Some heroes are all talk. <BR>&nbsp;

Some heroes are all talk.

The market for children`s entertainment in films has been largely left to the field of animation where Disney reigns supreme; it`s unusual for an Australian film to enter the kids stakes but Paws has done it with panache. It`s a live action film about a dog, PC, who`s been instructed by his recently deceased master, played by Norman Kaye, to deliver a computer disk to Susie - Caroline Gillmer. The disc has information about a fortune which the arch villainess Anya - Sandy Gore - is desperate to get her hands on, but accidents happen and the disk ends up in a collection owned by Zac - Nathan Cavalleri. Zac is a computer whiz and so is PC; together they set up a technologically innovative communication system, and it doesn`t take long for Zac and PC to land in all sorts of trouble...This is such a nice film, easy for adults to enjoy as well as children. Musician Nathan Cavalleri is terrific in his first dramatic role; but then so is Forrest, the dog who plays PC - he really is unbelievable. Trainer Luke Hura has worked miracles Director Karl Zwicky balances the human performances very nicely around this canine star, Sandy Gore making a splendid Cruella De Ville type villain. If I have to be critical, I query the necessity of Zac`s narrative at the beginning of the film; maybe young kids need it but I certainly didn`t...and possibly the casting of young British actor Emilie Francois from Sense And Sensibility seems just a little bit out of place in this all Australian product, although Billy Connolly is the voice of PC and he works brilliantly.....I enjoyed Paws hugely.