Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Starring:Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Jere Burns, Jonathan Banks, Alec Wilson, Gerry Skilton, Steve Rackman, Serge Cockburn, Aida Turturro, Paul Rodriguez, Kaitlin Hopkins, David Clendenning, Duke Bannister, Betty Bobbit, Karen Crone, Angela Campbell, Tiriel Mora, David Ngoombujarra, Patrick Dargan, Matt Winston
Director: Simon Wincer
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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How long has it been since Paul Hogan's grizzled but charming alter ego appeared in a new movie? Well, long enough for the character, Crocodile Dundee, and his American companion, Sue Charleton (Hogan's real-life wife, Linda Kozlowski), to have raised a 9-year-old son, Mikey (Serge Cockburn), in the rough-and-tumble Australian outback that Dundee calls home. As with its two predecessors, however, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles is no domestic comedy but a fish-out-of-water comic adventure, this time finding Dundee and his mate Jacko (Alec Wilson) relocated in balmy Southern California to help journalist Sue investigate a crooked studio executive. The jokes are predictable (L.A. traffic, Hollywood phonies, yoga) but fun, anyway, and there are some celebrity cameos to spice things up. Australian director Simon Wincer, who worked with Hogan on Lightning Jack, is very effective at keeping this light material briskly moving along even if he can't make it any more memorable than it has a right to be. All in all, this is a pleasant but forgettable experience, a far cry from the Capra-esque leanings of Hogan's first screen outing as Crocodile Dundee. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Mick as transplanted hick is used once too often and there is no strong villain to compensate.......2007-05-15

This movie is an existence proof that the same approach to comedy can be done once too often. In this third movie in the Crocodile Dundee genre, Mick Dundee is transplanted to Los Angeles, where he is once again trying to play the hick in the big city. However, that premise fails, the jokes are predictable and when they are not, they come across as dumb. The scene where Mick and his friend are ordering food at Wendy's is too long and very boring. There is another scene where some Hollywood people find out that Mick is from Australia and then ask him if he knows Mel Gibson. Mick replies that he does and it turns out that he is talking about another Mel Gibson that lives near Walkabout Creek. Given that the movie star Mel Gibson would be well known all throughout Australia, even Mick Dundee would know who he is.
Interwoven with all the scenes of hickdom gone astray, Mick's companion Sue is a journalist on the track of crooked studio executives. The villains in this case are not very strong, so they do not provide enough support to overcome the weakness of Mick's role as the continuing dummy. The high points of the movie are the cameos by other celebrities. My favorite was the one by Mike Tyson, where he plays some form of mystic peacenik. The funniest point in the movie was when Mick has his son walk away and then asks the Tyson character to help him up because his legs have locked in the crossed position.
This movie is largely forgettable, although Paul Hogan plays the character of Mick Dundee very well; this third time is a dud rather than a charm. Without some other strong supporting theme, such as the evil drug dealers in the second movie, the plot of Mick as transplanted hick is not enough to make an interesting movie.

Crocodile Dundee is back!.......2007-04-15

The opening scenes of the last of the Crocodile Dundee films is reminiscent of Jurassic Park as we see a crocodile's eye open on camera. Great shot. Paul Hogan returns as Mick Dundee after many years. The first movie was completed in 1986, the second in 1988, and this movie brings our hero back in 2001.

The thirteen years have taken their toll and both Paul Hogan, as well as the leading lady, Linda Kozlowski now look more mature. The chemistry is still there! At first, we see Mick attacked by a monstrous crocodile that destroys his boat, making him seek the safety of a tree branch.

His friend and mate, Jacko, played by Alec Wilson, joins him and both end up on the tree. A prelude to a very funny movie. Sue is called back to the U.S.A. by her father, but this time they travel to the Los Angeles branch with their son Mikey, played by Serge Cockburn.

While in Los Angeles Mick continues to be a fish out of water, his expertise with animals, his survival skills, and his great charm serve to make him rather successful. He gets involved in helping Sue investigate crooked studio executives, and resolves the mystery of what and how they are smuggling into the U.S.A.

An excellent movie to close one of the best series ever produced.

Hogan's halo hailed on by this half-witted horror..........2007-03-31

The first two films were wonderful fun, and worth repeat viewing. I only managed to sit in the theater until the end of this one by mustering great fortitude. Compared to the first two episodes, "Los Angeles" is lamentably lame. Skip it.

After All These Years Mick Dundee Now Looks Like A Crocodile!.......2006-09-01

After the success of the original Crocodile Dundee there was only one way for Paul Hogan's star to go and that was on a downhill run. In this movie we have the tiresome "fish out of water' theme which has been literally "done to death" over the past 30 years and leaves the viewer with nothing original to watch.Sadly by now Mick Dundee's skin looks about as old and wrinkled as the crocodiles he used to hunt and LA is not the place to be if you are a tired old man. Forget the plot , it's just nonsense about drug smuggling.Gee.Isn't that an original idea about LA ? I give this film 5 stars because Paul Hogan had ther audacity to make yet another movie which was not set in the Australian Outback which is what most American viewers want to see in the first place.

How one can use sheer human ingenuity to outstmart...to survive in the outbacks as well as in the concrete jungle!.......2006-07-23

I have watched all the three Crocodile Dundee movies in the theatre as well as their re-runs on cable TV at home:

- Crocodile Dundee I;
- Crocodile Dundee II;
- Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles:

I am very impressed by the hilarious antics of Mike Dundee (Paul Hogan). I also like his down-to-earth character.

What I have enjoyed most in watching the three movies is that, I have learned that one can use sheer human ingenuity & creativity to overcome obstacles, no matter how intimidating they are...some life-threatening ones, too!

Just watch how Mike Dundee (sometimes with his side-kick) out-thinking all the predators &/or bad guys in all three movies...in the treacherous hot outbacks of Australia & the mean streets of New York...[When a mugger poked a small knife in front of his face, Mike took out his jungle knife & said: "That's not a knife. This is a knife!] & the mercilessly cold concrete jungle of Los Angeles.

On the whole, I have enjoyed watching again all the three movies, each with its own engaging story & romantic notion of adventure.

As a strategy consultant/success coach on life (survival) skills, I have added these three movies to my resource repertoire.

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles [Region 2]

Average customer rating:

Mick as transplanted hick is used once too often and there is no strong villain to compensate
Crocodile Dundee is back!
Hogan's halo hailed on by this half-witted horror...
After All These Years Mick Dundee Now Looks Like A Crocodile!
How one can use sheer human ingenuity to outstmart...to survive in the outbacks as well as in the concrete jungle!

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles [Region 2]
Starring: Paul Hogan , Linda Kozlowski , Jere Burns , Jonathan Banks , and Alec Wilson
Director: Simon Wincer
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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