Fluke Movie Review 1995

"Ghost" meets "Oh, Heavenly Dog" as Tom (Modine) dies in a suspicious car accident and is reincarnated as a dog who remembers his past life. He returns to his former family (Travis and Pomeranc) to protect them from his former business partner (Stoltz), battling such puppy perils as cosmetic testing labs and dogcatchers along the way. While there's plenty of squishy sentimentality to go around, some of the scenes involving animal abuse may be a little much for the target audience of pre-teen kids. Jackson and Stoltz trade "Pulp Fiction" for pup fiction, but this dog won't hunt. Based on the novel by James Herbert.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, King of Beasts (Dogs), Death & the Afterlife, Reincarnation

Screenplay

James Carrington, Carlo Carlei

Cast

Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis, Eric Stoltz, Max Pomeranc, Ron Perlman, Jon Polito, Bill Cobbs, Frederico Pacifici, Collin Wilcox-Paxton

Cinematography

Raffaele Mertes

Director

Carlo Carlei

Music

Carlo Siliotto

Other

Samuel L. Jackson

Producer

Paul Maslansky, Lata Ryan, Jon Turtle, Thomas Coleman, Rocket Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures