A movie review of Kangaroo Jack!

I've watch'd this film for many times.
Uhm, it's bout 100 times i guess. Hahahaha...LOL!
Well, maybe it sounds hyperbole.
But, anyway, this the review.
Just read it and don't even miss any single words!

• Starring : Jerry O’Connell and Anthony Anderson.

• Director : David McNally.

• Genres : Comedy.

• Studio : Castle Rock Entertainment.

• Runtime : 89 Minutes.

This film tells about two longtime best friends from Brooklyn, they are Charlie Carbone (Jerry O’Connell), a hair stylist in New York and Louis Booker (Anthony Anderson), a would-be musician. Both of them are involved in the local mob family led by Sal Maggio (Christopher Walken), Charlie’s step father.

Sal makes an attempt at delivering stolen televisions to a local warehouse, but unfortunately it is backfired by the cops and it is because of Charlie and Louis. Sal is getting completely upset and eventually gives the two friends one more chance at redemption. One of Sal’s employees gives the guys the most important task, to fly to Australia and deliver the $ 50, 000 mob money to Mr. Smith in such an exact time.

The story goes on with Charlie and Louis who starts their air travel from America to Australia. The trip is not always running well, they much get trouble. Things go awry when Louis puts his lucky jacket on a wild Kangaroo in which the money is put in its pocket. Teaming up with wildlife expert, Jessie (Estella Warren), they must chase down the wild smart Kangaroo who brings the mob’s $ 50,000. Are Charlie, Louis, and Jessie able to get the money back and be saved from getting killed by the mob?

This is such a funny and honest kind of movie. The plot is easy to follow for adults to laugh with as well as the kids. Overall, this movie is comical and supposedly aimed for kids. However, it is not much appropriate one to watch, as it has several silly jokes at least for kids. One of them includes scene in a brief moment of heat when Charlie experiences hallucination. Moreover, in this movie, Charlie’s step father is considered a gangster, mafia, or something. But the flaw is again appeared as whether kids are going to understand anything related to gangster or something like that? Another cheesy joke occurs when Louis states: “We’re having an intimate, non gay moment.”

In addition, this movie is screamingly inappropriate for younger kids. As in the middle of the story, there are awful scenes. It includes the scene in the aero plane where the two main characters are in the bathroom handling the $ 50,000 money and mumbling such foul language making people outside think they are acting like homosexual partners, the scene where Charlie and Louis get drunk, and the scene when Charlie gets ill treatment from his step father.

The best thing provided in this movie is the setting. It explores and shows a kind of the beauty of the Australian countryside and its unique fauna. However, it is supposed to be failed in depicting its scenery. Since the scenery shots are briefly viewed, the story becomes unsatisfying to be enjoyed by the audiences.

Although the main characters act well entirely and much involved in some good funny moments, the story is awfully pointless and lame to watch over times. Charlie’s sweet heart’s character, Jessie (Estella Warren) cannot act well and makes a stupid ending. Moreover, the character of Kangaroo Jack, as an important role playing in the movie, is in good special animation and effects, but it is overacted and irrelevant.

On the other hands, this movie inevitably has a life and moral lesson. The two main characters are childhood best friends who always have an attempt to appreciate one another and share their pain and sorrow, their laughter and tears. This is a kind of good example of eternal friendship. But, again, the story is predictable and its script is a cliché. To sum up, this movie “Kangaroo Jack” is probably not really good in providing comical situations, but it is worth a look to recommend for family outing.