Crocodile Hunter – Auf Crash-Kurs (2002)

Crocodile Hunter – Auf Crash-Kurs: Directed by John Stainton. With Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Magda Szubanski, David Wenham. The Crocodile Hunter mistakes some CIA agents for poachers and sets out to stop them from capturing a wily croc which, unbeknownst to him, has swallowed a tracking drone.

“Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter plays – well – Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter in a fun adventure type movie with little in the way of a believable story line but lots of information about Australiau0026#39;s crocodiles and venomous snakes and spiders. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story – such as it is – revolves around some sort of U.S. satellite equipment that somehow finds it way to Australia after surviving its drop to earth from orbit, and is promptly swallowed by a monstrously large crocodile. Irwin sets out to find the crocodile and move it to safer territory, believing that itu0026#39;s being stalked not by CIA agents trying to get this thing back, but by poachers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eForget the story. Itu0026#39;s secondary – and, to be blunt, not that great. Basically, this movie serves as an ad for Irwinu0026#39;s u0026quot;The Crocodile Hunteru0026quot; TV series, and most of it is shot as if he were taping the show, as he fights crocs and plays with various and sundry poisonous and dangerous animals in his usual animated way. You have to give the guy credit – heu0026#39;s got his part down pat!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s a simple way of knowing whether youu0026#39;ll like this movie or not. If you like u0026quot;The Crocodile Hunteru0026quot; youu0026#39;ll like the movie. If you donu0026#39;t, you wonu0026#39;t. See how simple that is! I like u0026quot;The Crocodile Hunteru0026quot; and I think Irwin is quite hilarious. Strangely, though, for all the fun and laughs involved here the movie seemed to go on longer than its allotted 90 minutes. Perhaps Irwin is better in half hour segments. After that he may begin to get a bit overwhelming. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut it is fun. Iu0026#39;d give it a 7/10, knowing full well that this movie will get its share of bashers as well.”