Disney’s Treasure Buddies Review – The Buds travel to Egypt to save the world in this all new adventure | Splash Magazines

The 11^th Disney Buddy movie, Treasure Buddies, launched on Sunday January 29, 2012 with a screening party at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd.

The party started at 11am with fun activities for kids, including coloring and “digging” for treasure, Radio Disney goody bags, and a Q&A with the LAPD canine unit and the County of Los Angeles Fire Department.

Lula, the bloodhound, and her handler, Officer Kniss, talked to kids about her job as a tracking dog. He explained that she used her sense of smell, which is 75 times greater than ours, to find people who are lost or hiding.

Officer Amador and Quatro, a Dutch Shepherd who was once a bomb and gun dog for the Navy SEALs in Afghanistan, talked about why she ended up at the LAPD. “She was too talkative for the SEALs,” explained Officer Amador, as Quatro barked as if on que. “They need a dog with a bit more stealth, so we got her to use a gun dog.”

Hot dogs and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were served and guests were able to take pictures with the adorable golden retriever puppies who are the stars of the film.

The Los Angeles Police Foundation, which providing funding for services the city does not, including the youth programs, and Guide Dogs for the Blind where also at the event, handing out information and raising money for their causes.

Director Robert Vince (Golden Collar Award Winner) and Producer Anna McRoberts were mingling with the guests, answering their questions and posing for pictures.

McRoberts explained that it takes about 25 puppies to do a buddy movie, because the pups grow so fast. When asked if it was hard to get the puppies to act, McRoberts answered, “No, they really, really love it. They want to act and to work. Plus, we have really good trainers, 15 of them, that are really good at working with the puppies.” The hard part, she added, is not wanting to play with and pick up the puppies all the time when they are supposed to be working.

In Disney’s Treasure Buddies movie, the buddies (Dawg, Budderball, Buddha, Mudbud, and Rosebud) go to Egypt to save the world from an evil cat, Ubasti, who is trying to find the lost collar of Clecatra, which has the power to make cats rulers of the world.

Although we all know animals can’t talk and snakes don’t spit fire, the movie is cute and entertaining for kids. The plot is very much Indiana Jones meets Lassie, with the buds out to save their owner who went searching for the collar (known to the humans as Cleopatra’s collar) and to make sure the cats don’t get their paws on it.

The acting is typical direct-to-DVD acting, not Academy Award worthy, but not absolutely terrible. The movie does have some scary scenes, with the aforementioned fire-breathing snakes and bugs, so it might be a little scary for very young kids. However, most kids should enjoy the cute puppies and the movies fast pace, almost every scene is action-packed, which is great in any adventure film.

The bottom line: Disney’s Treasure Buddies is a cute, wholesome family movie that everyone will be able to sit through, which is a rare find these days.