Touches You

A lot of fun.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Well I guess you know what I'm gonna say about this third sequel. The first film was great and the second was decent enough but was walking a tightrope in terms of how much further they could take the franchise. This final film falls from that tightrope right into a large vat of poo. The idea is weak, so very weak...and anachronic, too. Since 1988, when the second movie appear, the world was changing since then. This movie must have been done in 1989, 1990 or maybe 1991 (we already know why this movie seems more of that year, instead of 2001), at Mr. Hogan's zenith of his career. The intrepid bushman is back, this time in Los Angeles, why? because his love must go there to run the family newspaper business for a time. This of course equals lots of pathetic predictable visual gags that refer to LA culture and anything remotely well known in the area. For example 'Dundee' goes to Paramount Studios for a tour, he ends up as an extra on movie sets and there is a hideous cameo by the boxer Mike Tyson, pretty much all the things you would expect from a comedy film set in the vile city of LA. Its sad because it just seems that LA has nothing to offer in terms of locations or ideas that somehow don't end up revolving around the film business. I mean there are other tacky moments of course, you have the obligatory attempted drive by mugging by some stereotypical Latin American youths, dubious nightclubs, airhead blondes, fast food drive thru's etc...but still the whole thing still ends up revolving around the movie business with most sequences taking place on movie sets. I get the impression that because the first two films were set in New York, movie folk in LA (the West) were jealous so they had to make another with Dundee in their neck of the woods battling with their cross cultural problems (gotta have something to do with LA it seems, can't not have that *groan*). I mean really, the whole notion is such a waste of time, you could of made a much better go of it in another country at least. Try Dundee in Japan, Russia, Italy or where ever! sure the whole idea is still stretched and pointless but at least it would be more interesting, but no lets make it in LA, cos we can't possibly leave out LA. Ignoring all rational advice we have this terrible result, a total cheese fest. Admittedly the continuity is again good with cast members returning, down side is Dundee now has a brat (son of 'Crocodile' Dundee? thank god not yet), luckily he is not involved too much which begs the question why put him in there in the first place?. Hogan still defies the laws of time and looks damn good as Dundee, his weather beaten tanned leathery face still looks youngish as does his body, makeup aside. With US/Hollywood meddling this final chapter in the Aussie franchise is a by the numbers load of fluffy crapola that didn't even need to be made. Could of been reasonable with better imagination, maybe a new location instead of boring LA...and what the hell happened to his croc skin waistcoat?! Guess that wasn't very PC for nowadays.P.S.: Answering these two last comments who said that this sequel is a hidden gem, yeah sure, is a gem for you because a sports celebrity - Mike Tyson - was in it...if you like the movies with sports stars (this one is not the exception), go watch "Care Bears Family Show" and be like Champ Bear.

Having seen both "Crocodile Dundee" and ""Crocodile Dundee 2"I just had to watch the third and final outing of Mick Dundee,Sue Charlton and the friends Down Under just to satisfy my trip down memory lane. "Crocodile Dundee" sparked my interest in cinema after I left school, particularly world cinema, in particular Australia.The plot revolves around Mick, Sue and their son Mikey living in Australia. Life is great Down Under, Mick is still hunting living the high life with his mates until Sue's father summons her back to the US to take up a role in Los Angeles. The family move to Los Angeles and we see Mick's naivety once more charming the locals. Sue is working upon an investigative story triggering Mick's gut instinct taking him to the film industry to infiltrate a film group and it's activities. A good, wholesome comedy from Paul Hogan and now ex-wife Linda Koslowski which manages to grab your attention and distracts from the the fare produced around it at the time of its release and would still hold it's own among comedy films produced now. It's pure entertainment all the way, interspersed with Paul's comedy timing delivering the goods bang on time.Cinema-goers tastes have changed since 1986 but if you're looking for it and manage to locate it, then watch the previous two movies before this one and admire the best from Down Under. the best from Down Under.

This is the problem with Hollywood film industry It grossed 5x more than it cost but how? it is a bad bad movie not even close to the original nor the secondI notice they didn't name it crocodile Dundee 3 this occasion.It's no wonder the rest of the world hates you Yanks.You churn out so much junk, as the norm, that you rip everyone offfrom prior successesAnd have know fear of the outcome.This is not how the film industry should functionPoor Mr Paul hogan produced this movie as he's first toe in the water. not another one will he do again then ain't he?

This new addition to the Crocodile Dundee franchise is like one of the worst thing that ever happened in 2001, at the end of the film you feel like Paul Hogan should pay you back for seeing this. The movie from the set go lacks vision, entertainment and if it were a direct to DVD movie it would have made more sense.There was definitely no reason for them to have made this movie, but they did anyway and put it out there for us to see and dislike. This movie was so bad that I couldn't believe that it left the storyboard. Dundee (Paul Hogan) and Sue (Linda Kozlowski) are now together for like 15 years and they have a son named Michael after his father.While living in Australia Sue got a call from her father that she should come and help hold down his office (a newspaper company) in Los Angeles while he attends to other matters. Sue (after Dundee said that he and Michael their son will go along) accepted the offer and moved with her family to Los Angeles, there both father and son were kind of out of it and made the news once for just not getting how things work in America.The antagonist in this one is a phony movie production company, and in this flick we get to see Dundee go undercover. A side story to the whole movie plot has both Dundee and Sue not being married for the whole 15 years they have been together with Sue wanting it but not pushing it and Dundee just not manning up to do the right thing.Trust me after you have read this review just run away from this flick, it is not worth the one hour thirty minutes I put into it. In this movie Hogan is all old, so is Sue and the whole cute lovable couple is not so cute anymore then there are scenes were we see some ladies go gaga for Dundee, I'm no woman but that guy looked old and out of it, so I didn't see the attraction.I felt the makers wanted to see if they could still make some more money off the franchise but this $21 million production only made 39 million in the box office, maybe the DVD sales helped later on, that I don't know but one thing I'm glad for is that, I don't think there will be a Crocodile Dundee IV.www.lagsreviews.com