A Boy and His Dog

1975

Action / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 63% · 36 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 20691 20.7K

based on novel or book telepathy dystopia post-apocalyptic future decoy dog

Plot summary

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

Director

L.Q. Jones Photo
L.Q. Jones

Top cast

Alvy Moore Photo
Alvy Moore as Doctor Moore
Don Johnson Photo
Don Johnson as Vic
Michael Rupert Photo
Michael Rupert as Gery
Susanne Benton Photo
Susanne Benton as Quilla June Holmes
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702.48 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 2
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 48

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gavin6942 6 / 10

A Strange Post-Apocalypse Story

A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy (Don Johnson) communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved.I like that all presidents since Ford have been a member of the Kennedy family... though I am not entirely clear about why people in the future feel the need to wear clown makeup. Or how dogs develop telepathy. But, hey, alright.This film is criticized for being sexist. And yeah, it sort of is. Though I think it can be argued that the film is not so much sexist as the protagonist is sexist, which is a difference. We do not have to empathize with the lead character. Heck, some of what he says and does is not tasteful. As strange as it may seem, the movie may not be telling the same story as the one we see through the boy.
Reviewed by GOWBTW 9 / 10

A silly farce of the Apocalypse

Walking the wastelands of America is a bleak future. The only thing for a companion is a dog, man's best friend. True to meaning. Only here, that man's best friend may be his only best friend. Vic(Don Johnson) and Blood combs the wastelands for food, but Vic wants a woman to have sex with. And the last woman he saw was cut up. Vic is an orphaned teen with no education scour the wastelands for survival, Blood is a telepathic canine who can find food for both he and Vic, and can sense a woman in ways Vic can't. When they find a woman for sex, he would later go to a secret underground world which is decent in one way, but nightmarish in another. The nightmare part is slightly artificial in repopulating the community. Goes to shows that he's much happier up there than here. This science fiction movie is more cheese than scifi. A lot of comedy in in. I like it still. No need for cut downs. Don Johnson would go on to make bigger hits. This is good for the buffs. 3.5 out of 5 stars
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