The only reason I submitted this review was to respond to the other review posted for this turkey. The other reviewer rightfully trashes this sequel to the first "Crocodile Dundee," but makes the unbelievable assertion that the first movie was one of the freshest and funniest comedies ever--'struth! Sure, I was amused by "Crocodile Dundee" when it first came out in 1986, but then again, I enjoyed a lot of films when I first saw them twenty to thirty years ago. Watching the first installment again last week, I was genuinely shocked to see just how poorly "Crocodile Dundee" has aged. The movie was flat, slow, and completely unoriginal, and the acting, particularly that of Linda Koslowski, was atrocious. Even the lines I remembered finding so witty, like the bit about the lens cap being left on the camera, were embarrassingly cheesy and poorly delivered. Both of the first two "Dundee" movies seem to have been directed by a marsupial after one too many Foster's. In truth, the sequel wasn't nearly as disappointing as it might have been had the first film been any good. The best thing about both films is the location filming that shows New York as it used to be. All I can say is, as bad as so many movies today are, and as much as special effects, attractive but empty actors, and hype have taken over Hollywood, we really need to check reality before we start pining for the good old days of the 1980s film world. If you really want to wax nostalgic about movie-making, go back to the 30s and 40s and see just how far we haven't come.
Review of Crocodile Dundee II
