<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (September 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (September 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Judy Sanders (Robin Frates), an employee of a genetic research facility named EMAX, contacts television personality Lori Tanner (Ally Sheedy), planning to meet after work so she can show Lori the atrocities and animal cruelty that go on in EMAX's laboratories . As she proceeds back to work, an animal assailant attacks and kills her . Dr. Jarret (Lance Henriksen), a scientist performing vivisection and genetic altering and the owner of EMAX, comes in and shoots the animal with a sedative to stop the attack . Later, Lori arrives at EMAX . When Judy does not appear, she breaks into the laboratory and films the various animals that are being experimented on . She discovers a Tibetan Mastiff named Max who does not appear to have been experimented on and lets the dog out of his cage . Dr. Jarret discovers that there is an intruder in the laboratory and chases Lori out of the building, with Max following Lori into her car as she drives away . Jarret immediately goes to the police and complains that his dog has been stolen . Later that day, when Lori goes shopping, a mugger (Thomas Rosales, Jr .) steals her purse . Max chases the thief, brutally kills him, and brings Lori's purse back to her . </P> <P> Unaware that the dog has killed the mugger, Lori develops a bond with Max, feeling protected with him around and decides to keep him . However, her boyfriend Perry (Fredric Lehne) initially refuses to allow Lori to keep the dog, despite his heroic actions . He finally agrees to let Max stay, but only if he stays in the backyard . However, Max can understand human conversations and becomes overprotective of Lori . He later finds Lori and Perry having sex in their bedroom and tries to attack Perry, understanding that Perry isn't too fond of him . </P>

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