| ACTION BUSYNESS | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| MOOD SETTING | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| SCRIPT COHESION | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| PLOT DENSITY | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
This is an oldie but goldie, based around a character who has outstanding reflexes and fighting ability not just with his fists and knives but also with throwing blunt objects and in utilising his environment smartly. Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee is an ingeniously skilled survivalist who is in his element in the Australian ‘bush’ but has many a trick up his sleeve on his strange trip to New York too.
High budget; plenty of entertaining scenes that keep impressing the viewer; decent supporting cast; and above all, an outstanding concept and lead performance.
Sequels
The immediate sequel, released in 1988, was just as good as the original.
But the third instalment, which arrived much later, in 2001, was not on the same level – not even close.
And then there’s a fourth movie in the saga, released as recently as 2020, called The Very Excellent Mr Dundee, which is a self-parodic comedy-drama and a poor excuse for intellectual humour, even though it co-stars the comedy legend that is John Cleese. It’s a million miles from the original two movies which were a totally different genre but still had far better humour than this recent tripe.
