WAR DOG is a long-forgotten and insanely violent Swedish action film with a plot similar to that of UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, although it came first. The story sees the macho protagonist looking into the death of his brother and coming across a sinister plot to breed a new type of super soldier, bent on death and without emotion. The film kicks off with an incredible slow-motion massacre scene in which innocent civilians are gunned down, and it features the bloodiest squib hits I can ever remember seeing. The rest of the story follows in the same vein, a mixture of violent and gruesome action and the usual melodrama and character work. The ending descends into slasher territory but is still amusing, while there's a funny stand-off made as a homage to the famous showdown in Sergio Leone's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
Review of War Dog
