'Crocodile' Dundee II

Plot synopsis:
A year has passed since the events of Crocodile Dundee, and Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton are living happily together in New York. Although Mick's ignorance of city life is a hazard when he attempts to continue his former lifestyle, like blast fishing in Manhattan's waters, Sue's writing has made him a popular public figure. He later goes to work for Leroy Brown, a mild-mannered stationery salesman trying to live up to his self-perceived 'bad guy in the streets' image.
While working for the DEA in Colombia, Sue's ex-husband Bob (mentioned, but not seen, in the first movie) takes photographs of a drug cartel leader's murder of an unknown person, and is spotted by one of the cartel's sentries. He sends the photographs to Sue before being murdered himself. Colombian Cartel leader Luis Rico and his brother and top lieutenant, Miguel, go to New York City to retrieve the photos.
The gangsters take Sue hostage, leading Mick to ask Leroy for help. Leroy contacts a local street gang, whom Mick asks to create a distraction by caterwauling at the mansion's perimeter, leading most of the cartel's guards on a wild goose chase while Mick rescues Sue. Rico is arrested but soon escapes police custody, and after a failed attempt by Rico to kill Sue, Mick decides to take Sue to Australia in order to fight on familiar ground. In Walkabout Creek, Mick is enthusiastically welcomed back by his friends. After provisioning, he and Sue take refuge on his personal land, named Belonga Mick ("Mick's Place"; see bilong in Tok Pisin). Here, Sue discovers that Mick legally owns land almost twice the size of New York State, including a gold mine.
Rico and his men track their quarry to Australia, where they hire some local thugs to assist them, but their Aboriginal tracker abandons them when he hears that their quarry is Mick. The gangsters then take Mick's friend Walter as a hostage, but Mick saves his friend by faking an attempt on Walter's life. Walter convinces the gangsters that Mick's failed attack was due to Walter being the only person suitable to guide them, so they take him as a replacement tracker. He then leads the gangsters on a false trail through the Outback territory, during which Mick, with the help of his Aboriginal friends, manages to reduce the opposition's numbers one by one, leaving the rest increasingly nervous. In the end, he retrieves Walter from Rico and Miguel, leaving the latter to face him alone.
Tired of chasing Dundee, Rico sets a bushfire to corner Mick, but Mick regains the upper hand, captures Rico, and switches clothes with him in order to lure Miguel into a vulnerable position. Sue and Walter, observing them from a distance, mistake Mick for Rico and take shots at him. Walter shoots Mick, though not fatally, and Rico tries to escape but is shot by Miguel (who mistakes him for Mick). Rico loses his balance and falls to his death in a ravine. Miguel is in turn shot and killed by Sue. Though thinking at first that Mick is dead, they soon re-unite with him (Walter's bullet had only hit Mick in the side), and Sue and Mick embrace. When Mick asks her whether she is ready to go home, Sue replies "I am home", concluding the film.

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Review:
Here he's back in a sequel that's every bit as fun as the original tale.The previous movie begins in Australia and then moves to New York.
I know I am in the minority here but I actually liked this sequel better than the original...and the original was very good and extremely popular.Maybe I was biased because I played this with some kids present and was pleasantly surprised to hear almost no profanity, which I couldn't say was the case in the first film.
The film has no lulls and 110 minutes go by pretty quickly.The first half of this movie takes place in New York City, where we last saw "Mick Dundee" (Paul Hogan).
As I have said on some of my other comments, it is rare for a sequel to be as good as it's predecessor but Crocodile Dundee II does that very thing.Paul Hogan is great as the naive Crocodile Dundee who goes to war against drug dealers in this film.
Paul Hogan doesn't do as many films as most actors which I think is better because he only acts in movies that are good.Linda Koslowski is back as Sue Charlton and she does a great job again.
Whilst not as smooth, slick or satisfying as the box-office storming original, Paul Hogan's sequel is still crowd-pleasing entertainment and for those who felt the first film could have done with a tweak in the plotting department, Hogan seems to have moved up a gear here.
The plot is in fact reverse to the original with Aussie Mick Dundee running into trouble when his journalist girlfriend Sue (Linda Koslowski) is kidnapped by an evil drugs baron.
Paul Hogan is back as Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee and he still living in New York with his gorgeous girlfriend (Linda Kozlowski) and he's still having a little trouble adapting.
That is until they become the target of some drug lords and Mick decides to lead them back to the Austrailian Outback to even up the chances a little.OK Crocodile Dundee II is not as fresh or as funny as the first film, but it still has plenty of laughs, plenty of action and once again some beautiful scenery.Its a good sequel to a great film 6/10.
