Review: In 'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie,' a well-funded dog army saves the day

Puppies gain superpowers from a meteorite and do (gentle) battle with not-so-scary threats in a polished, inoffensive piece of computer-animated kiddie fun.

If you happen to have little to no familiarity with the “PAW Patrol” universe , the canine-based quirks of Adventure City are initially alarming. Ryder , a small child, and his private platoon of puppies have their own aircraft carrier? And a skyscraper? Where is this funding coming from? It can’t all be from merch sales. Also, are the dogs cops?

They’re like furry, adorable little Batmen, Adventure City their Gotham, and the mysterious Ryder a Bruce Wayne of sorts, except there are no secret identities with which to tangle, just megalomaniacal mayors and colorful mad scientists, such as their latest foe, Victoria Vance , cut from the Riddler’s cloth. She steals an electromagnet from the junkyard in order to snag a meteor out of the sky during a shower, for vaguely nefarious power-mad reasons.

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