Monday, March 28, 2011

Kangaroo Jack Review









Kangaroo Jack


Release Date: 10th April 2003 – Australia


Production Companies
Castle Rock Entertainment
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Warner Bros. Pictures


Genre: Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 89 minutes


Budget: $60,000,000

Box Office Gross: $88,929,111 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Two friends from Brooklyn have been sent to Australia by a mobster to deliver $50,000. Complications arise when the pair accidentally run over a kangaroo, and one of these two puts his jacket on the wild animal for a joke. The kangaroo runs off, but not before the two realise that the money they were supposed to deliver was in the jacket now being worn by the marsupial, causing them to head out on a wild goose chase across the Outback.


Cast
Jerry O'Connell – Charlie
Carbone
Anthony Anderson – Louis
Booker
Estella Warren – Jessie
Michael Shannon – Frankie
Lombardo
Christopher Walken – Salvatore "Sal" Maggio
Marton Csokas – Mr. Smith
Dyan Cannon – Anna Carbone
Bill Hunter – Blue
David Ngoombujarra –
James "Mr. Jimmy" Inkamala
Marco Sellitto – Blasta
Damien Fotiou – Baby J
Christopher James Baker –
Crumble
Ryan Gibson – Hoon
Denise Roberts – Tansy
Antonio Vitiello – Toot
Mario Di Ienno – Tommy
Tony Nikolakopoulos – Sal's
Capo
Robert Reid – Young Charlie
Shawn Smith – Young Louis
Brian Casey – Young Frankie
Emma Jane Fowler –
Outback Bartender
Helen Thomson – TV Announcer
John McNeill – Customs Officer
Paul Wilson – Interrogation Room Officer
David Walsman – Beach Lifeguard
Lara Cox – Cute Girl on Plane
Terrell Dixon – NY Cop
John Gibson – Sal's Goon #1
Nick Jasprizza – Sal's Goon #2
Adam Garcia – Kangaroo Jack
(Voice) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director – David McNally
Story/Screenplay – Steve Bing
Story – Barry O'Brien
Screenplay – Scott Rosenberg
Script Supervisor – Sophie Fabbri-Jackson
Executive Producers – Chad Oman and Mike Stenson
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager –
Barry H. Waldman
Producers – Andrew Mason and Jerry Bruckheimer
Casting Directors – Ronna Kress
and Shauna Wolifson
Production Designer – George Liddle
Supervising Art Director – Brian Edmonds
Australian Art Director – Richard Hobbs
U.S. Art Director – Guy Hendrix Dyas
Set Decorator: Sydney – Lisa Milgate
Costume Designers – Daniel Orlandi
and George Liddle
Australian Costume Supervisor – Eliza Godman
U.S. Costume Supervisor – Jon Boyden
Director of Photography – Peter Menzies, Jr.
First Assistant Director – Chris Webb
Second Unit Director – Peter Bloomfield
Stunt Coordinator – Glenn Boswell
Sydney Vehicle Supervisor – Darren Loveday
Special Effects Supervisor – Tad Pride
U.S. Special Effects Coordinator - David Fletcher
Creative Supervisor: Animatronic Characters –
Neal Scanlan 
Visual Effects Supervisor – Hoyt Yeatman
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor & Designer:
Asylum – Nathan McGuinness
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor:
The Secret Lab – Darin Hollings
Visual Effects Producer: The Secret Lab –
David P.I. James
Head of Production: The Secret Lab –
Dean Wright
Animation Supervisor: The Secret Lab – Mike Belzer
CG Supervisor: The Secret Lab – Steve Yamamoto
Digital Compositing Supervisor: The
Secret Lab – Brian Leach
Editors – Jim May, John Murray and
William Goldenberg
First Assistant Editor – Jason Hellman
Supervising Sound Editors – R.J. Palmer
and Robert L. Sephton
Sound Mixers - Kevin O'Connell
and Greg P. Russell
Additional Sound Mixers – Gary A. Bourgeois
and Greg Orloff
Special Vocal Effects – Frank Welker
Music – Trevor Rabin
Music Supervisors – Kathy Nelson
and Bob Badami


Review
KANGAROO JACK is not only terrific but a special treat that we Aussies watch and is a hopping kind of a comedy film. Though mistakenly advertised as a talking animal feature for kids in its trailer, KANGAROO JACK is more of an adult comedy film, which explains the mobsters and some rude jokes. I remember seeing this as a youngster when I rented it on DVD. I didn't care if the movie was at least slightly offensive or stereotypical since I am Australian (or Aussie for short).


Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson were a great comical duo, while Christopher Walken maintained an intimidating presence when the same kind of gangster was typical for the actor. I enjoyed the hilarious scene when Charlie and Louis put the jacket on the kangaroo they've mistakenly run over, and then Charlie gets kicked in the face by the marsupial.

I don't care what others think of KANGAROO JACK. Its hysterical humour makes it one of my favourite comedy films. I consider it a guilty pleasure and recommend watching it.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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1 comment:

  1. Awesome review of the Movie love to read your comments :)

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