In “DC League of Super-Pets,” Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. The film also stars the voices of Kevin Hart (the “Jumanji” and “Secret Life of Pets” films), Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live,” the “Magic School Bus Rides Again” films, “Ferdinand”), John Krasinski (the “Quiet Place” films, “Free Guy”), Vanessa Bayer (“Saturday Night Live,” “Office Christmas Party,” “Trainwreck”), Natasha Lyonne (“Show Dogs,” “Ballmastrz 9009”), Diego Luna (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Maya and the Three”), Marc Maron (“Joker,” “GLOW”), Thomas Middleditch (“Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie”), Ben Schwartz (“Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Duck Tales”), and Keanu Reeves (the “Matrix” and “John Wick” films). Pictures’ animated action adventure feature film “DC League of Super-Pets,” from director Jared Stern. In addition to “Tom and Jerry”-style fighting and chase scenes, one featuring animals racing through New York City in a battery-powered toy car, we get rapid screwball comedy dialogue that these actors deliver with delightful verbal skill.PGfor action, mild violence, language and rude humorĭwayne Johnson stars as the voice of Krypto the Super-Dog in Warner Bros. Thanks to Chris Renaud (“Despicable Me”) and co-director Jonathan del Val, the action-movie tropes and slapstick comedy laughs keep coming. Sergei carries a bullwhip and has an evil pet monkey and a pack of dog-tracking wolves. The thing about Sergei is that he sounds Russian but looks exactly like the twin brother of the Wicked Witch of the West. But she lets the thing fall out a window and bounce inside the apartment of an old Cat Lady (Meredith Salenger).Īt the same time, Snowball, who has been wearing blue superhero pajamas, is recruited by Daisy to save a white Siberian tiger cub named Hu from cruel circus impresario Sergei (Nick Kroll). Before Max leaves for the country, he asks Gidget to safeguard his favorite squeaky toy Busy Bee. This becomes even more evident when the family takes Max and Duke on a trip to an uncle’s farm, where the threats include a fox and an errant sheep named Cotton (Sean Giambrone, “The Goldbergs”). In this installment, Max has become overwrought because of many real-life dangers posed to “his kid” Liam, the son of Max’s human owners Katie (Ellie Kemper) and Chuck (Pete Holmes). They have it here with the screenplay by “Minions” scribe Brian Lynch, which is a big improvement on the one he co-wrote for the original. Add to this delightful mix a great Harrison Ford as a wise and brave Welsh sheepdog named Rooster and Tiffany Haddish as the courageous Shih Tzu Daisy and you have a cast that is unbeatable with the right material. with Patton Oswalt as the voice of Max, the film’s anxiety-plagued New York City Jack Russell terrier protagonist and brings back Eric Stonestreet as Newfoundland mix Duke.Īlso returning are Kevin Hart as the kung fu fighting bunny Snowball, Jenny Slate as the fluffy Pomeranian Gidget and Lake Bell as the imperturbable rotund tabby cat Chloe. That rare sequel that is better than the original, the computer-generated animated film “The Secret Life of Pets 2” replaces Louis C.K.

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