Rottweiler DVD Review:

Futuristic thriller. Killer dog horror. I’m not exactly sure that there is a category to place Brain Yuzna’s Rottweiler in. Although it seems similar to many other that have come before, in the end the only true common tie is that it isn’t a good film.

It is the future in Spain and an American couple think that they are playing a dangerous and exciting game called “Infiltration”. For some reason unknown to the audience it turns out that the game is not really a game, or at least not one that any sane person would enter into willingly. They find themselves at the mercy of a cruel man who owns a killer robotic Rottweiler. Dante can’t remember what happened to his girlfriend when he wakes up in a Spanish prison. After finding an opportunity to escape Dante finds himself pursued by the dog.

Nearly all of the film is a long chase between the Dante and the dog, who will kill anything that gets in his way. At times this can get as tiring as William Miller’s tragic character Dante. At times I wanted the dog to catch Dante just to put an end to all of the other pointless deaths along the way. At times it would have helped if the film just ended.

Although the film takes place in the future, it seems as though very little has changed. In fact, about the only futuristic element of the film is the dog. This might have worked better if we understood where the Rottweiler was coming from. How was he made? Does he feel, or is he simply a robot? None of the questions I had about the title character were ever answered, especially not how the dog dies if he is a seemingly indestructible force.

The DVD has one of the generic horror covers which may insure a few sales in the video stores from customers who know no better, and the inside is not much different. The film looks good in its 16:9 widescreen ratio, and sounds decent as well. There are even a few special features including interviews with cast and crew and some behind the scenes footage.



Ryan Izay