Mad Dog and Glory [HD]

Unique, funny and refreshingly low-key.
The opening scene of director John McNaughton's 1993 low-key-comedy Mad Dog and Glory is quite deceiving. We witness some kind of a drug deal happening in a car, followed by one of the guys getting a bullet in the head spraying his brains all over the passenger side window.

I immediately double-checked the DVD box to make sure this was listed as a comedy. But I stuck with the movie and that opening scene really doesn't have much to do with the overall plot and instead serves as an introduction to the main character, a police photographer named Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie (played in brilliantly understated fashion by Robert DeNiro).

The movie is quite funny at times, and is very low key and relaxed in its pacing. The film doesn't boast what I would call a ton of laugh-out loud moments, but it has a gentle and relaxed sense of humor that is natural and quite refreshing in this day and age of in-your-face gross out comedies.

The film involves Wayne (or Mad Dog...

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Police are not known for their artistic sensibilities or intellectual acumen while on the job. Mad Dog (also known as Wayne) breaks the mold by having these qualities and being very shy. By the way, he has never used his gun in his fifteen years on the police force.

Loan sharks are not known for their generosity or quick wit on the stage. Frank, a sleeze-bag loan shark also breaks the mold. What possibly could these tow men have in common? Glory and the need of being something that they aren't.

You see, Mad Dog save Frank from a robbery. Out of the goodness of his hear, Frank gives Dog his bartender, Glory, for a week to make his new found friend happy. Let the laughs begin. Robert DeNiro plays a fine role as the unassuming Wayne, caught in the rut of police work and security while his artistic soul flounders. Bill Murray is his usual self with an undertone of laughable seriousness as a loan shark whom no one knows.

Before the week is over sparks begin to fly and Dog must...

MIRROR IMAGES
Police are not known for their artistic sensibilities or intellectual acumen while on the job. Mad Dog (also known as Wayne) breaks the mold by having these qualities and being very shy. By the way, he has never used his gun in his fifteen years on the police force.

Loan sharks are not known for their generosity or quick wit on the stage. Frank, a sleeze-bag loan shark also breaks the mold. What possibly could these two men have in common? Glory and the need of being something that they aren't.

You see, Mad Dog saves Frank from a robbery. Out of the generosity of his heart, Frank gives Dog his bartender, Glory, for a week to make his new found friend happy. Let the comedy begin. DeNiro plays a fine role as the unassuming Wayne, caught in the rut of police work and security while his artistic spirit flounders. Bill Murray is his usual funny self with an undertone of laughable seriousness as a loan shark whom no one knows.

Before the week is over Dog falls in love with...

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