Movie Cosmos - Kangaroo Jack

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Jerry O'Connell

As Charlie Carbone

Anthony Anderson

As Louis Booker

Estella Warren

As Jessie

Christopher Walken

As Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio

Michael Shannon

As Frankie Lombardo

Marton Csokas

As Mr. Smith

Dyan Cannon

As Anna Carbone

Frank Welker

As Jack's Vocal Effects

John McNeill

As Customs Officer

Bill Hunter

As Blue

Tony Nikolakopoulos

As Sal's Capo

David Ngoombujarra

As Mr Jimmy

Denise Roberts

As Tansy

Lara Cox

As Cute Girl on Plane

Damien Fotiou

As Baby J

Helen Thomson

As TV Announcer

Christopher James Baker

As Crumble

Antonio Vitiello

As Toot

Marco Sellitto

As Blasta

Ryan Gibson

As Hoon

Top Crew >

David McNally

Director

Scott Rosenberg

Screenplay

Steve Bing

Screenplay, Story

Mike Stenson

Executive Producer

Barry H. Waldman

Executive Producer

Jim May

Editor

Peter Menzies Jr.

Director of Photography

Chad Oman

Executive Producer

Jerry Bruckheimer

Producer

Trevor Rabin

Original Music Composer

Andrew Mason

Executive Producer

William Goldenberg

Editor

Keith Heygate

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Scott Lovelock

Third Assistant Director

Peter Bloomfield

Second Unit Director

Julian Ryan

Second Second Assistant Director

Sally Eccleston

First Assistant Camera

John Platt

Camera Operator

Ruby Stillwater

Second Assistant Director

Chris Webb

First Assistant Director

John Murray

Editor

George Liddle

Production Design, Costume Design

Richard Hobbs

Art Direction

Ronna Kress

Casting

Lisa Milgate

Set Decoration

Guy Hendrix Dyas

Art Direction

Manny Perry

Stunt Coordinator

Barry O'Brien

Story

Eliza Godman

Costume Design

Jon Boyden

Costume Design

Daniel Orlandi

Costume Design

Toni Ffrench

Makeup Artist, Hairstylist

Ketty Gonzalez

Hairstylist

Kimberly Kimble

Hairstylist

Ray Anthony

Stunts

Keir Beck

Stunts

Shea Adams

Stunts

Nash Edgerton

Stunt Double

Raelene Chapman

Stunts

Lou Horváth

Stunt Double

Nigel Harbach

Stunt Double

Mick Corrigan

Stunt Double

Brett Sheerin

Stunts

Annette van Moorsel

Stunts

Warwick Sadler

Stunts

Brit Sooby

Stunts

Andrea Berchtold

Stunts

Luke Quinton

Stunts

Mick Van Moorsel

Stunts

Philip Partridge

Stunts

Darrell Walshe

Stunts

Michael Adcock

Gaffer

Simon Cassels

Title Designer

Reviews:

Wuchak (5/10)

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