Waaaay better than the first....we are given one of the most hilariously stereotypical black characters in film history in the form of 'Leroy Brown' ("when word gets around, that Leroy Brown, has got something going down..."), the most unconvincing street punks/toughs I have *ever* seen (I mean, c'mon, they're listening to BILLY IDOL for God's sake!) and some South American drug dealers who trail off into tales of chasing snakes into cane fields for seemingly no reason whatsoever.
If you saw the original, this one will seem like a visit with an old friend, that being the likable Mick `Crocodile' Dundee.
Still, the appeal of the character and the easy, intrinsic humor at the heart of the film is enough to make `Crocodile Dundee II,' directed by John Cornell, a satisfying cinematic experience.As the film opens, Mick (Paul Hogan) is happily ensconced in New York City with his lady-friend, journalist Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski), and life is good.
And in the case of this film, it's even more noticeable inasmuch as this is a comedy rather than a pure action/adventure movie, and-- let's face it-- it's tough to find a light, comedic touch in a film that deals with a kidnapping, killings and drug dealers.
Because he IS Mick Dundee.Also in fine form for this second go round is the beautiful Linda Kozlowski, returning to the role she created in the original, Sue Charlton.
Just watch how Mick 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, Mick took out his jungle knife & said: "That's not a knife.
"Crocodile Dundee II" opened a short year-and-a-half after the first  movie, when the original film became a blockbuster hit all over the world.
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski return for a second go round of adventures as Australian adventurer Mick Dundee and New York reporter Sue Charlton.
Australian outback expert (Paul Hogan) protects his New York love (Linda Kozlowski) from gangsters who have followed her down under.Whether this film is better than its predecessor is a matter of debate.
Superior to the delightful original, "Crocodile Dundee II" ought to be judged on its own merits and not simply as a 'sequel'.The first installment -- though funny and well done -- was nevertheless based on the tired "country-bumpkin-goes-to-big-city-and-falls-for-metropolitan-sophisticate" theme.
This movie builds on that groundwork and takes the main characters (the earthwise Mick and the streetwise Sue) in an altogether different direction.The hugely successful original film's main deficiency, in my opinion, was its one-sided quality.
"Crocodile Dundee II" combines many different and suspenseful elements, such as the crime underworld and kidnapping; yet it remains as funny as the first.This movie also gives us a chance to see some real up-and-comers of today's entertainment as they appeared several years ago in these minor roles (just check out the cast of characters).Although the ending is kind of saccharine, "Crocodile Dundee II" remains a top choice for brightening up a boring evening or weekend afternoon.
No matter how much I dislike his main co-star (a box of cereal has more acting abilities than Ms. Kozlowski), this movie is just so good...and it's almost all because of Paul Hogan's amazing screen presence.
Actually watching it now the first thing that strikes me about Crocodile Dundee II is that while the first one was a Romantic Comedy, in the sequel there is almost no romance, fair enough because Mick and Sue are together now, but there is nowhere near enough comedy.
The Crocodile Dundee series is a great one that's funny and exciting at the same time!Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski are very good.I just like the scenes in the out back and and Hogan is hilarious in the city!This series is very good and very entertaining.Check it out soon!.
For much of the running time you get the feeling you're watching two entirely unconnected movies , one being a violent thriller about a nasty bunch of drug lords who kidnap somebody's wife and kill anyone who stand in their way and a comedy film starring Paul Hogan as an innocent abroad.
To protect Sue, Mick (Paul Hogan) takes her to his vast property in the Outback, but the gangsters follow them with murder on their minds.This sequel does precisely what a good sequel should do: Carry on the story, go deeper with the characters and keep the spirit of the original.
Both movies effectively combine three genres or themes: romantic comedy, fun adventure and fish-out-of-water.What makes these films work so well beyond the Tarzan-like spirit of adventure is the simple charisma of Paul Hogan.
Unfortunately they divorced in 2014, but they gave us a third 'Crocodile' Dundee flick in 2001, which is the least of the three.The film runs 1 hour, 48 minutes and was shot in New York City and the Australian Outback (Northern Territory & Main Arm, NSW).GRADE: B.
Crocodile Dundee is a brilliantly entertaining character and the film as a whole is fun and very enjoyable.
