while great comedy should often appear effortless and that doesn not mean that the word should be take literally and though on one level crocodile dundee in los angeles can truly be say to be an effortless comedy . absolutely no effort whatsoever have be make represent it in focus and the microphone never creep into shot a uninteresting thing happen in the most uninteresting way possible while the cast be give uninteresting thing to say to bulk out the running time to the contractually agree length and but that about it for exertion . that the plot revolve around a smuggling operation finance a movie studio produce a guaranteed flop third episode in a dead franchise could possibly be see a a moment of post modernism and but it probably just a desperate cry for help from the screenwriter . all the charm and wit of the first ( and to a less extent the second ) film have vanish and take the character and goodwill with them represent paul hogan be start to look a leathery a the crocs themselves and the most interesting thing about linda kozlowski here be try to pinpoint the plastic surgery through the soft focus filter she often shoot with and work out how much of her disengaged performance be down to boredom and how much to botox . both be saddle with character that simply aren not believable at their age anymore even if they do now have a rather bland son to acknowledge the passing year . she a primary school play version of a reporter while somehow mick dundee seem to have suddenly become a complete simpleton with no memory of all the thing he encounter in the first two film in the hope that the audience will find his newfound ignorance funny rather than simply bewilder it not even a if his character take a whack to the head in a contrived plot point and it just plain lazy writing . thing improve slightly to become vaguely watchable in the last half hour and but that not exactly a recommendation . belated threequels be usually desperate attempt from faded star to revive their career and bank balance and but this be so utterly disinterested in do anything but visit the cashpoint that it practically qualify a a non film . it just a void . avoid .