Bolt Movie Review

Starring: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Malcolm McDowell, Chloe Moretz, Kari Wahlgren, Sean Donnellan

Director: Chris Williams
Screenwriter: Dan Fogelman, Chris Williams
Producer: Clark Spencer
Composer: John Powell
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

As we venture through life, many of us have found that our intended roles may have become muddied by others perception of us as well as ourselves. Whether we like our lives or not, where we currently are is a direct result of our clarity or lack there of who we were created to be. This is the dilemma BOLT - The Super dog finds himself in as well. Raised by a wonderful little girl and desirous to protect her, BOLT soon discovers that his reality is false and that who he was created to be is priceless

BOLT, splendidly played by (voice of John Travolta) is a 3-D animated action adventure about a dog that's committed to keeping his young owner, Penny (voice of Miley Cyrus) safe at all costs. Although we've seen the owner-animal relationship many times before, BOLT has been raised to believe that Penny's constantly in mortal danger at the hands of the villain, “The Green-Eyed Man.” With his days fill with non-stop action, adventure and mystery, this has become his reality.

However, what BOLT doesn't know is that he's just an ordinary dog who's been tricked into believing he's a super hero. He's actually a dog in a very popular TV series and all of his powers are manufactured. He's never allowed to see the camera people or the microphones. Each of his moves a pre-calculated and all of the pre-supposed bad guys are really actors.

After a freak accident, BOLT is shipped to New York City after believing that he sees Penny being kidnapped by “The Green-Eyed Man.” Once in New York City , BOLT meets a myriad of characters - all of which are hilarious! His first encounter is with a group of birds laced, of course, with NY attitude. In an effort to help rescue Penny, the birds lead BOLT to a street-hustling, sarcastic and jaded cat named Mittens (voice of Susan Essman).