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Man's Best Friend

Man's Best Friend

Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller · 1993

A genetic research facility worker exposes animal abuses there to a local TV reporter, who frees and takes in a genetically altered dog from the lab, unaware that he has a violent streak.

Movie details

Man's Best Friend

“Companion. Protector. Killer.”

1993 Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller 1h 37m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.2 / 10

5K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

21 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A genetic research facility worker exposes animal abuses there to a local TV reporter, who frees and takes in a genetically altered dog from the lab, unaware that he has a violent streak.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Man's Best Friend?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John Lafia

Written by

John Lafia

Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy

Lori Tanner

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Dr. Jarret

Robert Costanzo

Robert Costanzo

Detective Kovacs

Fredric Lehne

Fredric Lehne

Perry

John Cassini

John Cassini

Detective Bendetti

J

J.D. Daniels

Rudy

William Sanderson

William Sanderson

Ray

Court is in session

Put Man's Best Friend on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.