Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)

Nearly a decade after “Cats & Dogs” hit theaters, we get a sequel: “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.” As with the 2001 film, this is a harmless, silly story about dogs and cats playing James Bond spies and Blofeld enemies. The hero is K-9 voiced by James Marsden, and the villain a hairless cat screeched by Bette Midler. The target audience wasn’t even born for the first film, so knocking “Galore” is akin to punching a toddler. But, this is one easy target. See, it’s the details: A CD as the McGuffin (Children may ask, “What’s that?”), and spoofs on “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Men in Black,” 1989’s “Batman,” plus a 007 credit sequence featuring Pink’s (age-inappropriate) “Get the Party Started.” This smells like it was written along with the first flick, and left behind the couch to rot like an old furball. C-