
You're a dog! You're my dog! We've come to think of you as family, and that's what families do—they stick together.
Danny the Dog (also known as
Unleashed in some markets) is a 2005 action movie written by Luc Besson (of
The Fifth Element fame) and directed by Louis Leterrier, starring
Jet Li, Bob Hoskins and
Morgan Freeman.
Danny is a trained assassin, working as an enforcer for his "Uncle Bart", a low-level gangster in Glasgow. He's kept like a dog, in a grate under the floor and wearing a metal collar, conditioned to fight and kill on Bart's orders. When he survives a hit that leaves the gang dead, he stumbles into a blind piano tuner, Sam, and his adopted daughter Victoria, who take him in and teach him to live like a human. But Bart isn't dead, and he wants Danny back.
Tropes used include: