bear about as much resemblance to dean koontz novel a jessica simpson do to a rocket scientist . if you have read the book and i suggest you put it a far out of your mind a possible before watch the movie . watcher be your typical boy meet dog and dog turn out to be super intelligent government lab experiment and dog and boy be pursue by super intelligent and emotionally disturbed monster create by same lab and and and oh yeah and do i mention the shady government agent pursue the monster pursue the dog . movie . corey haim be the boy and barbara williams be his mother and michael ironside be one of the evil government guy and and sandy the dog be and well and the dog ( name furface here while einstein in the book ) . the monster effect be ridiculously cheesy and much of the dialogue be laughable and the script rarely make sense or be believable a good example be haim character unquestioning acceptance of the dog intelligence and a if every fido off the street can type message on a computer keyboard or bark once for yes and twice for no . hmm and it get ta be the puppy chow and right . haim performance be enthusiastic but shaky and a he carry off the stupid dialogue with the least amount of skill . ironside have be the highlight of many a bad movie and and this be no exception . he easily give the best performance of the movie and although i be compel to add that the dog ( who a pretty darn good actor himself . ) come in a close second . all in all and an atrociously dumb movie and and yet . . . and yet i watch it three time within a week . and yet i can not help like it . hey and what can i say and i have a taste for junk and michael ironside ( not that i have ever actually taste michael ironside i be sure there be law against that ) . but any movie that can make me laugh that hard ( yes and even unintentionally ) can not be all bad . chalk it up to a guilty pleasure and a yes i know it insultingly stupid but i like it anyway movie . it tough for me to rate this . on a normal scale i be force to give it a d and but on my own personal cheese scale and it get bump up to an a . yeah and i know . i be weird like that .