Kangaroo Jack is a 2003 comedy film from Warner Bros., Castle Rock Entertainment, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Christopher Walken, Estella Warren and Adam Garcia. An animated children's sequel, titled Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!, was produced and released on video in 2004. The film was overwhelmingly panned by critics, earning 8% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, and Jerry Bruckheimer has started working exclusively with Disney following the release of Bad Boys II six months later.

Plot

The movie begins in the summer of 1982, where a boy named Charlie Carbone (Jerry O'Connell) is about to become the stepson of a mobster named Salvatore Maggio (Christopher Walken). On that same day, he meets his new best friend, Louis Booker (Anthony Anderson), who saves him from drowning, and the mobster's apprentice, a recently released ex-con Frankie Lombardo (Michael Shannon) who tried to drown Charlie.