rage o -'-— ,
‘Melbourne Vice"just does not cut it
CROC from Page 7
spending a whole movie in New
York? Anything after the first movie
ended might be a nice little update,
but would also be one of the dullest
comedy/adventure movies.
Obviously, somebody took the
otherwise sensible Hogan aside and
tossed bagfullsof the studio’s money
at him until he broke down in fits of
sobs and whimpers and begged for his
dignity back. That gone, he took the
money and made the movie.
When we last saw the affable Mick
“Crocodile” Dundee, our charming
roguish hero had just reached the end
of his fish-out-of-water talc and was
about to marry the beautiful rich girl.
I, for one, don’t want to sec a
perfectly good charming rogue ad
venturer become a doting, domesti
cated little Dagwood working in
“Daddy’s” firm — it’s too painful to
watch — but nevertheless, that’s
where “Croc I” ended, so that’s where
“Croc II” begins.
Croc isn’t quite working in
Daddy’s office yet, but he is a com
pletely domesticated little houschus
band, puttering around the Heiress’s
stately Contemporary modem apart
ment (as opposed to his leaky tin
shack back home), never missing a
soap and hanging around playgrounds
during the day, all while wearing his
trademark genuine Crocskin jacket.
And he’s still carrying around his big
knife, a.k.a. “naf” (as in “Now that’s
a Naf’).
Some evil drug dealers kidnap ol’
Croc’s new bride and, by golly, that
really licks him off. He seeks help
from a New York (gang). Being gang
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manners, ana merciuiu ihuc^huwu
and all, they demur But when the old
Crocpot impresses them with his Naf
throwing ability, they eagerly swarm
to the cause. Together they spring the
dame, then our nom-de-reptiled hero
and his reunited beauty head off for
Australia, so she can hide. Now the
Crocccr can show us what he can do in
his neck of the woods.
We then tune in for an hour of
“Melbourne Vice,” complete with
Cuban drug dealers running around
the Outback in silk shirts. There’s
even a few overhead shots of flocks ol
birds that get scared up by the camera
helicopter.
The biggest problem with this
movie isn’t even the most obvious
one, which is big enough. Hogan, the
writer, has managed to come up with
a few scenes that could have breathed
life into a very relaxed adventure
film, but with one or two exceptions,
they're left incomplete, or just indif
ferently directed.
The excitement isn’t there, the big
villain isn’t all that villainous, the
action is fairly tame and the laughs arc
only occasional.
If you simply must get away Irom (
the heat and don’t mind paying S2.50, (
well’, G’daiy to yi’.[
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