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Dog: Movie Review

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Dog: Movie Review  Cast: Channing Tatum, A Belgian Malinois Directors: Reid Carolin, Channing Tatum Dog knows exactly what it wants to do - the pitch is right there in front of an audience. Channing Tatum, a dog and a road trip to a fallen comrade's funeral. It's all laid out in that simple synopsis - and it's cemented by the opening credits which provide a snapshot of the relationship between the dog Lulu and its military owner, who's died. And yet for a film whose premise isn't exactly earth-shattering, or whose denouement is never in doubt, Dog makes the conventional road seem appealing enough for its 100 minute run time. Tatum is Jackson Briggs, a former Army Ranger, who's been cast aside from the service due to a combination of post traumatic stress disorder and also a brain injury that could leave him prone to seizures. Desperate for money, and scrabbling to make ends meet after working at a gas station, Briggs is offered a shot at redemption - if he can t...