Dog Man Blu-ray review

Mar 30, 2025- Permalink

Written and directed by Peter Hastings, who also plays our titular hero, Dog Man is based on Dav Pilkey’s graphic novel series for children. When a villainous cat named Petey (Pete Davidson) sets off a bomb, it injures Officer Knight and his canine partner Greg. Surgeons work to try and save them, resulting in Greg’s head being stitched on Knight’s body. And so Dog Man is born. The voice cast also features Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Lucas Hopkins Calderon, and Ricky Gervais. Universal has now released this Dreamworks Animation movie on Blu-ray and I had a chance to look.

Dog Man coverart

The 1080p AVC encoded digital transfer is presented in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The CG animation does a great job capturing the vibe of the graphic novels. The Blu-ray image is crisp and sharp and the colour palette is full of vivid hues with good black levels. There are no compression issues to speak of.

On the audio side of things, you have the choice of an English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 soundtrack as well as French and Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 7.1. Subtitles are available for English SDH, French and Spanish. It’s a fun soundtrack with a lot of directional effects in the surrounds. The music is sounds good and dialogue is clear.

The Dog Man Blu-ray also comes with a digital code, though no code is available in the Canadian edition. Special features include a commentary by writer/director Peter Hastings, deleted and extended scenes, a Meet the Pack featurette with soundbites from production staff and cast, a small “making of” piece, and instructions on drawing some of the characters and a recipe to make dog snacks.

The Dog Man Blu-ray combines very good audio and video with a story aimed directly at the young ones. Its fast-moving fun action will probably have them playing it repeatedly.