It was fun and funny. Just go with it. Yes there were some continuity issues and obvious plot directions but so what. Yes the junior partner agitated me but it still worked. I mean, come on, McDonald's in Germany is funny.
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bigjoshlucas28 March 2022
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Two of Germanys biggest movie stars in one buddy-cop movie... Hm, sounds like gold, doesn't it? Well, here everyone on this picture did everything wrong. Start with an uninspired script which wants to be a comedy but clearly isn't. Hardly anyone laughed in the theater (including me). Audience of roughly 20 people on the opening eve. Til Schweiger plays the bad and tough cop and Matthias Schweighöfer plays the dumb or silly or the cop who doesn't even know why he is in the film the first time. There is just an overkill of product placement grossly placed, like Mercedes, McDonald and many more, which make no sense either. Avoid at all cost.
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Horst_In_Translation13 December 2018Okay, here we have "Hot Dog", a relatively new German 2018 movie. This one premiered in January 2018, so it is almost a year old by now. It is also among the more successful German films from this year, but I am glad I am writing "more" and not "most" because films starring Schweiger and especially Schweighöfer tend to be really big crowd magnets here in Germany despite almost always being completely garbage. This one is no exception, quality-wise, so we can be glad it was not that much of a hit commercially compared to many other movies. I already mentioned the two protagonists, so lets take a look behind the camera first. Director is Torsten Künstler and he worked with both on several occasions already and also the two writers Malinke and Clancy have a connection with this duo, rather with Schweiger than Schweighöfer I guess. Now back to this film we got here. It runs for 105 minutes and has our two charmers play GSG10 agents who gets demoted from their jobs and have to take care of an embassy during really bad weather as a consequence. Of course, this is excactly when the ambassador's daughter gets kidnapped by heavily armed intruders and from that moment on it is all about finding and saving her. Schweighöfer's character is crushing on her while Schweiger's wants to restore his professional honor that he let them get away with the young woman.
So i would say that the action/crime aspect is not too shabby overall, but it is the comedy as usual with Schweighöfer that ruins the film because it all feels so fake and forced. All the sex references as always like the naked butt on this gigantic stuffed bear and this is just one example. So Schweighöfer has the more physically embarrassing stuff, but yeah his constant talk about standing up verbally to alpha male Schweiger is not helping either. The latter has the two most embarrassing comedic lines, one including Eva Braun, the next near the very end something he says all out of nowhere in English to his daughter's boyfriend. So yeah, he is also getting his obligatory romantic story line in which he bonds with his ex-wife and daughter again, the only two women he ever loved despite the many he had. Back to Schweighöfer, he gets a cringeworthy romantic story line with a female colleague that is crushing on him while he only has eyes for the ambassador's daughter. But it is never in doubt who he is going for eventually and to make things easier for the simple-minded, they just turn the girl in a ridiculous plot twist into another bad guy/girl as well. What else? Oh yeah you will find familiar faces from other Schweig(höf)er films in here like Finzi of course or the guy who plays the huge brutal henchman. The duo's boss seemed familiar too, no idea what they were doing with his story line, so bad to watch him losing his sanity in a friendly (comedic???) way. And of course, as always, there is the forced very unrealistic happy ending and also nobody gets severely hurt or even dies, from the good guys at least and the hot chick gets to live too. It is really difficult to find something positive here. I think some of Schweiger's lines were mildly funny lets say and I also liked the part where he thinks early on he won't get fired, but then he does and his boss is happy he can finally let him go which was a bit of a parody that normally in these films the good guys can get away with everything if they want to and still won't lose their jobs. Fonal mention to Heino Ferch, not a great actor himself, but it says a lot about this film here that his 2-scene cameo elevates the movie quite a bit and he was fun and a bit of a scene stealer, maybe because he had so little screen time. Okay that is all now, a gigantic thumbs-down from me and this film was a pain to sit through at times. Definitely a contender for worst German film of 2018 and perhaps also one of the worst films I have seen all year and that says quite something as it was really many. Highly highly not recommended. One can only hope that Schweighöfer despite his youthful presence at almost 40 now soon gets out of the age range where he can get away with films and humor like this one. And that no younger actor will be there to fill this most cringeworthy gap. -
kosmasp5 February 2020It's really a bad movie. Now it tries to be funny with it's sexism and all the other isms it depicts as in "we say something inappropriate but we make jokes, so we are good, right?" ... but hiding behind the mantle of bad jokes does not work. Having said that, if you are of a certain age and have a taste for this kind of humor you may find things hillarious.
Hopefully when those people grow up they will grow out of it. Then again I guess it is alway in the eye of the beholder. But there is a reason why this has such a low rating and I was still sort of kind to it. Watch the trailer (if you can) and if that seems funny do not regard my and everyone elses opinion. But chances are good you will not like this either -
hp-anzinger24 July 2021There are many good German comedies out there. This is not one of them.
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chuckxx21 January 2022I watched the mobie in original language, i.e. German. Maybe the English dubbing is bad as so often.
Hollywood action comedies are often worse. E.g.pink panther remake with steve martin. Sorry no match to Peter sellers.
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I recently discovered the actor, Matthias Schweighöfer. I decided to watch the movie Hot Dog. This is one of the funniest movies I've watched. I don't know where to begin but the character Theo Ransoff is so cute, innocent, and funny in this movie. I loved who he referred to Luke Steiner as Mr. Steiner showing respect. Theo's character was naïve but very intelligent. The scene when they went to a nightclub and Theo got into a fight with a fat Drag Queen and a Dwarf is hilarious. However, the funniest scene was Theo waking up naked on top of a huge stuffed toy Teddy Bear where he practiced having sex with the Teddy Bear because he was still a virgin. However, Theo is very loyal to his police partner, Mr. Steiner, and he would do anything to please him showing that he is a good police officer. I have watched this movie 4 times and it's now on my list of favorite funniest movies to see. Please don't believe all the hate regarding the movie, Hot Dog. This is a very funny and enjoyable movie to see and Matthias Schweighöfer is so incredibly sexy, cute, smart, and funny in this movie.
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wolfgang-244 September 2020Enjoyed watching it and was wondering about the bad reviews
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xingmingwork21 January 2018Hilarious opening with big scenes, funny jokes all through the story.
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andriux-550944 August 2021Very entertaining from start to finish ...great actoring and good humour too.
Was not bored for a second and would love to see more of these characters )))) Loved watching it ....