Python Hyena Kangaroo Jack (2003): Dir: David McNally / Cast: Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken, Michael Shannon: Cheesy showcase of garbage aimed at children complete with fart jokes and sexual humour. What is even worse is that the film isn't about the kangaroo. He is secondary to an idiot plot. Two best friends who have known each other since boyhood unite when one saves the other from drowning. Too bad that one couldn't save the other from a plot this moronic. They are assigned to transport mob money to Australia and they lose it in a jacket that is worn by a kangaroo. One idiotic situation follows another with lousy directing by David McNally. This would seem an odd followup to his Coyote Ugly but then again, that film sucked crap too. Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson are capable of being funny given the right material, but here they are just plain annoying. Estella Warren as the wildlife researcher serves only as O'Connell's love interest. What's even worse is that she never convinces us that she knows her ass let alone anything about being a wildlife researcher. Christopher Walken is a fine actor who is wasted as a mob boss. Michael Shannon plays one of the moron villains out to do Walken's bidding, which unfortunately doesn't involve leaving the film. The animated kangaroo is fine but the film should be buried in the Australian outback. Score: 1 / 10

gavin6942 Two childhood friends, a New York hairstylist and a would-be musician, get caught up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go haywire when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.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.

David Holt (rawiri42) Kangaroo Jack is a silly, far-fetched comedy about two unlikely American friends who are forced to deliver money to outback Australia by a mob boss who happens to be married to one of the guys' mother. They aren't supposed to know what's in the package they are delivering but one of them can't resist looking and discovers it is a substantial sum of money (by their standards). Anyway, once in Australia, they hire a four-wheel-drive and head off towards Coober Pedy where they are supposed to deliver the package. They obviously have no idea about the Australian outback (interior) because they don't even take hats - an essential survival item in Aussie. It is also obvious that they have no idea what the 2000 km trip from Sydney to Coober Pedy entails but they set off anyway.Along the way, we are shown a scene of Uluru (Ayers Rock) which is nowhere near the route they are taking but I guess that's just something that most non-Australiand connect with the outback and that's obviously excuse enough to include it! They also end up at Alice Springs (also nowhere near their route - unless they take a very long way around!). However, as a result of various adventures which a mildly humorous, our two American city boys end up wandering lost in the Aussie desert (without hats or water - a great recipe for probably not even lasting a single day - it gets to temperatures of over 50 degrees Celsius in the outback!).The story (and its title) centres around a kangaroo that the guys hit along the way and, thinking they've killed it, put a jacket on it and take photos - except that it isn't dead and suddenly hops off still wearing the jacket - with the package of money in the pocket!Various ridiculous adventures follow including a flight with a drunken bushman, a camel ride with a rather attractive American research biologist and confrontations with the bad guy they were sent to as well as one of the henchmen of the guy who sent them who all seem to have no difficulty finding them in the middle of several hundred thousand square kilometres of desert.Yet again, this is one of those movies that I believe should be classed as a farce (except that IMDb don't have that classification) because it is totally farcical. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing if you like farces. I don't mind them for a light diversion from more serious movies occasionally (which is why I have given it 5) but this one really does leave a lot to be desired! The CG of the kangaroo is clever though.

colfromkirk The people responsible for this should be tried for crimes against humanity.The whole premise of this film* is based on an urban myth. Thats not the only myth. That this is a film is a myth. If it seemed to be aimed at kids it would still be no excuse for the effort we are shown. I know there are lots of dumb guy movies such as any L&H and Dumb and Dumber which is a masterpiece in comparison. The two main characters were instantly dis likable and remained so throughout. I cant think of anything else, it depresses me too much. *film = entertaining and professionally made cinematographic art.