Awful sequel to one of the best, freshest comedies of all time that involves Mick "Crocodile" Dundee (Paul Hogan in his iconic role) chasing down the kidnappers who took his wife and plan to kill her if he doesn't stop them.Poor cash-in on the original with virtually identical jokes (even the knife gag is borrowed), only half as funny the second time around--and with less innocence and impact.But the film really fails when it goes into its second act, in which it tries to reunite Mick with Australia once more--and some of the characters from the first film (I didn't see Reginald VelJohnson, though).
Everybody expected the second movie to be a hit, and movie owners could (probably did) cut great deals with movie house owners, television presentation people, and sellers of VHS and DVD home videos.The second movie made the owners much richer than the first movie did.But.........sadly, it wasn't (isn't) as good a movie as the first one.Old story with comedies of fame...going back to "The Thin Man" (1934) which was a big, unexpected hit when it first came out, and resulted in many sequels, none as good as the first movie.There are exceptions to the rule that follow-up movies are never as good as initial movies...."Godfather II" (1974) is an example.An example closer to home is the original Johnny Weismuller "Tarzan" (1932) movie which was followed up by an even better "Tarzan" sequel titled "Tarzan And His Mate" (1934 which co-starred the lovely Maureen O'Sullivan (Mia Farrow's mother!) who swam totally nude with her handsome husband, Johnny Weismuller as "Tarzan" in a sort of underwater ballet quite breathtaking to see, and quite tasteful, nude though the dancers were in pre-code 1934 times."Crocodile Dundee" (1986) is sometimes compared to "Tarzan's New York Adventure" (1942) which uses the same jokes......yokel Tarzan from darkest Africa comes to NYC, dresses up in tuxedos, goes to night clubs, rides subways, and doesn't fit in....very funny!
The owners of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie series would have done well to pattern the second "Crocodile Dundee II" (1988) movie after "Tarzan And His Mate" (1934) and could have made a much better movie if they followed the "Tarzan And His Mate" (1934) example (BTW, "Tarzan And His Mate" 1934 is honored by inclusion on the Library Of Congress National Film Registry List....best "best movies" list of all, to my thinking...and the first "Tarzan" Johnny Weismuller movie isn't!).Linda Kozlowski, a lovely, Julliard NYC Drama School graduate of both high acting talent and skills (and also very pretty in her 20's in the 1980's) could have done much more than she did in the "Crocodile Dundee II" (1988) movie, where she and Paul Hogan are already "mated" and committed, and there is no more electricity based on courtship and "the chase" seen in the first movie.Oh well........we are "too soon old and too late smart" and so is Hollywood (including the Australia part of Hollywood responsible for the Crocodile Dundee movies).Here are reasons the first Crocodile Dundee (1986), aka "Part One," is better than the second one: Part One (1986) showed a "fish out of water" pretty girl reporter (Linda Kozlowski) in Australia, and then a "fish out of water" Australian comic male hero (Paul Hogan) trying to survive in the New York City of the mid-1980's.Part One worked because it presented non-stop "fish out of water" jokes and situations all well acted by Hogan and Kozlowski.Part One wasn't serious and didn't try to be.Great photography of rural Australia and of up-scale New York City and suburbs.Part One made fun of strange types in both settings, and the main actors did a good job as comics reacting to the strange types.Good enough.The Part One movie was a hit.Part Two wasn't as good because it tried to get serious, got away from the main value of Part One, which was that both rural Australia and New York City of the 1980's are strange for people there for the first time reacting to all they see and must put up with.Part Two was an imperfect action movie, not as good as Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Pierce Brosnan, Matt Damon, Bruce Willis, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Jason Statham, etc.
Paul Hogan is back as Mick Dundee and still has all his charm an that character, teamed with Linda Kozlowski as Sue Charlton they have a great chemistry together.
Paul Hogan returns as Mick Crocodile Dundee and Linda Kozlowski as Sue Charlton in a sequel that is almost as good as the 1st, but was the 1st that great?
Both films offer a little fun and a little action, but instead of adventures in New York this one takes you Outback to Australia.
Here, the best parts are exhausted early.Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee (Hogan) is now a New York resident (or overstayer without a visa?) and while he still handles certain things in an Outback way (fishing using dynamite, sleeping on the floor), his character begins being more acclimatized to life in the Big Apple.
Whereas the first was clearly a comedy, 'Crocodile' Dundee II is more of an action-adventure, taking the audience on an America-to-Australia journey so that Hogan can indulge a more Indiana-Jonesey role.
Poorly done movie that was intended to ride on the success of the first Dundee movie.It was the film production that failed here as the story was adequate enough to give the star of the show room to show off his powers.Hogan delivers but the directing,script and editing was so poor in quality,he could not save the movie.The supporting cast was terrible as well in their acting ability.Watch this one only if you are a big Paul Hogan fan.......
