Definitely don't see "American Gangster", in that case. The character that DW plays has a long-haired GSD that is almost certainly related to my dog,
http://www.heidelberg-usa.com/ , he gets killed but I know that it was faked. Still brutal, though.
Are you saying that an animal dies for real in this film? That's pretty unheard of these days w/ PETA, etc...