Rottweiler (film)

Rottweiler
Rottweiler
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian Yuzna
Written by	Miguel Tejada-Flores (screenplay); Alberto Vázquez Figueroa (story)
Produced by	Julio Fernández; Brian Yuzna
Starring	Paulina Gálvez; Paul Naschy; Ivana Baquero
Cinematography	Javier Salmones
Edited by	Andy Horvitch
Music by	Mark Thomas
Distributed by	Castelao Producciones
Release dates	December 2004 (Festival Internacional de; Cinema de Catalunya); 10 June 2005;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	English

Rottweiler is a 2004 science fiction horror film directed by Brian Yuzna and starring Paulina Gálvez, Paul Naschy and Ivana Baquero.

Plot

In the near future (2018), a prisoner named Dante (William Miller) escapes from jail after having been arrested for illegally entering Spain. Forced to kill a prison guard, he is hunted down by the prison's dog, a monstrous Rottweiler police dog that sadistic prison warden Kufard (Paul Naschy) had revived and cybernetically enhanced after a fatal injury. Believing his Spanish girlfriend Ula (Irene Montala) was sent to work as a prostitute in Puerto Angel as punishment, Dante looks for her, but is exhausted by the chase and wounded by the Rottweiller. As a result, he starts having hallucinations and being haunted by the repressed memories of his and Ula's arrest. As he reaches Puerto Angel and can't find her at the brothel, he finally remembers that Ula got killed when Kufard let his dog loose on her, which led Dante to shoot the dog, which was then turned into a cyborg. Dante kills Kufard as the Rottweiler catches up with him, and they fight to the death among the burning remains of Kufard's helicopter. The morning after, firemen find the skeletons of Dante, Ula and the Rottweiler on the beach.

Cast

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William Miller - Dante
Irene Montalà - Ula
Paulina Gálvez - Alyah
Cornell John - Dongoro
Lluís Homar - Guard Borg
Paul Naschy - Warden Kufard
Ivana Baquero - Esperanza

Critical reception

Allmovie called the film "a killer cyborg dog flick that's filled with more sleeping pills than chilling thrills" and "an obvious misstep for Yunza [sic], whose past successes are fastly fading in time. Do yourself a favor and leave this dog bone of a mess alone – you'll be happy that you did."^[2]

References

^ Twilightmag - Reviews: DVD - Rottweiler
^ Jeremy Wheeler. "Rottweiler (2004)". Allmovie. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

External links

Rottweiler at IMDb

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[1] Twilightmag - Reviews: DVD - Rottweiler

[2] Jeremy Wheeler. "Rottweiler (2004)". Allmovie. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

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