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 them 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 is now in the marsupial's jacket, setting them 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 we Aussies enjoy because it's a hopping kind of comedy film. Despite being mistakenly advertised in its trailer as a talking-animal feature for kids, it is more of an adult comedy, which explains the mobsters and some rude jokes. I remember seeing this film as a kid 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 made a great comedic duo, while Christopher Walken maintained his typical intimidating presence. I enjoyed the hilarious scene when Charlie and Louis put the jacket on the kangaroo they 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 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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