Kangaroo Jack
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| Directed by | David McNally |
| Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Written by |
Steve Bing Barry O'Brien Scott Rosenberg |
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| Music by | Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
| Edited by |
John Murray William Goldenberg |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $88.9 million |
Kangaroo Jack is a 2003 American-Australian buddy-action comedy film from Warner Bros., 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. Kangaroo Jack was theatrically released on January 17, 2003 by Warner Bros.
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, and writing, especially for a film aimed at children. It received a rating of 8% on Rotten Tomatoes but it was a modest box office success, earning $88,929,111 on a $60 million budget. Kangaroo Jack was released on DVD and VHS on June 24, 2003 by Warner Home Video.
In 1982 New York, a boy named Charlie Carbone (Robert Reid) 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 (Shawn Smith), who saves him from drowning after the mobster's apprentice, Frankie Lombardo (Brian Casey), who was recently released from juvenile hall, tried to drown Charlie.
Twenty years later, in 2002, Charlie (Jerry O'Connell) is a boy next door who has his own beauty salon, and Louis (Anthony Anderson) is still his best friend, but Sal's henchmen 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 (Michael Shannon), 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."
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