Arriving in Australia, Charlie and Louis drive to Coober Pedy. Along their way, they accidentally run over a red kangaroo. Louis thinks it is dead and puts his jacket and sunglasses on the kangaroo, posing for photographs as a joke. The kangaroo suddenly regains consciousness, kicks Charlie, and hops away with the $50,000 in the jacket. Charlie and Louis give chase but crash their rental car, and the kangaroo escapes.
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At a pub in Alice Springs, Louis calls Mr. Smith, who thinks he and Charlie stole his package and threatens to kill them. Back in New York, Sal gets a call from Mr. Smith complaining that Charlie and Louis haven't arrived, then sends Frankie and some henchmen to Australia to investigate. Meanwhile, Charlie and Louis attempt to reclaim the money from the kangaroo by shooting it with a tranquilizer in a plane. The attempt fails when Louis accidentally shoots Blue, the pilot, and strands the duo in the desert. They spend hours wandering in the desert, during which Charlie hallucinates finding a jeep, and they soon meet Jessie, an American woman from the Outback Wildlife Foundation. After being knocked out by Jessie, Charlie has a nightmare with a speaking version of the kangaroo, plus two other kangaroos possessing Sal and Louis's voices, who taunt him by calling him "Chicken Blood" repeatedly.
The following day, the three track the kangaroo to the Todd River, attempting to catch it with bolas, but Louis accidentally botches their attempt when ants crawl up his pants. While waiting for the next opportunity to catch the kangaroo, Charlie begins developing feelings for Jessie. Mr. Smith and his henchmen shortly arrive and capture the trio. Charlie and Louis outsmart them, but find Frankie has tracked them down and is prepared to kill them. The kangaroo suddenly returns, causing a fist fight between Mr. Smith's henchmen and Frankie's crew, who outmatch them. The distraction allows Charlie, Louis and Jessie to escape. The duo chases after the kangaroo while being pursued by Frankie and his goons. Louis finally retrieves the money from the kangaroo, and Charlie narrowly saves him from falling off a cliff. Charlie tries to hand the money to Frankie, who angrily declines and reveals that Sal sent them to Australia to pay for their own execution at the hands of Mr. Smith. The police force, led by a cop working undercover as an Outback guide, arrives and arrests Frankie, Mr. Smith, and their henchmen. Charlie reclaims Louis' jacket from the kangaroo.
One year later, Charlie and Jessie are married and have used Sal's $50,000 to start a line of new hair care products bearing a kangaroo logo, along with Louis. Sal, Frankie, Mr. Smith, and their men have been imprisoned for life. The kangaroo, now called "Kangaroo Jack", continues to live happily in the Outback. Now able to speak again, Jack breaks the fourth wall, explaining why the film should end with him and closes it with his version of Porky Pig's famous catchphrase: "That's all, blokes!"
Initially the film was titled Down and Under and was shot as a mob comedy in the style of Midnight Run.[2] The film began shooting in Australia in August 2001, lasting about six months in total, and originally included cursing, sex, and violence. However, the film's producers were dissatisfied by the first rough cut.[3] Inspired by positive response to the kangaroo scene in early test screenings, as well as the marketing campaign behind the recently released Snow Dogs, the production shifted the marketing focus away from that of a dark mafia comedy to that of a family-friendly animal picture. Extensive new footage that replaced the animatronic kangaroo with a new CGI one that rapped was shot, and the film was edited down to a PG-rated family animal comedy.[4] Even though Adam Garcia voiced Kangaroo Jack, he was not credited for the role.
In 2003, before Bee Movie and our current definition of the word meme, Warner Bros. released a family-friendly proto-meme of a film called Kangaroo Jack. Starring Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson, the movie follows two lifelong buddies as they flee from the New York mob into the Australian outback. The film also stars Christopher Walken and Michael Shannon, as well as a CGI kangaroo that sings "Rapper's Delight" for some reason.
And then, a while later, someone called me up, and said, "I guess they're gonna make this into a kids movie and really heavily animate the kangaroo." In entertainment, everything changes, and you can't hold onto your ideas of what something is because hundreds of other people are working on it. If you read a script and think, This is how this is going to be, it's never going to be that way. So you come in and do your job, and then someone else will do theirs. I remember my representation was like, "You didn't get into this to be in a kids' movie," and being all concerned, but to be honest, I didn't really care. I'm still very good friends with Mr. Bruckheimer and some of the producers on it, and I didn't see any of them sweating it at all. But Jerry also told me to never read reviews on it, so I don't know how it was regarded by the world.
Speaking of uncomfortable scenes, in one, apropos of nothing, your character starts beatboxing. Did you just have that skill on deck, and they wanted to fit it in the movie somehow?
I'm from New York, so I grew up with the older stuff. I'm a De La Soul and Tribe and East Coast rap guy, so I've always been a fan. And we had all these driving scenes, and the cameras would just keep rolling, and Anthony and I would just do these raps, and they decided to keep them in. I think when they landed on the kid-friendly rapping-kangaroo thing they decided to put that in as a way to tie it together somehow.
It seems pretty clear that the kangaroo cannot talk otherwise he would have done so at the beginning of the trailer when he was introduced or sometime shortly thereafter. It's pretty clear that the protagonist gets hit in the head and then starts seeing the kangaroo rap and sing, with an askew camera angle suggesitn ghe was hallucinating from the head injury. To a child, this all might not be so obvious and they see a rapping kangaroo and assume that it will talk the whole movie, but I don't think that means it's classified false advertising.
