Crocodile Dundee II

Infobox_Film
name = "Crocodile" Dundee II


imdb_id = 0092493
producer = John Cornell
Jane Scott
director = John Cornell
writer = Paul Hogan & Brett Hogan
starring = Paul Hogan
Linda Kozlowski
John Meillon
music = Peter Best
cinematography = Russell Boyd
editing = David Stiven
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = May 19, 1988
running time = 110 min.
language = English
gross = $239,606,210 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crocodiledundee2.htm Box Office Mojo]
preceded_by = ""Crocodile" Dundee"
followed_by = "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles"

"Crocodile Dundee II" is a 1988 Australian adventure and comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1986 film "Crocodile Dundee", and was followed by 2001's "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles". Actors Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski reprise their roles as Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton, respectively.

The film was the No. 5 grossing film of the year in the United States. It has earned more than $300 million worldwide. It was critically panned however, and is currently rated 14% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crocodile_dundee_2/]

The film was shot on location in New York City and Northern Territory, Australia.

Tagline: "The world's favourite adventurer is back for more! Much more!"

Primary cast

* Paul Hogan: Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
* Stephen Root: DEA Agent (Toilet)
* Linda Kozlowski: Sue Charlton
* John Meillon: Walter Reilly
* Hechter Ubarry: Rico
* Juan Fernández: Miguel
* Charles S. Dutton: Leroy (as Charles Dutton)
* Kenneth Welsh: Brannigan
* Dennis Boutsikaris: Bob Tanner
* Ernie Dingo: Charlie
* Steve Rackman: Donk
* Gerry Skilton: Nugget
* Gus Mercurio: Frank

Plot

Following the events in "Crocodile Dundee", Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton have moved together and are living in New York. While Mick's naïvete toward city life is a hazard at times while he tries to continue the life he is used to living - which includes dynamite-fishing in Manhattan waters - it is just a minor inconvenience since Sue has published his story, as a result of which he has become a popular public figure. He makes contact with Leroy, a stationery salesman trying to live up to his self-perceived 'bad guy in the streets' image.

Sue's ex-husband (who was only mentioned in the first movie) finds himself in trouble while taking pictures in Colombia when he takes pictures of a Colombian drug cartel's murder of an unknown person, and is spotted by one of the cartel's sentries. Before being murdered, he sends his pictures to his ex-wife. The cartel's leader, Luis Rico, and his second-in-command Miguel go to New York City to retrieve the evidence.

In order to get the film back, the gangsters kidnap Sue and hold her hostage. Mick, however, is not one to be easily cowed; after getting information about Rico's residence in New York, he asks Leroy for help. Leroy contacts a local street gang, whom Mick assigns to create a distraction by caterwauling at the mansion's perimeter, leading most of the guards on a wild chase and making them nervous, while Mick sneaks inside and rescues Sue. Rico escapes police custody, however, and due to the NYPD's ineptitude in keeping them safe, Mick decides to take Sue to Australia in order to take the fight onto familiar ground. In Walkabout Creek, Mick is enthusiastically welcomed back by his friends; after provisioning, he and Sue go out to his own stretch of land, named Billongamick ("Mick's Place"). Sue is shocked to discover that, far from being a poor bush ranger, Mick owns land around the size of New York State (he dismisses his holding as small, for the Outback) and a gold mine, which Mick refers to as his vault.

Rico and his men, however, track them to Australia. Some local thugs are hired to assist them in their search, but their Aborigine tracker leaves when he hears that their quarry is Mick. As a replacement, the gangsters kidnap Mick's friend Walter and force him to guide them. Mick is quick in saving Walter's life by pretending to shoot him, and Walter, though usually somewhat slow-witted, catches onto Mick's intentions; both of them lead the villains on a wild goose chase through the Outback territory, during which Mick, by use of his survival skills, cunning trickery, and the help of his Aborigine friends, manages to reduce the opposition's numbers one by one, leaving the rest increasingly nervous. In the end, he manages to retrieve Walter from under the eyes of Rico and Miguel, leaving the latter to face him on their own.

Tired of chasing Dundee and not catching him, Rico sets a bushfire to corner Mick. Despite this new hazard, Mick regains the upper hand, captures Rico, and switches clothes with him in order to lure Miguel out. Although Walter and Sue inadvertently interfere, the villains are finished; after the happy resolution Sue decides to stay with Mick in Australia.

References

External links

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* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=276943;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Crocodile Dundee II at the National Film and Sound Archive]