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Dog Eat Dog (2016)

R Nov 04, 2016 Drama, Crime, Thriller 1h 33m
User Score
51%
362 votes
Internet Movie Database
48%
Rotten Tomatoes
52%
Metacritic
5300%

Overview

Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life.

Paul Schrader
Director
Matthew Wilder
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage

Troy
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe

Mad Dog
Christopher Matthew Cook
Christopher Matthew Cook

Diesel
Omar J. Dorsey
Omar J. Dorsey

Moon Man
Louisa Krause
Louisa Krause

Zoe
Melissa Bolona
Melissa Bolona

Lina
Reynaldo Gallegos
Reynaldo Gallegos

Chepe
Chelcie Lynn
Chelcie Lynn

Sheila
Bruce Reizen
Bruce Reizen

Maurie

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Dog Eat Dog (2016) - Mad Dog's Trip
Dog Eat Dog (2016) - Mad Dog's Trip
Clip
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer
Official UK Trailer
Official UK Trailer
Trailer
Dialogues from Directors' Fortnight
Dialogues from Directors' Fortnight
Featurette
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Reviews

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A review by Wuchak
Written on February 23, 2018

RELEASED IN 2016 and directed by Paul Schrader, “Dog Eat Dog” chronicles events in the greater Cleveland area when a trio of loser ex-cons (Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe & Christopher Matthew Cook) is employed by a Mafioso to abduct the infant of a rival gangster.

Schrader’s films are often preoccupied with Christian religion and sexual obsession (porn, strip joints, prostitution, nudity, etc.), as verified by “Hardcore” (1979), “Cat People” (1982) and “Auto Focus” (2002). You can expect the same with “Dog Eat Dog” except that it mixes black amusement with its urban drama, sleaze and crime thrills.

The movie’s brutal, funny, ugly and quirky, but with a spiritual thread underneath it all. Think 90’s crime drama/thrillers like “Pulp Fiction” (1994), “Moja...

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A review by Gimly
Written on June 20, 2020

_Dog Eat Dog_ ain't too trash, but it is pretty hard to believe that this came from the same dude who made _First Reformed_.

There is absolutely not so much as a single character in this that the audience can be expected to like, and though of course no filmmaker is obligated to make enjoyable characters, it is pretty tough to slog through a >90min runtime of back-to-back bastards.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._...

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