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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Ex-cons Troy (Nicolas Cage), Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe) and Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook) are hired by an eccentric mob boss to kidnap a baby for a large ransom. When the abduction goes awry, the trio find themselves on the run from the mob and the cops. Vowing to stay out of prison at all costs, getting away with the crime is literally ...

Directed By: Paul Schrader

Written By: Edward Bunker, Matthew Wilder

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Dog Eat Dog

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 16 User Ratings
5.6
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Summary Ex-cons Troy (Nicolas Cage), Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe) and Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook) are hired by an eccentric mob boss to kidnap a baby for a large ransom. When the abduction goes awry, the trio find themselves on the run from the mob and the cops. Vowing to stay out of prison at all costs, getting away with the crime is literally ...

Directed By: Paul Schrader

Written By: Edward Bunker, Matthew Wilder

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
53
37% Positive
7 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
16% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
53
37% Positive
7 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
16% Negative
3 Reviews

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80
May 21, 2016
The film positively swills in its disreputability and all-around low-budgetness; sporting a healthy disregard for respectability, Schrader has just gone for it here with a highly focused recklessness that he turns to his creative advantage.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 4, 2016
With the bawdy and intoxicatingly batshit Dog Eat Dog, Schrader is off the leash once and for all.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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31% Positive
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25% Negative
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31% Positive
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44% Mixed
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25% Negative
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67
May 24, 2016
Lacking the earlier stylistic exuberance, Dog Eat Dog loses all momentum, taking forever to come to a conclusion both foregone and deeply dissatisfying.
By Giovanni Marchini Camia FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 3, 2016
Dog Eat Dog is all bark and no bite, playing around in a sandbox of vulgarity with little rhyme or reason.
By Matt Donato FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 23, 2016
There’s half an argument that this schlocky lowlife caper energises its director’s visual imagination more than we’ve seen lately – hey, at least he’s trying something – but it’s not a juggling feat he can keep up all day.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
40
May 21, 2016
That’s not to say Dog Eat Dog is bereft of interesting choices. Far from it, though its infrequent bursts of gonzo brilliance are all in service of such an uninteresting premise.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
20
Nov 3, 2016
Movie fans might be better off watching a dog actually munch on another dog. Paul Schrader's latest action drama is downright awful.
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Production Company ADME Studios, Blue Budgie Films Limited, Dark Mark Productions, Ingenious Media, Pure Dopamine, Roxwell Films, Shanghai Gigantic Pictures
Release Date Nov 4, 2016
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The Best Thing Schrader has done in Decades!
Website https://www.admestudios.com/work-3
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Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination

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