“Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” Review

Many years ago, this animated action-comedy was called Blazing Samurai. If that title sounds close to Blazing Saddles, that was intentional. The classic Western comedy was being tranformed into an animated kid-friendly picture. And though it changed titles to seem less obvious, the remake angle is incredibly blunt. So, yes, they remade Blazing Saddles in the safest way possible.

The premise essentially replaces racism with specism, ala Zootopia. Japan is ruled by anthropomorphic cats that de...