
Kangaroo Jack
- PG
- Year:
- 2003
- 89 min
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Australia...
..."The Land Down Under. "
Rugged...
... remote...
... inhospitable and dangerous.
Home to 20 million kangaroos.
But there is one who is more elusive
and clever than all the rest.
And his name, …is Kangaroo Jack.
But my story doesn't begin in Australia.
It begins 20 years ago, halfway around
the world on a beach in Brooklyn.
That's me...
... Charlie Carbone.
Three things happened on this day
First, was that my mom met Sal.
She hadn't dated much since Dad died, but
I could tell right away she was interested.
Why shouldn't she be? Sal Maggio was a
respected member of the community.
Well, feared and respected.
Well, feared.
And that's Frankie Lombardo.
Fresh out of Juvenile Hall,
where they named a wing after him.
Sal was grooming Frankie
to take over the family business...
... a family I was about to become a part of.
The second thing that happened
was that I met Louis Booker.
Don't tell me.
You got 75 cents in your back pocket.
You're wrong.
It's a Captain Amazing compass.
- How much you want for it?
- It's not for sale. No way. Sorry.
- Wanna play some ball?
- No. You play ball.
I gotta check this entire beach
if I'm gonna make my car payment.
- You've got a car?
- No, but I will.
Now, step aside. My uncle only rented me
this metal detector for the day.
- And the third...
- Hey, kid.
... most important thing
that happened that day...
Go long.
... was that I went out for a 20- yard pass.
Unfortunately, there was only 15 yards
worth of beach...
... and a really strong undertow.
And I couldn't swim.
Hey, kid! You lost your...
Somebody help! I think there's
a kid drowning out...
I'll save you!
That one moment changed my life...
... because in all the years that followed...
... Louis was better at getting
me into trouble than getting me out.
A dreamer in search of treasure,
On that fateful day, Louis saved my life.
You see this guy?
He just saved your life.
He wouldn't let me.
And now it's 20 years later.
My new stepfather, Sal,
set me up in my own business:
A beauty salon.
He did it for my mother.
Of course, his goons come in every week
and take 80 percent of the profits.
That, he did for himself.
Hey, Carbone.
And Louis, the guy who saved my life,
is now my closest friend.
He thinks I can do a lot better than this...
... but he also thinks he looks like
Denzel Washington.
Toots, I was hoping you could ask Sal
if I could keep a little extra this week...
...to make improvements on the place.
You wanna make improvements?
Lmprove on what's in this bag next week.
Look, man, I need a favor.
I just got this job delivering TVs,
but my partner got sick.
He had one of those
microwave chimichangas...
Louis, why do all your stories
start off this way?
I need your help. If I don't get these TVs
off the truck, man, I don't get paid.
Oh, this sounds illegal.
No, no, no. Charlie, this is totally legit, man.
I know the guy.
Just like you knew the guy...
...who asked you to drive
his dogs up from Florida. Remember him?
I'm supposed to know a bunch of greyhounds
were being used to smuggle diamonds?
Look, man, I need your help on this one.
Two hours, tops. That's all I need.
- This is really important for me.
- Louis, you have a job.
You call working in my uncle's
meat market a job, Charlie?
I sweep up cow guts and
pig snouts all day, man!
I need a job where I'm treated like a man.
Where I get some respect. Ain't
that what Aretha said? "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"?
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