Paul Hogan returns as Mick "Crocodile Dundee".
After escaping, Mick takes Sue back to Australia where he's most comfortable.Crocodile Dundee remains a fun character but the novelty has worn out.
Plot In A Paragraph: Following on from the events in the first movie Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) and Sue Charleston (Linda Kozlowski) are living happily in New York City.
After the coinage and all round good will generated by the first Crocodile Dundee movie, the sequel was inevitable.
This time the formula is reversed as Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) is forced to take his lady, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski), back to the wilds of Australia in order to protect her from gangsters.
He throws a great punch as well, very believable.Returning characters like Wally and Donk are reassuring presences, while Charles Dutton as Leroy Brown provides solid comedy foil for Dundee during the New York part of the plot.
There's a raft of stereotypes, particularly with the Ernie Dingo led villains, while the unoriginality of the story (a rehash of the first film) is a touch frustrating.Not exactly great and not deserving of the ill advised second sequel that followed 13 years later, part 2 of Mick and Sue's adventures is none the less still a fun way to spend an afternoon.
The movie lacked a lot of life and the makers decided to do a reverse, the setting started out in New York City then Dundee and Sue went to Australia a familiar turf for Dundee while he dealt with the bad guys.The movie plot is about our duo love birds Dundee (Paul Hogan) and Sue (Linda Kozlowski) who get mixed up with a Colombian drug lord, who had his picture taken when he killed someone by Sue's ex husband.
Crocodile Dundee 2 is a good enough with a decent story line,a fairly good cast and some funny parts,I wasn't that fund of the first Crocodile Dundee,but this one definitely isn't as good,its a typical comedy sequel,the story is unusual compared to the original,but Paul Hogan still make enjoyment of the movie with his performance being as good as ever,but fans of the original will definitely be disappointed by this sequel.Sue,now married to Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee,is kidnapped by gangsters involved in a drug baron,and its upto Crocodile Dundee to save his wife.-6/10-DILLON HARRIS.
It even seems like a film that was meant to be something else, but the producers decided to cash in on the Dundee name.Hogan is still a hoot and there is some great Aussie scenery, but there isn't much to enjoy in terms of plot.
This is a good film if you want to sit down for lunch and eat soup in your living room and enjoy some laughs and nice action.I recommend this to anybody who likes Crocodile Dundee and North By Northwest put together.My take: 10/10.
After his great success with "Crocodile Dundee", Paul Hogan seemed to be on top of the world.
This being the Eighties, however, a sequel to "Crocodile Dundee" was unavoidable, but Paul Hogan obviously recognised the problem as "Crocodile Dundee II" was made in a quite different style to the original, being an adventure comedy rather than a romantic comedy.At the beginning of the film, Mick Dundee is living in New York with his girlfriend Sue. Sue's ex-husband Bob is working as an investigative journalist in Colombia, helping to expose the local involvement in the drug trade.
The original "Crocodile Dundee" was, in my view, the first great Australian screen comedy.
Crocodile Dundee 2 (1988): Dir: John Cornell / Cast: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Charles S.
CROCODILE DUNDEE II is a sequel to the surprise Aussie hit which catapulted Paul Hogan into fame as the irrepressible Outback hero.
"Crocodile" Dundee (Paul Hogan) has stayed and continued to try and adapt to life in New York since falling in love with journalist Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski).
The joke's wearing a bit thin.Whereas *Crocodile Dundee* introduced us to the strapping, vital, yet ingenuous Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan), *Crocodile Dundee II* takes all that was good about the original and, like most sequels, ignores it.Instead - *Scarface The Series*, with Hechter Ubarry as Rico (think "ball-less Tony Montana") and Juan Fernandez playing Miguel, his "Manolo." Paul Hogan returns as some kind of SuperBushMan (Rico even makes reference to "kryptonite") and Linda Kozlowski tags along for the screen time.*Crocodile Dundee II* begins in the Big City (stupidly, with Dundee blowing up fish in New York harbor and being laughed at  instead of arrested - by the cops) and ends in the Australian Bush.
Having relocated from his home in Australia to New York City, "Mick Dundee" (Paul Hogan) is trying his best to somehow fit in with the "Big Apple".
"Croc II" does not have the fresh feel and great comedy that the first film did.The plot pits Dundee against some ruthless Colombian drug lords who have kidnapped Sue (Linda Kozlowsky).