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Article: COP-AND-POOCH TALE `TOP DOG' NEEDS MORE TRICKS, FEWER LICKS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 28, 1995
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Byline: JANE SUMNER Dallas Morning News Benji was cuter, Lassie more elegant and Beethoven sadder-eyed. But Reno, the huge pooch that plays Chuck Norris' cop partner in ``Top Dog,'' makes you laugh just looking at the camera.
When Reno's first human partner (Carmine Caridi) meets a bullet, the 90-pound canine gets assigned to Jake Wilder (Norris). The lone-wolf officer doesn't want a partner, especially a big, scruffy dog. But when they battle a ring of neo-Nazis, reluctance, of course, turns to respect.
The Chuck-and-Reno scenario of the film, which is being promoted as family entertainment, is a winner silly dog tricks and broad humor. But ...