in my trailer.

[# Kyle Massey:

"Underdog" Raps]

[Man laughing] He's here!

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Adam Rifkin

Adam Rifkin, sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. His career ranges from broad family comedies to dark and gritty urban dramas. He is best known for writing family-friendly comedies like Mouse Hunt and 2007's Underdog. more…

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