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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
28th Sep, 2022 08:04:01 PM
Could it be
A.R.C.H.I.E. - Artificial Robotronic Canine Hyper-Intelligence Experiment ?
Serrafew
Since: Mar, 2022
29th Sep, 2022 03:52:47 PM
Yes, that's it. Thanks.
This was probably a family movie. Some scientists create a cyborg dog with an Overly Long Name which shortens to a neat acronym that sounds like a human name. It has human intelligence and can talk. The military wants to use these dogs as supersoldiers. At least one scientist doesn't want this and sends the dog far away, where it meets a human. Bonding ensues. In the climax, the dog makes a Heroic Sacrifice for the human, which leads to a speech about how robots can have souls.
I know it isn't A-X-L because the robot dog looked exactly like a normal dog.
Edit: It was A.R.C.H.I.E.
Edited by Serrafew