A step in the right direction

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2015)

(63%) A vast improvement over the lazy, tired second entry, that if anything is as good as the 1990's original, making this was one of the more surprising sci-fi hits of the year. Unlike the last movie Frank the talking dog doesn't over dominate the screen time, the ideas are sharper, and adding Josh Brolin is never a bad thing, particularly as he does such a good Tommy Lee Jones impersonation. It's certainly funny enough, entertaining throughout and there's plenty of nice touches for this to be worth getting back into the once dead looking series. And although it maybe won't live very long in the memory, it is still a fun, if a little bumpy ride.