Crocodile
Dundee II
"Crocodile" Dundee II is a 1988 Australian adventure and
comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1986 film "Crocodile"
Dundee, and was followed by 2001's Crocodile Dundee in Los
Angeles. Actors Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski reprise their
roles as Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton, respectively.
However, now they are taking on a Colombian drug cartel.
The film was shot on location in New York City and Northern
Territory, Australia.
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The Plot
Following the events in Crocodile Dundee, central characters
Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton are living in New York.
Although Mick's naïvety toward city life is a hazard at
times while he tries to continue the life he is used to
living - which includes dynamite-fishing in Manhattan waters
- Sue's story has provided his pardon by making him a
popular public figure. He makes contact with Leroy, a
stationery salesman trying to live up to his self-perceived
'bad guy in the streets' image.
Sue's ex-husband (mentioned, but not seen, in the first
movie) takes pictures of a Colombian drug cartel's murder of
an unknown person, and is spotted by one of the cartel's
sentries. Before being murdered, he sends his pictures to
Sue. The film's antagonists, cartel leader Luis Rico, and
his lieutenant, Miguel, go to New York City to retrieve the
evidence.
In order to do so, the gangsters hold Sue hostage, whereupon
Mick asks Leroy for help. Leroy contacts a local street
gang, whom Mick assigns to create a distraction by
caterwauling at the mansion's perimeter, leading most of the
guards on a wild chase and making them nervous, while Mick
sneaks inside and rescues Sue. Rico escapes police custody,
whereinafter Mick decides to take Sue to Australia in order
to take the fight onto familiar ground. In Walkabout Creek,
Mick is enthusiastically welcomed back by his friends; after
provisioning, he and Sue take refuge in his personal land,
named Billongamick ("Mick's Place"). Here, Sue discovers
that Mick owns land equal the size of New York State,
including a gold mine.
Rico and his men track them to Australia, where some local
thugs are hired to assist them in their search; but their
Aborigine tracker abandons them when he hears that their
quarry is Mick. As a replacement, the gangsters kidnap
Mick's friend Walter and force him to guide them. Mick saves
his friend by grazing him with a bullet and making it look
like an attempt on Walter's life. They then lead the
villains on a wild goose chase through the Outback
territory, during which Mick, by use of his survival skills,
cunning trickery, and the help of his Aborigine friends,
manages to reduce the opposition's numbers one by one,
leaving the rest increasingly nervous. In the end, he
retrieves Walter from Rico and Miguel, leaving the latter to
face him alone.
Tired of chasing Dundee, Rico sets a bushfire to corner
Mick. Mick regains the upper hand, captures Rico, and
switches clothes with him in order to lure Miguel into a
vulnerable position. Soon afterward, the villains are
defeated, whereupon Sue decides to stay with Mick in
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