Two childhood friends, a hairstylist and a would-be musician, are forced to deliver $50,000 in mob money to Australia, but things go haywire when the cash is taken by a wild kangaroo.Two childhood friends, a hairstylist and a would-be musician, are forced to deliver $50,000 in mob money to Australia, but things go haywire when the cash is taken by a wild kangaroo.Two childhood friends, a hairstylist and a would-be musician, are forced to deliver $50,000 in mob money to Australia, but things go haywire when the cash is taken by a wild kangaroo.
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations
- Blasta
- (as Mark Sellitto)
- Crumble
- (as Christopher Baker)
Storyline
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- TriviaInspired by an urban legend that co-writer Steve Bing heard as a teenager, about a pair of Boston college students on break in Australia. While driving through the Outback, they accidentally hit a kangaroo with their Land Rover. Thinking they had killed it, they got out and placed the driver's Boston Red Sox jacket on the kangaroo to take a picture before moving on. However, the kangaroo was merely unconscious, and awoke in the midst of the photo-taking. It broke free and took off across the Outback, still wearing the Sox jacket...along with the keys to the Land Rover in the pocket.
- GoofsKangaroos cannot walk backwards.
- Quotes
Kangaroo Jack:[singing from "Rapper's Delight" ]/... see I am Jackie Legs and I like to say, "Hello" / To the black to the white...
Charlie Carbone:Jackie? Mr. Legs, if you could find your way clear to give me back my money?
Kangaroo Jack:Money? Oh, you mean that money!
[a pack of kangaroo are messing around with the money]
Charlie Carbone:Stop that. Stop that! Hey! Stop that, please! If Sal finds out...
Sal Maggio:[as a kangaroo]If I find out what, Charlie? That you lost my money?
Charlie Carbone:Sal?
Sal Maggio:I've asked you to do something for me. This is not that!
- Crazy creditsDuring theJerry BruckheimerFilms logo at the beginning of the movie, you can briefly see two kangaroos crossing the street.
- Alternate versionsWhen aired on Nickelodeon, the part where Charlie putting his hand on Jessie's breast during his mirage daze was cut out. So instead, it showed Charlie about to reach out before being hit in the head with the water canister by Jessie. Also, the part where Blue says "Never should have left the pub!" was edited out.
- ConnectionsFeatured in2003 MTV Movie Awards(2003)
- SoundtracksThe Next Episode
Written byDavid Axelrod,Dr. Dre(as Andre Young),Mel-Man,Snoop Dogg(as Cordozar O. Broadus) &Brian Bailey
Produced byTrevor RabinandPaul Linford
Performed byTrevor Rabin
This film is notorious for its deceptive advertising. Everyone thought it would be about a talking kangaroo. And, after all, the film is called "Kangaroo jack", so it makes sense you would expect the lead character to be the kangaroo. But, in fact, the kangaroo does not talk, and has a relatively small part to play in the movie (even if he is the key figure to the whole plot).
If you keep your expectations low, this is actually a fun film. Very predictable, sort of stupid, but watch it with some friends and you might just have a fun time. And it is pretty wholesome for the most part. Some mild violence, a bit of forced romance, but nothing too adult and hardly any curse words. That seems to be more and more rare these days (2015).
As a special treat, one of the supporting cast members is Michael Shannon (and Christopher Walken has a small part). This is before Shannon really got noticed or came to be respected as a critical success. Watch him in this role, though. Despite it being a pretty awful film, Shannon shines. He gives it 100% even when Jerry O'Connell is happy just to get a paycheck.
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Down and Under
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,934,963
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,580,209
- Jan 19, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $88,929,111
- Runtime1hour29minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39: 1
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