Quartile rating: 5/10 · 1 rating
After settling in the tiny Australian town of Walkabout Creek with his significant other and his young son, Mick "Crocodile" Dundee is thrown for a loop when a prestigious Los Angeles newspaper offers his honey a job. The family migrates back to the United States, and Croc and son soon find themselves learning some lessons about American life -- many of them inadvertent
A third installment arriving 13 years after the original, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles rehashes the same fish-out-of-water gags from the first film with diminishing returns and no fresh angle. The plot is thin and formulaic, essentially a retread of the original's premise transplanted to LA. Paul Hogan coasts on charm but the material gives him nothing new to work with, and the supporting cast is unremarkable. Cinematography is competent but uninspired tourist-brochure filmmaking. The film offers virtually nothing distinctive or original — it is a by-the-numbers belated sequel recycling old jokes — earning the lowest Novelty score. The ending resolves everything tidily without surprise or resonance, consistent with the film's overall mediocrity.