Hounded (film)

Hounded is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Tahj Mowry, Craig Kirkwood, Shia LaBeouf and Ed Begley, Jr. It was filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Madeleine Choir School campus.

Hounded
VHS cover
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Written byDon Calame
Chris Conroy
Directed byNeal Israel
StarringTahj Mowry
Craig Kirkwood
Shia LaBeouf
Ed Begley, Jr.
Music byDavid Kitay
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)Don Schain
Running time92 minutes
Production company(s)Gaylord Films
DistributorBuena Vista Television
Release
Original networkDisney Channel
Original releaseApril 13, 2001

Plot

Jay Martin is a 13-year-old who is competing for a scholarship with rival classmate and bully Ronny Van Dusen. The headmaster, Ronny's father Headmaster Ward Van Dusen, confiscates Jay's presentation and leaves it lying around his office. Alone in his father's office, Ronny then copies the presentation, uses it in the contest, and wins the scholarship. When Jay brings this up with Ward, he plans to look into this only for Jay to overhear Ward praising his son.

Jay breaks into Ronny's pool house when the Van Dusen family are away in order to take his presentation back and use it as evidence to show the judges. However, Eliza Van Dusen's show dog Camille discovers Jay and follows him home after Jay was nearly caught by a servant. Camille goes crazy and wrecks the Martin's home when she goes too long without her medication. After Jay spends hours trying to comfort the dog, Camille withstands no more and explodes.

Jay's brother Mike comes home and finds the house a mess and Camille with a nervous breakdown. After Jay's confession about what happened, and the loss of the dog, the two try to buy time to get the dog back home. During a phone call, Ward disavows any knowledge of Ronny's theft to Mike. Ward is then visited by his father-in-law Armand Columbus, who orders him to get his daughter's dog back. Ward agrees to numerous acts just to get Camille home and Armand off his back.

Reaching his limit, Ward finally calls the police to tap into the calls he usually received from the two boys (who used a voice disguiser). Jay and Mike come up with a plan and frame Ronny for the dog's absence. The plan works thanks to a strategy where the Van Dusens and the police find Camille in Ronny's pool house. This prompts Armand to say "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" to Ward.

In the end, Armand becomes the new headmaster of the school while Ward becomes a secretary, Jay gets the scholarship after the competition is reopened, and Camille has puppies where Jay receives one of them. Ronny is sent to the Military Academy where his instructor is none other than Mike, much to his surprise.

Cast
  • Tahj Mowry as Jay Martin, a 13-year-old student attending Columbus Hall, a private middle school
  • Craig Kirkwood as Michael "Mike" Martin, Jay's older brother and a drill sergeant at Starkwell Military Academy
  • Shia LaBeouf as Ronald "Ronny" Van Dusen, Jay's rival classmate and a bully [1]
  • Sara Paxton as Tracy Richburg, Jay's wheelchair-bound best friend
  • Steven Bendik as Bill Lipka, Jay's best friend
  • Rachelle Carson as Eliza Van Dusen (née Columbus), Ronny Van Dusen's mother
  • Ed Begley, Jr. as Ward Van Dusen, Ronny Van Dusen's father
  • Tony Larimer as Armand Columbus, Eliza Van Dusen's father
  • Melinda Haynes as Mrs. Martin, Jay and Mike's widowed mother.
  • Irene Santiago as Adele, the Van Dusens' maid.

Release

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 47% based on 538 reviews. It has only 2 comments and Conner R states that the film "Just an incredibly weird and campy movie about dog stealing. About the only noteworthy aspect is the fact that Shia Labeouf plays a hilariously evil rich kid."[2]

Home media

A VHS was released on 5 March 2002 by Walt Disney Video.[3]

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References
  1. Grant, Stacey (13 April 2016). "Shia LaBeouf Was The World's Worst Flirter In Disney's Hounded". MTV News. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. "Hounded". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "Hounded [VHS]". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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