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''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, length, writing and humor inappropriate for a film aimed at children. It received a rating of 8% on Rotten Tomatoes and it earned $88,929,111 on a $60 million budget. ''Kangaroo Jack'' was released on DVD and VHS on June 24, 2003 by Warner Home Video. ==Plot== In 1982, 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, and the mobster's apprentice Frankie Lombardo (Brian Casey), who was recently released from juvenile hall and tried to drown Charlie intentionally. Twenty years later in 2002, Charlie (Jerry O'Connell) has his own beauty salon, and Louis (Anthony Anderson) is still his best friend, but Sal's Goons 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." Once on the plane Louis peeks into the package, to find $50,000 in cash. On their way to Mr. Smith, they run over a kangaroo. Louis puts his "lucky jacket" on the kangaroo and with Charlie's sunglasses, they think the kangaroo looks like Jackie Legs, one of Sal's goons. The kangaroo then regains consciousness and hops away, but there is one problem: the $50,000 was in the jacket. Charlie and Louis are having their own revenge, they hop into the jeep and attempt to grab the money from the jacket on the kangaroo but the ensuing chase ends with the duo running into a field of termite mounds and crashing into a pile of rocks. At a nearby bar, Louis manages to call Mr. Smith (Marton Csokas) and tell him about the situation. Mr. Smith tells Louis that they had better have his money when he comes after them, which he does. Back in New York, Salvatore gets a call from Mr. Smith saying that Charlie and Louis haven't arrived yet. Salvatore sends Frankie and some men to Australia to look into it. Meanwhile, one of the attempts to reclaim the money strands Charlie and Louis in the desert. They finally get help from a woman named Jessie (Estella Warren) to help them catch the kangaroo at the nearest valley. Quite unexpectedly, they get attacked by Mr. Smith and his henchmen. Charlie and Louis outsmart them, only to find Frankie joining the battle. After getting the money back from the kangaroo, they learn from Frankie that Sal really sent them to Australia to pay for their own execution, but all of a sudden, police come at the right moment and arrest Frankie, Mr. Smith, and their henchmen and Charlie reclaims Louis's lucky jacket from the kangaroo. One year later, Charlie and Jessie are married and sell their new shampoo, Frankie and his men have been imprisoned for life, which Sal has failed at avoiding. Louis is Charlie's advertising partner. As for the kangaroo (called Kangaroo Jack), he is still hopping around the outback. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kangaroo Jack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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