

It is then revealed that David is wearing a BASE jumping parachute.

Rebecca calls to the cat to come prove he is really Tom, but Tom remembers what Felix said about love being sacrifice and decides to save David instead, sacrificing his only chance at regaining his humanity.Īt the tower, David jumps off the building and the cat jumps after him pulling a cable. Cole plan for Lara to sign a DNR, which is a legal form, indicating that if Tom's heart stops beating, they won't save him.

In a moment alone, David apologizes to Tom for failing to save the company and takes Tom's ID badge, implying he will commit suicide at the tower. Rebecca has the cat hidden in her backpack. Meanwhile, Tom's body is in crisis at the hospital and Lara, David, and Rebecca all go there. Ian fires David from the company and plans to announce that the company will be sold at the party for the new tower opening.Įventually, Rebecca realizes that Mr. He also learns that Ian is trying to make the company public with the help of the board of directors to take power from Tom, even though David is trying to stop him.

This motivates him to try to make her happy. He suspects that Lara is cheating on him with model Josh Myers and they had been looking at houses together as a prelude to divorcing him. This only drives them mad and he slowly comes to see how much he has ignored his family. Fuzzypants home, he acts in an odd and stubborn way to try to convince his wife and daughter that he is actually Tom. Felix warns Tom to reevaluate his priorities, connect with his family, and avoid past mistakes within one week or else remain as a cat forever. Tom is visited by Felix, who is able to talk to him and knows what happened. When he wakes up, he realizes that his human body is in the hospital in a state of coma, and his consciousness is trapped inside the cat's body. Tom is blown off the building along with the cat, and without any effort from Ian to save him, he plummets off the side of the skyscraper, but his leg gets snagged on some stray equipment and gets flung back inside through a window as he passes out. They have an argument while on the roof that ends with Tom firing Ian, but lightning strikes the antenna. On his way home for the party, Tom meets with Ian Cox, one of the top managers of the company in charge of the new building, and learns that another building in Chicago will be taller. Fuzzypants, who, Perkins says, has used up seven of his nine lives. The store's eccentric owner Felix Perkins tells him he does not pick the cat, the cat picks him. Not wanting to disappoint her, he rushes to get a last-minute present for his daughter's birthday, but as he is distracted, the GPS redirects him to a mysterious pet store called Purrkins Pet Shop, brimming with odd and exotic cats. Rebecca's 11th birthday was coming and she has always wanted a cat, but Tom has always refused as he hates cats. In the opening scene, he skydives out of a plane and lands on the top of the new skyscraper, while David his oldest child, who is his assistant, remains in the plane, refusing to jump. His eponymous company FireBrand is nearing completion on its greatest achievement to date: the tallest skyscraper in the northern hemisphere that will be the new headquarters. He now lives with his second wife Lara, who is a little more tolerant of the fact that he is never at home, and his daughter Rebecca and son David. Tom Brand is a major business tycoon in New York City whose workaholic attitude ruined his first marriage with Madison, and his adult son David now works for him and strives for his approval. The film has received negative reviews from critics, who called it unoriginal and unfunny. The film was released by EuropaCorp on 5 August 2016 and grossed $57 million. The plot follows a workaholic father who has his mind trapped inside his daughter's new cat. It is an international co-production between France and China. Allen, Caleb Wilson, Dan Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin, and starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell, Cheryl Hines, Malina Weissman and Christopher Walken. Nine Lives is a 2016 English-language comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Gwyn Lurie, Matt R.
