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There are scenes in "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course" where Steve Irwin jumps into rivers at night and wrestles crocodiles bare-handed, while his wife Terri helps him tie their jaws shut and haul them onto the boat. In another movie you would question the possibility of such scenes.

But there is something about this one that argues they are true: A certain straightforward, matter-of-fact approach that suggests Steve has been wrestling crocodiles all his life. And he has; according to his bio, Steve's dad Bob, who ran the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park in Australia, "taught the young Steve everything there was to know about reptiles--even teaching his 9-year-old how to jump in and catch crocodiles in the rivers of North Queensland at night!" How, I am wondering, do you teach a 9-year-old to jump in and catch crocodiles in the rivers of North Queensland at night? Is rehearsal possible, or do you just get a lot of theory and then jump in? Is it child abuse to tell your 9-year-old to wrestle crocodiles, or only Tough Love? I urgently await a film titled "Young Steve: The Education of a Croc Hunter." Studying the bio more closely, I realize that many of its sentences end with an exclamation point. In the movie, nearly every sentence uttered by Irwin does, although supporting players are allowed periods and question marks. Half of his sentences have only one word: "Crikey!" He says this frequently while handling the dangerous creatures of the outback, which he likes to get real close to, so they can snap at him during his lectures.

There is a plot to this movie, which I hardly need to mention, since it's irrelevant to the experience. A secret communications satellite falls to Earth and its black box is gobbled up by a croc, and two rival U.S. intelligence agencies send teams to the outback to retrieve it, while meanwhile Steve and Terri don't realize it's in the stomach of the croc they plan to move to another river system.

Forget the plot. The movie is really about Steve and Terri taking us on a guided tour of the crocs, snakes, deadly insects and other stars of the outback fauna. Steve's act is simplicity itself. He holds a deadly cobra, say, by its tail and looks straight at the camera and explains that the cobra has enough venom to kill him 100 times over. The cobra twists and tries to strike at Steve's bare leg. He jerks it away. Crikey! Steve's monologues about the incredible danger he's in do sometimes run a bit long, but he has the grace to interrupt them to slap at flies that are biting him.

Later we meet a "bird-eating" spider whose fangs contain venom that would kill Steve, I dunno, a thousand times over, and he pokes it with a stick to make it display its fangs, and it almost bites Steve's thumb. Crikey! Then he shows us the spider's nest, and sticks his finger down it, and yanks it back as if he's been bitten. Crikey! But he was only fooling, mate.

The movie is entertaining exactly on the level I have described it. You see a couple of likable people journeying though the outback, encountering dangerous critters and getting too close for comfort, while lecturing us on their habits and dangers and almost being killed by them. The stunts are not faked, and so there is a certain fascination. Steve and Terri are not exactly developed as deeply realized characters, and only on their Web site did I discover they were married in 1992, and in 1998 gave birth to little Bindi Sue Irwin, who is now 4, and started in as a baby by wrestling tiny gecko lizards. Crikey!

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• Steve Irwin as Himself; Terri Irwin as Herself; Magda Szubanski as Brozzie Drewett; David Wenham as Sam Flynn; Lachy Hulme as Agent Bob Wheeler

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When a top-secret U.S. government satellite explodes and sends an intelligence-gathering device into the Australian Outback, CIA agents rush to retrieve it. Just one problem: an ornery crocodile swallows it and Steve Irwin (TV’s Crocodile Hunter ) is in the process of relocating that croc before it gets shot by a local cattle rancher (Brozzie).

What ensues is a wacky journey featuring a lot what makes Crocodile Hunter a popular cable series: Steve interacting with dangerous animals and eventually saving the day.

positive elements: Steve Irwin’s love and excitement about all living creatures is contagious. He believes in protecting animals and the habitats in which they live. He sees the beauty in God’s creation—even finding a venomous snake “gorgeous!”

