I watched it on iTunes five minutos past midnight on it's release and to me, I have mixed feelings with this one. While Splash actually did their best with this one, it still has a lot of the same faults that plagued Dino Digs. The animación is not good, the slapstick basura to me doesn't work 90% of the time and I'm not the biggest fan of the new score. And like I dicho in my quickie non-spoiler review, Brent, Agnes, Lyle and LInk did not even have to be there.
The story itself is pretty simple but it's executed a lot better than Dino Digs. Kate and Humphrey wind up lost in a winter storm while hunting for their family and the pups decided to take it upon themselves to embark on a rescue mission, Brent and Agnes joining them along the way. Meanwhile King is back and he has the taste for vengeance after the events of A Howl-iday Adventure, while Humphrey and Kate have their own problems with a group of bad-tempered grizzlies.
There were some scenes that worked and there were some that didn't. For example, the action is big and at times tu can feel real suspense especially whenever King launches an attack on the pups. There are also some cute scenes between Humphrey and Kate that serve as a light-hearted parallel to the movie's suspense. Finally, the comedy comes off as better than Dino Digs but hit-and-miss at the same time. Eve wanting to eat Marcel and Paddy and Humphrey being Humphrey serve as some really fun bits that can put a smile on your face. But it is rebounded por just about anything that Brent says that's supposed to come off as being funny and the silly crap with Marcel and Paddy constantly falling down in the winds.
The ending itself now is always the thing. Some of the cine do it right, some don't. To me, A&O 7's was just okay. King tries to kill Runt, Humphrey and Kate stop him, KIng runs away. There's not much of a fight, no matter how realistic it comes off because King has been abandoned alone once again. The movie then follows to a friendly navidad gathering with our lobo friends, minus Lilly and Garth (where the hell are they?). And that's the end.
A&O 7 is just okay. I definitely can't rank it up to A&O and A&O 4's standards but it comes off as being better than Splash's past attempts.
As an A&O movie, I give it a 3.5 out of 6 because I gave the original movie a 6. I also give it a 3.5 as just a movie.
