Product: Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 3.0
I was famous in the 1980s ya pelican!!
My family's favorite film for certain times of the year is CROCODILE DUNDEE (1986) - a beauty and classic Australian/Paul Hogan action and humor. The sequel CROCODILE DUNDEE II (1988) is a tad disappointing but we like it too.CROCODILE DUNDEE IN L.A. (a/k/a/ CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES, 2001) is a perfect example of why super-late sequels should never, ever be made. I was struggling to think of what to call this ... an "astroquel" (astronomic time separation)? Or as is the case with THE LOST BOYS, is it a "no-quel"? Or is it a "geriquel", where we get to see everyone looking 15 years older?In brief, this gentle hour and a half of basically nothing gives us one pleasure: it introduces the charming young Serge Cockburn as Michael Dundee, Jr., a sweet and rather stunning performance. Obviously set in 2001, 13 years after the sequel, we find Crocodile Dundee and his gal, the intrepid Sue Charleton (Linda Kozlowski, husky and boring as ever) living in Walkabout Creek. Business takes them back to L.A., and blah blah blah.Both Kozlowski and Hogan are clearly tired and not very happy to be in this film. Hogan manages laugh-out-loud moments in anything he does, which is true here, but that's about it. You know you have a stinkbomb when your best special walk-on appearance is a fat Paul Rodriguez, whining about the vicious nature of show business.If you are a diehard of Hogan's you may as well get this little-mentioned film. I had NO idea he had made a third CROCODILE DUNDEE and was somewhat glad to see it ... ONCE. Right after this he did the remarkably funny political comedy STRANGE BEDFELLOWS with Michael Caton (see my review) - so clearly Hogan wasn't all that tired. On the other hand, his pal Donk (Steve Rackman) is showing his age, poor fellow.Sorely, sorely missed is the great John Meillon as goofy old Walt, Dundee's best mate and sometime business partner.Looks like Hogan was just tired of the idea of CROCODILE coming back to bite him in the rump.