Parents need to know that most of this movie's 110 minutes are spent with guns blazing while the hero and heroine are in constant jeopardy from marauding drug lords. It's a repetitious cycle of getting caught, getting away, and beginning the chase again. The villains are Hispanic cartoon stereotypes who continually exhibit foolish, self-destructive behavior. With almost no blood or gore, the violence is mostly unreal, not scary, and generally reminiscent of 1940s and '50s Western violence (i.e., Roy Rogers or Hopalong Cassidy). Hero Dundee's idea of recreational fishing is dynamiting a river and scooping up the dead fish afterward.

Families can talk about how Mick Dundee adjusts to life in New York City after leaving the Australian outback. How is his life different in the city? What do you think he would miss? What would surprise him? Why is he better equipped to fight the bad guys in his old environment? What happens to the villains when they arrive in Mick's world? What specific things do the filmmakers choose to show the differences in the two "habitats"?