The pre-title sequence section rolled and was entertaining enough to get me curious. Then the opening credits started, full Bond style with Get This Party Started performed by Shirley Bassey. Trust me, it is awesome.
The setup has hairless cat, Kitty Galore (Bette Midler) and her hench-cat, Paws (Phil LaMarr) stealing secrets from around the world. Dog agents, Diggs (James Marsden) and Butch (Nick Nolte) are sent to foil Kitty's plans. We get a flashback to what I assume was Cats & Dogs 2 showing how Kitty became hairless and why she wants revenge on Dogs and Humans alike. We soon find out the Kitty's previous agency, MEOW, is also concerned so it is up to cats, represented by Catherine (Christina Apllegate), and dogs to band together to save the Human Race, with a little help from a Pigeon named Seamus (Katt Williams).
What follows is an enjoyable movie full of family friendly action and more than just a few themed sight gags, such as the vehicles used by the dogs to get to their headquarters have "Stay" instead of "Stop" on the controls. There really isn't much more to say aside from Roger Moore making an "appearance" as the head of MEOW.
There are plenty of nods to James Bond and a fair few other movies (including Silence of the Lambs - I don't think the kids got that one).
There are certainly worse movies to watch on a potentially rainy afternoon. With plenty of laughs for the kids and some decent gags for the grown ups Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore certainly is a decent family movie.
Again, I must defer to the experts for the final say.
J (9) - "It was funny and I like when *spoiler* (starts talking about the end of the movie"
M (5) - "I liked the movie. I don't have any favourite bits. I liked the pigeon"
Case closed!
In a word - Meow!
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