Kangaroo Jack

[Goon]

The best (and only) explanation for the adds I have seen so far is that someone made the character for a commercial that was never aired.  Somebody then decided to use it as a movie gimick.  Hollywood seems to be out of all other good ideas.  Ahem (sequals) cough (remakes)  ...oh excuse me, just had to clear my throat.

----ooo-'U'-ooo------Kilroy was here.

[Brother Ragnarok]

Oh come on.  Who doesn't want to see a kangaroo beating the s**t out of Jerry O'Connell?  And Estella Warren is in it.  I'm not going to complain about anything that gives her screen time.

Brother R

[Squishy]

(1) Jerry O'Connell ("Joe's Apartment"--bad version--"Mission To Mars," and so on).
(2) Bruckheimer.
(3) Past "kangaroo movies:" "Matilda (with Elliot Gould, 1978 or so)" and "Tank Girl."

How many warning flags does one need?

[Chadzilla]

My kid wants to see it, and he does a mean imitation of the black guy in the commercial doing "And he hopped awaaaaaaaaaaay!"

So I flagged it at Netflix, NO WAY are we seeing this in the theater - but it could be cute...even with the warning flags, listed by Squishy, are flapping fast and furious (and numerous) in the wind.

Good bad, or bad bad.  Only a viewing will tell, I guess.

[Mike]

I simply cannot believe even Jerry O'Connell signed up for this!  Wouldn't it be great if we lived in a world where not-so-well-known actors said to their agents, "You know, this is really bad.  I don't need the money, I invested wisely with the dough I made from my other movie.  Let me know when you get something else."


Pure fantasy, I know.

[ErikJ]

I'm in the same boat as Chadzilla. My son wants to see this bad but unfortunetly I might have to see it in the theater. I only hope it goes to the discount theater in the next town over so I don't have to pay over the top ticket prices for this(Like we did for MIIB)

[Paquita]

Talking Animals = GOOD MOVIE!

[yaddo42]

Shouldn't this be a new Fox special: When Animals Rap?!

The first time I saw the commercial I thought I was watching an SNL parody, now I wish I had been. They've managed to make a trailer that annoyed and nauseated me with its stupidity more than the ones for "Bubble Boy" and "See Spot Run".

I don't even want to think about what the actual movie will be like.

[Vermin Boy]

Even money that someone in the course of the film does a bad Steve Irwin impression.

[Evan3]

Hey, you guys are making this movie guilty before it has a chance at innocence.

First, it was a brilliant stroke of genius (yes that is redundant I know.) to have the money amount to 50,000 dollars. If it were lower, there would be no drama and if a kangaroo stole a clean million, it was just be too unbelievable.

Second, Kangaroos were the perfect choice. Would turtle Jack have been as funny or made as long of a movie? We all kn ow the answer. However, Kangaroos are totally underrated and are finally getting their long deserved chance to shine.

Now, I need to clear all of this sarcasm from the computer screen. Yuk.

[Pancho]

The exact responses of my friends and me when we first saw the preview as follows; "WHAT THE HOLY F*CK!?"  "The hell is that?" "No way that's a real movie." and "Dude! We gotta see that!"  <===== He was promptly beaten into a coma.  For his own good...........

[Paquita]

No No NO!! He was RIGHT!!! I wanna GO!! I wanna make a day of it!! I wanna dress up! I want me and all my friends to dress up as different animals! I want to dress as a giant moose and I want a gorilla and a bat to come with me!@  Remember the Joe Camel cigarette guy? cigarettes havent been funny at all since he was killed! I think cigarette Camel Joe should be in kangaroo jack 2!! WAIT! KANGAROO JACK IS JOE CAMEL! ITS A RIP OFF!! NO! Im still going! I'll never forgive myself for not going to see Country Bears! I dont want to see it now that its on video its no fun that way!

love colleen

[Foywonder]

#1 It isn't even mildly amusing let alone funny.
#2 The kangaroo is barely in the movie.
#3 The whole rapping kangaroo is a total SNOW DOGS style bait & switch.
#4 Believe it or not, nobody ever does a Croc Hunter impression.
#5 But they do karaoke "Down Under" by Men At Work.

You can read my fully detailed review at Ain't It Cool News.

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=14172

[kriegerg69]

....incredibly STUPID, from the tv previews. Unbelievable it was ever made. Ripe for trashing here on Andrew's site or at Jabootu.

:-P

[BlackAngel]

As an avid fan of hip hop, I was on the floor laughing when a kangaroo, A KANGAROO was doing the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rappers' Delight".  What makes Hollywood think they can cheapen the song with a kangaroo just because it starts of with:

To hip hop
the hippie, the hippie
to the hip hip hop
you don't stop...

That song is sacred and putting a jumping rat from Austrailia just make it demeaning.  And a friend of mind who is 33 is thinking of seeing this dreck.  If I give any of  you his address, can you do a drive by shooting?