oscaralbert Review of Rock Dog

Rock Dog (2016)

When I looked around my movie theater in the middle of . . .

[7/10 · 22 March 2017]

. . . China's ROCK DOG, I noticed that EVERY ONE of the 184 other seats (yes, I carefully counted them all when the lights came up) were EMPTY. That got me to pondering. What was it about this Chinese Assault on the American Multiplex that was scaring away U.S. Citizens--especially ROCK DOG's presumed target audience, families with children--in droves? WHY weren't Americans flocking to the cinema to savor this tale of sheep in wolves' clothing? My theory is that ROCK DOG hits too close to home for most of us, and as Jack Nicholson famously said of his compatriots, we "CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!" Which Ugly Truth does ROCK DOG select in which to rub America's snout? The key scene here comes at 49:12, when the Alpha Male One Per Center Predator Wolf revokes his Nation of Sheep's ObamaCare and Social Security in one off-hand Tweet. IF the Chinese truly want to make an honest nickel from the U.S. film market, they need to substitute Happy Escapist Fare for such misfires as Matt Damon's GREAT TRUMP WALL and Luke Wilson's ROCK UNDER DOG.