The Plague Dogs

United Kingdom, United States

1982

103 Min

Color

English

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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CAST John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell

One of the darkest movies (and maybe the darkest animation) I've seen, it is about hunger, being an outcast, friendship and devotion. The style, storytelling and animation was superb. The ending was just extraordinary.

Adam Eisentrout

18Dec11

Devastating. From the same folks that brought A Watership Down to screen, a film that terrified children and left Donnie Darko unimpressed. Here is a much darker and serious film, one that has us follow two normal dogs struggle to survive the outside world beyond the animal testing facility they had both escaped. The journey is both touching and tragic; one in which peace and freedom are lastly found only in death.

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Sam Flemming

3Jun11

While the film has good animation and pacing, it's pretty dark and kinda hard to watch entirely.

John Browder

5May11

The Plague Dogs is a deep and moving animated film that I have watched a number of times since its release in 1982. Even without today's superior animation, you find yourself absorbed into a very believable plot. It never gained the popularity that it deserved due to the fact that during those years, animated movies were considered to be for children... and this this movie is not for young children.