Taglines: He stole the money… and he’s not giving it back.
In 1982, a boy named Charlie Carbone (Jerry O’Connell) is about to become the stepson of a mobster named Salvatore Maggio (Christopher Walken). On that same day, he meets his new best friend, Louis Booker (Anthony Anderson), who saves him from drowning, and the mobster’s apprentice Frankie Lombardo (Michael Shannon), who tried to drown Charlie intentionally.
Twenty years later in 2002, Charlie has his own beauty salon, and Louis is still his best friend, but Sal’s Goons take a majority of the profit leaving Charlie very little for improvements. After they botch the job of hiding some stolen goods, resulting in some of Sal’s men getting arrested, Sal gives Charlie and Louis one more chance. Under instructions from Frankie, they have to deliver a package to Australia to a man named Mr. Smith. Frankie also tells them that should they run into trouble, they should call Mr. Smith at the phone number he gives them. Unknown to Charlie and Louis, Sal tells his Capo that he is “cancelling their return trip.”
Kangaroo Jack is an American-Australian buddy-action movie from Warner Bros. Pictures, written by Steve Bing, Barry O’ Brien and Scott Rosenberg, directed by David McNally, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer with music by Trevor Rabin and starring Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson, Christopher Walken, Estella Warren and Adam Garcia. An animated children’s sequel, titled Kangaroo Jack: G’Day U.S.A.!, was produced and released on video in 2004. The film was panned by critics. Critics overall expressed dislike for the film’s acting, directing, length, writing and humor inappropriate for a film aimed at children. It received a rating of 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Directed by: David McNally
Starring: Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Michael Shannon, Bill Hunter, Christopher Walken, Lara Cox
Screenplay by: Steve Bing, Barry O’ Brien, Scott Rosenberg
Production Design by: George Liddle
Cinematography by: Peter Menzies Jr.
Film Editing by: John Murray, William Goldenberg
Costume Design by: Jon Boyden, Eliza Godman, George Liddle, Daniel Orlandi
Set Decoration by: Lisa Milgate
Music by: Trevor Rabin
MPAA Rating: PG for language, crude humor, sensuality and violence.
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: January 17, 2003
