Kangaroo Jack the only funny thing in this film

Kangaroo Jack is the story of two best friends Charlie (O’Connell) and Louis (Anderson), who inadvertently lead the long arm of the law to a Brooklyn warehouse where Charlie’s mafia stepdad, Sal (Christopher Walken), keeps his stash of stolen goods.

To make up for that costly mistake, the dozy duo agree to deliver $50,000 to a mysterious contact in Australia.

What should have been a pretty straightforward trip turns into a nightmare when Charlie and Louis are outsmarted by a kangaroo who hops off with the dosh.

The computer-generated kangaroo leads the pair on a chase across the outback that includes a drunken pilot and a camel with a bad case of flatulence.

Kangaroo Jack has all the ingredients for a good comedy, but there’s one problem — it isn’t funny.

It relies solely on getting laughs from a kangaroo dressed in a baseball jacket, and when that wears a little thin, there’s nothing else to fall back on.

The plot is boring and predictable, and O’Connell and Anderson have the comedic range of a rock on Prozac.

Have a little giggle at the cute kangaroo in sunglasses on the cover and put Kangaroo Jack back where it belongs, on the shelf.

Comedy, PG. *