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Directed by
Louis Leterrier Written by
Luc Besson Cast
Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Kerry Condon, Vincent Regan, Dylan Brown [more]
Release Date
• USA: May 13, 2005
• UK: 10 Jun 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 11, 2005
Budget $45,000,000
BoxOffice: $24.4M
Official Website:
Danny the Dog Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong violent content, language and some sexuality/nudity.
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country France, USA, UK
Production Companies
Europa Corp., Danny the Dog Prods Ltd., TF1 Films Productions, Qian Yian International, Current Entertainment, Clubdeal, Canal+
Studio Rogue Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Danny the Dog
• Unleashed
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Danny the Dog Reviews |
Unfortunately, Unleashed's unevenness becomes its undoing. The film contains enough quiet, reflective moments for us to become aware how preposterous the central conceit is, and that keeps us at arm's length. For a movie that strives to be in-your-face, that's too far away. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Had Besson and Leterrier been confident enough in the genuinely potent drama to reel in a few preposterous elements, "Unleashed" (which goes by the much better title of "Danny the Dog" overseas) might have been one of the best martial arts movies yet made in English. But while it isn't perfect, the few unfortunate nods to convention are certainly forgivable when the rest of the picture stands uncommonly above the genre norm. [read review] 
Unleashed is absurd, but it's got talent enough to be taken seriously. Jet Li displays some actual acting chops here, and everyone acquits themselves well enough to claim that the movie is about the story rather than the smacking down with a straight face. It's still a martial arts action movie, of course, even if the space between the fights is more entertaining than one usually expects. [read review] 
--Jay Seaver (eFilmCritic.com)
The movie is an effective political polemic without any reference to current events: It says the world cannot run exclusively on power and money, not just because that is wrong but because human nature will always gravitate toward the intangibles - culture, kindness, connection, Mozart. [read review]
--Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
Unleashed has managed to find the equilibrium that makes martial arts films jolly good entertainment. It takes its rather ridiculous premise and runs with it, neither looking back nor half-assing its efforts. Is this enough to make a truly great film? Nah. But for once, this ride is worth your money. [read review]
So I always have to ask more questions than I'd like to: Is "Unleashed" a good film? Is it trash well done? Is it inventive enough to deserve our serious attention? Well, I believe it's all of those things, which is pretty good, when you think about it. [read review]
At least it has a bad guy worth pounding, thanks to Hoskins; his performance alone may be worth a look. But rest of Unleashed never quite manages to back him up, and even popcorn fun like this needs a little more weight in its corner. [read review] C
--Rob Vaux (Flipsidemovies.com)
It is grandiosely over-directed, but done with such rococo verve that the scenes often wind up playing fairly well on the screen. Leterrier must have decided that if he were going to be flamboyant, he should go all the way. [read review]
As someone who was not appreciating the sloppy vicious sections, I caught myself wondering if the equally hackneyed happy parts were made deliberately icky so we'd be relieved when Danny's life goes awry again. [read review] 
Unleashed suffers from a surfeit of sentimentality at times (blame Besson for that), but it’s Li’s first major Western role of any depth and he acquits himself admirably as both mad dog and melancholy master. [read review] 
--Marc Savlov (Austin Chronicle)
'UNLEASHED," a preposterous mix of sentiment and brutality that casts martial-arts star Jet Li as a music-loving killing machine, turns out to be his most entertaining movie in quite some time. [read review]
--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
...with “Unleashed” we just have to throw too much I consider logical out the window. Every story needs to have some kernel of believability to them, and that is what is missing in “Unleashed.” [read review]
The film has flashbacks of the boy and his mother and they are very effective this is a well made movie and the fight scenes are well done, although a couple looks cartoonish. [read review]
Strangely thoughtful and pleasingly absurd in its escapist ultra-violence, Unleashed is a dazzling little drama that gives a passionate kick to the surging sensibilities. [read review]
Underlighting actions scenes might make sense in hiding a specific performer’s limitations, but not when you have a performer of Li’s obvious capabilities and experience. [read review]
--Mel Valentin (eFilmCritic.com)
There's something endearing about a movie that can be this gruesome and brutal and yet have a centre so thoroughly sweet. And as we discover, sweet is good. [read review]
This is a story that could have made a laughable movie. That it works is because of the performances of Jet Li and Bob Hoskins, who plays his master. [read review]
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Plain and simple, Unleashed is a big-screen blood sport that disingenuously tosses feel-good family values into the mix. [read review] 
Li is action poetry in motion. Damn them for spoiling our popcorn fun with salty tear-jerking. [read review]
--Peter Travers (Rolling Stone)
At the very least, the idea of Unleashed is unusual enough to earn praise in its own right. [read review] B+
--Alysa Salzberg (TheCinemaSource)
Jet Li has finally made a decent English-language film, and it's about time. [read review] 
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