Max is a loveable, friendly dog who was recued from a dog pound by his owner Kate. Kate and Max are very happy until one day Kate brings home a ‘brother’ for Max called Duke. Duke is a very large dog and instantly starts to push Max out of his place. Max decides to trash the house and blame it on Duke but Duke grabs Max and drags him out of the window and takes him on a walk.
The two of them get into a lot of trouble: they are attacked by a gang of scrawny cats; picked up by the dogcatchers and rescued by an angry rabbit called Snowball. Snowball takes them to his underworld where he and all the lost and abandoned pets are planning to destroy all humans. Max and Duke have to escape from there and along the way they learn to become good friends.
There is a lot of violence in this movie including:
There are also several scary scenes that would scare younger kids such as:
The messages of the story are to be open to change and to not judge others on the way they look.
Content is age appropriate for children this age
Some content may not be appropriate for children this age. Parental guidance recommended
Content is not age appropriate for children this age
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