Show 1 Film Review by Mi Mike Richan t r. r l- l I i a 3 J. J v i Review a Dundee II A Bett Better Sequel er Tb Than Most Perhaps the best of the first round of big summer releases Crocodile Dundee II plods along from beginning to end like a determined determined determined deter deter- mined charming elephant It seems to know where its it's going you can tell where its it's going and it tells its it's slight story as it goes along Then its it's done lone No worries no big deal no brouhaha While its it's being panned by critics as just more of the he same many ny of th the people go- go ig to see see it are finding it to be beune une new exciting and entertaining The good news is everyone's right Itis IUs more of the same and if yo you found Dundee I to be new exciting and entertaining then this one will be too If you thought the first one dull slow or boring then you'll find Dundee II IJ dull slaw low and boring I suppose that's the function of a sequel quel to he be more of the h same and arid as s jt t d does es compare favorably with the the- original Dundee e II merits c consideration The story takes offwell off offwell well it at least begins egins' where the origin original l ended wit with Dundee fin fin- ding himself wrapped up in a new complication Linda Kozlowski has been kidnapped by vicious murderous drug dealers He rescues her with the aid of a pun punk gang and in anticipation of the dealers finding them again hauls her off to Australia so he can see em coming Once back on friendly friend friend- ly ground things seem peachy until the dealers catch up with them Dundee outwits the thugs with a series of Rambo like or should I 1 Isay Isay say First like Blood mane maneuvers vers Paul Hogans Hogan's charm as Dundee e ek k keeps eps the film afloat wh whenever it t begins begin to sink mu much h. h like the original and some of of f the scenes t J from Australia s lia are re i enthralling O 1 j But there is some bad news from the bad guys The whole barrel is with two-dimensional two filled HUed simple simple- simple minded dolls who are are as as convincing as as Ji Jimmy They ey ar Pare are f forever rever overemphasizing vei i ithe the wrong words in a sentence enten e ethey they J know ow they're supposed to sound tough b but t cant can't figure out which words really are tough and it hurts the film the leader is so implausible implausible implausible im im- im- im plausible as a king drug his very cohorts upstage him without speaking And Linda Kozlowski is woefully used under she's hardly more than a motivation a damsel in distress a char character that h had d to tobe tobe be drug over from the first film The picture does have its high points When Dundee ee leaps off the top of a New York skyscraper grasping grasping only a sla slack K rope its it's breathtaking when as if b by reflex I he snaps the head off a stuffed I department store cobra on I display its It's hilari hilarious us perfectly 1 timed H Hogan gan has said that t there re will not be an another t r Dundee seq sequel el and that's fine I lets let's ts t's see wh what t he he can do with a new fresh concept Still Dundee II li is a better sequel than m most st and aDd in an industry that thatis is as addicted t to Roman numerals numerals as an addict is to heroin Hogan n adds a flair of consistency which incidentally is the same samer r rating ting as Dundee I. I q |