When weвЂ™re used to animated features with high joke-density, both visual and written, вЂњRock DogвЂќ is a serious downshift in energy and content.Д«odi discovers rock music on a radio dropped from a biplane and is soon obsessed with the tunes of Angus Scattergood. The characters arenвЂ™t fully expressive, and the environment and setting are boring - the frames and visual compositions dull and lacking in background detail. WeвЂ™re dropped right into this world without much context, and the drawn animation is soon set aside for serviceable computer animation. An opening sequence, rendered in a hand-drawn style, nods to traditional Chinese art and music and is folksily narrated by the mustachioed Fleetwood Yak, voiced by Sam Elliott.

Simmons), are tasked with guarding a bunch of ditzy, addled sheep from a pack of hungry wolves. We start in a village on Snow Mountain, where a young mastiff, Bodi (Luke Wilson), and his dad, Khampa (J.K. The animated feature вЂњRock DogвЂќ arrives one week after the release of another prominent Chinese-American co-production, the fantasy adventure вЂњThe Great Wall.вЂќ Director Ash Brannon brings Pixar and Sony bona fides (he co-directed вЂњToy Story 2вЂќ and directed вЂњSurfвЂ™s UpвЂќ) to this adaptation of rocker Zheng JunвЂ™s graphic novel вЂњTibetan Rock Dog,вЂќ which mixes Tibetan culture with contemporary Brit-rock and adds a splash of mob movies for kicks.

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