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It has to be said that Paul Hogan is or perhaps was
one of the biggest Australian icons in the American market. Paul Hogan is widely thought
to epitomise the Australian character and he does this with humour we can see but maybe
not so obvious to the rest of the world. Then along came Steve Irwin the crocodile man
who, to many Australians is twice the fool Paul Hogan will ever be. I’m not really
that old but I still remember the Paul Hogan comedy shows from the 70’s and 80’s
which as a kid were hilariously funny and as an adult had overtones only a perverted mind
could grasp. Still, if he can still make a dollar out of his character and humour why not?
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles is no exception to the Paul
Hogan tradition and in light of the previous Dundee films this one really steps up a
little. I’ll assume that if you’re reading this you’re up with the current
lot after previous Dundee films.
Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton are happily living a bit of a
double life in Walkabout Creek with Mick still playing the fearless crocodile hunter and
Sue still living on the higher side of class. The two now have a child out of wedlock
Mikey who inherits both there characters perfectly.
When the family heads off to Los Angeles for Sue to work in
her family’s newspaper business the story starts to mature a little. Mick is of
course the fully out of place Aussie with all the Euphemisms one would expect. Mikey shows
his new schoolteacher and class mates a new side to their lives when he brings to light
the real aussie outback happenings.
Mick on the other hand is busy investigating a fraudulent
film studio brought to light by Sue’s newspaper.
This is Mick Dundee all over but a much more mature film
than the previous 2 and I have to say very enjoyable!
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