Parents need to know that the DVD cover suggests that a funny kangaroo is a large part of the movie, but it's a brief highlight that appears only in a fantasy sequence. The movie has a great deal of material parents might consider inappropriate for children, including peril, violence and gunplay, a stepfather who orders his stepson killed, drinking to excess seen as impressive, drinking portrayed as a way to cope with problems, violence, potty humor, and a co-ed swim in underwear that leads to kissing. There's a sexist joke and the black character is portrayed in "sidekick" terms with no interest in having any kind of independent life or relationships. The "happy" ending is somewhat sour as the only character who had been doing something to contribute to improving the world appears to have abandoned that completely for a life of hedonistic pleasure. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
Jerry O'Connell plays Charlie, the hairdresser stepson of Sal, a Brooklyn mob boss (Christopher Walken). His best friend is Louis (Anthony Anderson), who constantly wheedles him into all kinds of messes by reminding him of the time he saved Charlie's life when they were both eight years old. Charlie and Louis accidentally lead the police to a mob stash of stolen goods. Sal tells them that he would have them killed, but because of Charlie's mother, he is giving them another chance. He sends them to Australia with $50,000 cash, to be delivered to "Mr. Smith." Charlie and Louis hit a kangaroo with their jeep, and, thinking it is dead, dress it up in Louis' jacket to take pictures. But it hops away with the jacket -- and the $50,000, which is in the pocket. Charlie and Anthony chase after the kangaroo while they are being chased by Mr. Smith and the mob guys from back home.
The action sequences are poorly staged, the jokes are staged even more poorly, the montages to rock music have no energy, and the acting ranges from mediocre to dreadful. Estella Warren, who plays the love interest, cannot act. The best performance is unquestionably that of the computer folks who designed the CGI kangaroo. Two positive notes are the long and and loyal inter-racial friendship and a strong, independent, brave, and capable woman.
I was a young boy. When I saw this trailer I was filled with utmost excitement. A movie starring a cgi talking kangaroo? I was smiling from ear to ear, and I begged my father to buy me tickets to go see it in theatres.
Kangaroo Jack is a surprisingly adult kids movie. The story follows two men played by Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson who are recruited by a mob boss to deliver $10,000 to a contact in Australia. When they get Down Under, they accidentally hit a kangaroo with their car and they put a jacket on the animal as they pose to take a picture. Unbeknownst to them, the kangaroo is not dead, and he wakes up and hops off with the money.
One of the main reshoots for Kangaroo Jack to change the tone and rating was a bizarre dream sequence involving the kangaroo who performs a rap. O'Connell said he was watching cartoons one day before the movie came out and he was surprised to see the ad for Kangaroo Jack featuring this sequence.
Shortly after the hijinks of the first film, Charlie, Louis, and Jessie are once again back in Australia. While there, they find a group of poachers has kidnapped Jackie and other wildlife creatures. They then track the animals down right back to the United States, specifically Las Vegas. Now, with a little help from Jackie himself now that he can talk, they must stop the animals from getting abused by a psychotic animal trainer before they potentially get fed to the crocodiles.Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A! contains examples of: Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Outback Ollie is introduced as an ally to the gang, seemingly genuinely concerned about Jackie's kidnapping. It turns out that he's actually an animal smuggler allied with the poachers. Brick Joke: While hiding away in a crate on the poachers' transport, Louis accidentally farts while the poachers and investigating the cargo, warding them away with the smell. One of the remarks in disgust that it had to have come from a camel. At the end of the movie, a camel lets one rip. It turns out their farts are even worse. Depraved Kids' Show Host: Outback Ollie. On camera he might seem friendly, but off-camera he's an Ax-Crazy animal smuggler who has zero patience for children.Louis Booker: Don't do it, Ollie! Think of the kids!
Outback Ollie: The kids? I hate the kids, every last rotten one of them! Screaming and crying all day long!
(Children in the audience start booing at Ollie)
Outback Ollie: Ah, shut up you little brats! Dream Intro: The movie opens with a chase sequence where Charlie and Louis are traversing the jungle being chased by animals. They continue in their peril until Jackie Legs yells "Cut!" and gives them directorial advice. This bizarre chain of events turns out to be a dream Louis is having in the back of their Jeep. Dream Sequence: In addition to the Dream Intro, there's a second one midway through the movie where Louis dreams about Jackie Legs winning a boxing championship with him as his manager. Also counts as a Disney Acid Sequence, as Jackie is singing a cover of "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J throughout it. Kinder and Cleaner: The film lacks the dark humor and sexual innuendo of its predecessor. Shaking the Rump: In Louis' second dream where Jack is a boxer, the kangaroo shakes his butt while he raps. Speaks Fluent Animal: The Aboriginal chief's gift to the gang turns out to be granting them the ability directly speak to and understand animals. Toilet Humor: Courtesy of Louis' terrible farts. It becomes a Brick Joke at the end when a camel does the same, to even worse effect. The Unchosen One: It was believed that Louis and Charlie were the chosen ones that would recover the stolen jewels. Between the revelation and the climax, another mural was discovered that said they were prophesied to be eaten by dingos last Thursday. Didn't stop them from saving the day. Viva Las Vegas!: Thanks to the poacher wanting to bring Jackie to Outback Ollie's show in Vegas, the plot of the film centers around shenanigans on the Strip. You Can Talk?: The gang have this reaction to hearing Jack talk at the end of the movie. It turns out to be a result of the Aboriginal chief granting them the ability to be "one with nature", which is to say, they can understand animals now.
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