一聽音樂網

高利貸商人巴特（Bob Hoskins 飾）在丹尼（李連杰 飾）四歲時將他收留，從此用訓練猛獸的方式讓丹尼成為自己忠實的“狼犬”。巴特日常的工作是帶領自己的手下與丹尼四處收賬，如有任何人膽敢暴力反抗，巴特就放開丹尼頸上的項圈——那是進攻的信號，讓后者用蠻橫兇殘的招式擊潰對方。每次任務結束，丹尼都被送回陰暗的地下鐵籠。
 
某次打斗中，丹尼偶遇盲調音師山姆（Morgan Freeman 飾），并為鋼琴所深深吸引以致忘記了巴特的任務。盛怒的巴特將丹尼送上以死亡為終結的地下拳場，賺取了更多的利潤，在離開拳場的路上巴特一伙遭仇家埋伏，丹尼幸免于難，被山姆一家收留。在山姆家里丹尼體味到缺失的親情，逐漸找回了自身的人性一面，并開始學習彈奏鋼琴。巴特等人經過治療后痊愈，再次將丹尼拉回到拳場，然而丹尼已不再愿意殺人，無意中又發現了當年自己母親遇害的真相，丹尼與巴特一伙的決戰在所難免……
 
by David Jeffries
 
Interesting and pleasant, but the soundtrack to Louis Leterrier's Danny the Dog will throw longtime Massive Attack fans for a loop. The band's trademark deep sound is untraceable for the most part. It's probably a testament to how hard they stuck to the soundtracking rules, but this program music is rather run-of-the-mill, especially when compared to Massive Attack's proper albums, which -- to be fair -- would overtake most filmmaker's visuals. Harpsichords play over neo-noir beats and guitars echo forever as tension builds, and while the band's keen sense of sonic structure is intact, they're layering things much less than usual here and traveling some previously explored territory. Tracks like "Everything About You Is New" with its reverberating piano, and the faux rocking "The Dog Obeys" are so undistinguished you look have to look twice at the cover to make sure Massive is behind this. The Coil-esque "P Is for Piano" and the funky-fun "One Thought at a Time" almost make it worth it for everyone, but only the hardcore fans are going to get much out of the rest. They can pick away at the recordings and try to figure out who did what while everyone else waits for the next real album.