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Kangaroo Jack

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Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2003-01-17

Runtime: 89 mins

Director: David McNally

Spoken language: English

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Crime

Original title: Kangaroo Jack

Production Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Charlie Carbone

Jerry O'Connell

Louis Booker

Anthony Anderson

Jessie

Estella Warren

Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio

Christopher Walken

Michael Shannon

Marton Csokas

Dyan Cannon

Frank Welker

John McNeill

Bill Hunter

Tony Nikolakopoulos

David Ngoombujarra

Denise Roberts

Lara Cox

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Reviews

Wuchak

**_Fun adventure in the Outback_** Two Brooklyn friends (Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson) are commissioned by a mob boss (Christopher Walken) to deliver $50,000 to a shady character in the Outback. The operation goes awry when a kangaroo inadvertently runs off with one of the guys’ jacket… and the money. Michael Shannon is on hand as a mob heavy. "Kangaroo Jack" (2003) is a likable family-friendly adventure/comedy with the typical eye-rolling kid humor (e.g. fart jokes). It’s fun, harmless hokum highlighted by spectacular Australian cinematography and the beautiful Estella Warren as an Outback preservationist. The humorous camaraderie of the protagonists is another highpoint. But the story isn’t as compelling as I hoped it would be and the camera never really captures Estella’s beauty beyond her lovely face and bosom. It runs 1 hour, 29 minutes and was shot in Australia and Brooklyn with reshoots done in Los Angeles. GRADE: C+

2018-06-16

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