The wide open spaces weren't wide enough for me in watching this western comedy. Paul Hogan was still in ear shot. This majorly unfunny film costars Hogan with a young Cuba Gooding Jr., and it's about as funny as a rattle snake encounter. Hogan's an incompetent bank robber whose desire it is to send a newspaper headline back to his mates in Australia naming him as the #1 bandit in the states. Every time he's involved in a bank robbery, something occurs that accomplishes just the opposite. He's upset when he's identified as British, then later laughed at when his gun doesn't work. Gooding Jr. As his sidekick appears to be just as unlucky.
It was obvious that they were going for some sort of classic silent screen comedy with Gooding Jr. Playing a mute (writing down over and over that he can hear), and after a while, this schtick gets old. Beverly D'Angelo is one of the few good things in this film, but by the time she pops up, it's too little too late. Attempts at humor fall completely flat. It's obvious that Hogan, in spite of his early success, couldn't get past the Crocodile Dundee image. I also really doubt that there were many Australians in the old American west considering how many months it would take in the 1800's for them to get there.
It was obvious that they were going for some sort of classic silent screen comedy with Gooding Jr. Playing a mute (writing down over and over that he can hear), and after a while, this schtick gets old. Beverly D'Angelo is one of the few good things in this film, but by the time she pops up, it's too little too late. Attempts at humor fall completely flat. It's obvious that Hogan, in spite of his early success, couldn't get past the Crocodile Dundee image. I also really doubt that there were many Australians in the old American west considering how many months it would take in the 1800's for them to get there.