By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2015 11:30 am EST
I kind of love this, because it sounds like prime ’70s era family comedy material. But I am distressed because nowhere in that description do we learn what the acronym A.R.C.H.I.E. stands for. That, my friends, is what is called a hook, and I am now fully caught and ready to be reeled in by this movie’s charms.
Wait, though, wait. Robot dog… realistic looking… family movie… how is this not just a spin-off from the 1979 film C.H.O.M.P.S.? (Which, it should be noted, had a pretty sweet poster by Drew Struzan.)
What, you haven’t seen C.H.O.M.P.S., the movie about the world’s greatest crime-BITER? That’s C.H.O.M.P.S., from Dan Chaffey, who also directed Jason and the Argonauts, Pete’s Dragon, and One Million Years B.C.? And I thought you liked movies. C.H.O.M.P.S., which stands for Canine HOMe Protection System. See? Now you don’t need to see the movie, since I gave away the acronym. Just watch the trailer below.
Some day only a few decades in the future, this could be how we talk about A.R.C.H.I.E.
