Qua la zampa 2 on Rai 1: film plot, cast, Dennis Quaid

THEn first TV this evening at 9.30pm on Rai 1, Here the paw 2 – A friend is forever is the sequel to Here there legs!, 2017 film starring Dennis Quaid And a beautiful specimen of Golden retriever capable of reincarnation. A fairy tale for adults and children capable of exciting with its irresistible mix of emotions, tears and a lot of love for animals.

Here the paw 2 – A friend is foreverthe plot of the film premiering on Rai 1

Bailey is a Golden retriever who has the power to reincarnate and come back to life. The dog is always remained at the side of his master Ethan (Dennis Quaid), the only one who knows the secret, and today lives with him in Michigan on the farm where Ethan (Dennis Quaid) lives with his wife Hannah (Marg Helgenberger) and their ten year old granddaughter CJ (Abby Ryder Fortson).

Bailey spends a happy life in the company of the little girl: they play together, have fun and the big dog protects her from every danger. One day though, Gloria (Betty Gilpin), CJ’s mother, decides that the time has come to leave the farm and take her little girl with hermuch to Ethan and Hannah’s chagrin.

10 years have passed since that day, Bailey has since died but has been reincarnated and, above all, it remained faithful to the promise made to his master: to find CJ, not abandon her, help and protect her in any situation. Bailey will thus experience new adventures full of love, unforgettable emotions, pain and joy, in the company of CJ (Kathryn Prescott) and his best friend Trent (Henry Lau).

An enjoyable sequel not up to the level of the previous one

After the great success in 2017 of Here’s the paw!the cute Golden retriever Bailey returns to the screen again with new adventures. Like the first chapter, the film is based on a novel, A Dog’s Journeyby journalist W. Bruce Cameronwhich has collaborated on the screenplay of both adaptationsthe.

Retaining all the winning elements of the first film and although Gail Mancuso’s direction is a bit TV-ish, Qhere’s the paw 2 manages to involve the viewer, thanks to the intelligent alternation of funny moments and dramatic sequences. Weak point, the psychological characterization of the “human” protagonists, which is rather superficial, not to say stereotyped. Not up to the level of the previous one, the film can however count on a discreet crescendo of emotionsespecially in the first part when it focuses on the relationship between the big dog Bailey and little CJ.

The cast features a rediscovered Dennis Quaid

Ex-husband of Meg Ryan and father of actor Jack, Dennis Quaid is an actor versatile and multifaceted. He made his debut in the early 80s in the film Real men – and then became one of the faces of the decade thanks to roles in Leap in the dark (where on the set he falls in love with Meg) and in the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire! – Flashes of fireor – where he acted alongside Winona Ryder.

The 90s had launched him among the most sought-after stars in Hollywood, but alcohol and drug addictions have partially compromised his career. Through thick and thin, he continued to perform on and off, giving us many gems here and there. He recently played Reagana biopic about the former President of the United States, and has a key role in The Substancethe film by Coralie Fargeat with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley: it’s the slimy and mean TV show producer who fires Demi/Elisabeth Sparkle because it’s too old.

Soon we will see it in the series Happy Facethe (true) story of young Melissa Jesperson-Moore who, at the age of 15, discovers that her father Keith is the serial killer known as the Happy Face Killer.

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