Fluke_Skywalker
With the fish-out-of-water gimmick milked dry in the original, they had to contrive something new here and unfortunately that was to pit Dundee against a group of Columbian drug dealers. But even though it adds that dark element, there seemed to be a conscious effort to tone things down a bit, as evidenced by the PG rating (vs. the PG-13 of the first one). There's "violence", but it's mostly of the comedic, Home Alone sort. And despite evolving into somewhat of an action film, it actually plods along more slowly than the original, lacking any semblance of energy or purpose. Hogan remains charming, but unfortunately the charm of the first film is all but gone.
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Croc 2 is passable, but terribly disappointing, where this time, we're granted a bit more screen time in the outback, in vice versa mode to it's original, where somehow it felt a little bit disjointed, if almost slowing to a halt in many areas or coming across as just amateurish, and this is mainly when our notorious icon is back down under. Journalist (Kozlowski) has stumbled onto something big in the drug empire, or has shot too much. She's kidnapped by a Columbian drug-lord, Juan Fernandez, who better for the role, as we've seen him real slimy scum sucking other roles. When she's freed by her Croc man, and a little help by not the savoriest of entourages, she's faced with a choice of testifying against Mr Bad, or go to back to the outback and lead the mice to the cheese. It's when Hoges and his woman return to Oz, does the real movie take begin, with the baddies hot on their trail, aided by some unscrupulous ocker types. Here it is, where Hoges really works his magic, with his crafty tricks, luring the baddie in, one by one, aided by snappy dialogue, where here there are slow and stupidly inactive moments, like the chasm baddie hostage scenes, that come off as terribly dull, where really the action was better earlier in New York. The comedy is there but it's more scarce in a sequel that sadly doesn't gel, ans it's too uneven and lacks the chemistry and ingredients that made the original such an 86' hit.5.5/10
bigverybadtom
It's better than the original, but that's not saying much. At least we now have real (if stereotypical) villains, and Dundee is put through his paces this time.Story: Ex-husband of Kozlowski contacts his former wife from Colombia to tell her about his investigation into drug dealers there. Said dealers find him, kill him, then go to New York after Kozlowski. They first kidnap her, but Dundee finds a clever way to rescue her by having a crowd follow him into the dealers' lair. Dundee and his love then have to flee to Australia-and of course the drug dealers follow.Unlike in the original, there is cleverness and tension, and Dundee's new foes are much harder prey than the bullies in the first movie. Still, it's really only recommended if you cared for the original movie.
TheLittleSongbird
I enjoyed the first film and while this sequel isn't as good, it is very enjoyable. I agree the story is predictable, parts of the comedy don't quite work and the film is overlong. But... there are entertaining parts, especially Paul Hogan's outback approach to urban life, Hogan is every bit as likable as he was in the first film, the scenery and photography are excellent, the direction is solid on the most part and I think if there is something it improves on from the original it is brisker in pace than the first was. Linda Kozslowski is nice too. So overall, not as good as the first but entertaining and better than the third by a landslide. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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