While some children may want to imitate the way Steve handles snakes, spiders, lizards and crocodiles (well, maybe not crocodiles), he gives a very clear statement in the movie that he’s a professional, was taught how to handle animals by his father and that kids should not try to do what he does. He also talks about properly disposing garbage in the outdoors.

sexual content: On three occasions, Steve talks about lizards, spiders and crocodiles having cute “sheilas” waiting for them (but no animal mating is shown). After Terri helps him capture a rather large croc, Steve pats his wife on her backside. Terri takes off her shirt to wrap it around a baby kangaroo, exposing a low-cut tank top. When the CIA agents meet their local contact, Jo Buckley, the camera takes its time scanning her legs. Buckley also wears low-cut tops.

violent content: Lots of guns. Brozzie often fires her shotgun at the crocodile and once shoots at one of the CIA agents. Agent Wheeler enjoys shooting his gun at anything (dogs, spiders, Steve ). Several intense scenes between Brozzie and the croc, and Steve and the croc may cause you to jump in your seat. Steve and Agent Wheeler fight (Steve thinks he’s a poacher). A dead kangaroo is shown on the road (the Irwins rescue her baby). Agent Buckley uses dynamite to blow up Brozzie’s barn and then try and capsize the CIA agent’s and Irwin’s boats.

crude or profane language: CIA agents use the word “h—” three times as an expletive. “D–n” is also used twice by Brozzie and the agents. “Idiot” and “w-nker” are used twice each. Brozzie tells Sam to “get his scrawny bottom back in the truck.” Steve says, “That was one heck of an adventure” at the end of the movie and often uses his favorite expression “Crikey” (which Webster defines as a euphemism for Christ).

drug and alcohol content: None.

other negative elements: Brozzie’s dogs urinate on the ranger’s hat (shown as a close-up). Steve smells and examines lizard “poo,” then puts it in his pocket. He also digs through croc dung. Brozzie passes gas several times while trying to squeeze out of a small window. The crocodile burps after swallowing the satellite.

conclusion: If you’re a fan of Steve Irwin’s television show, you’ll love every scene he’s in. There’s never a dull moment with Steve on the screen and the action is enough to keep audiences of all ages entertained. But the whole premise of the movie may confuse some children. Steve Irwin is a real person who kids know as an animal expert. When he’s wrangling a king brown snake—what you see is what you get. However, when the movie switches out of Australia and into CIA headquarters, the lines between fact and fiction get blurry. At one point, the CIA alleges that the Irwins are really secret agents and goes through a detailed explanation of how political unrest has followed the Irwins’ travels over the years. They even say Steve is purposefully trying to “steal” the intelligence-gathering device. All of this puts the Irwins—who have developed a positive reputation on television—in a bad light that’s never resolved.

Trying to meld reality and fiction also makes the action scenes between Steve and animals less believable. What makes the television show so entertaining is the spontaneity and unpredictability of Steve and animals. Some of the movie’s scenes—especially the opening lizard chase—feel staged. The Crocodile Hunter delivers lots of real-life fun and laughs with the Irwins. But the fictionalized story line often gets in the way and prevent it from being what Steve would call a beaut.

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(Ro, E, BB, L, V, M) Light Romantic worldview with some Environmentalism, but pro-family, moral elements make for mostly wholesome family entertainment; about five light obscenities, Australians say, “Crikey!” a lot, woman says “nuts” several times, plus brief talk of animal “poo” and several shots of lizard and crocodile manure; some scary violence with handling and capturing snakes, a spider and crocodiles that may scare young children or people with phobias, plus some action violence such as crocodile attached to rope pulls people on boat, spies chase people on boat, explosions, use of dynamite, gunshots, and man fires gun at spider; no sex but man pats wife on behind during affectionate moment; no nudity but female cleavage in one scene and sexy spy, but nothing really revealing shown; no alcohol use; no smoking; and, stealing and man leaves people who tried to kill him in river with crocodile who might be nearby, but people swim safely to shore.

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Those who don’t get the Animal Planet channel on Cable-TV or satellite may be unfamiliar with one of that channel’s star attractions, THE CROCODILE HUNTER. Starring Steve Irwin of Australia Zoo Wildlife Reserve and his nature-loving wife, Terri, the show mostly features Steve chasing and handling wild animals, especially deadly snakes and hungry, territorial crocodiles. Terri, who started her own wildlife rehab facility near her hometown of Eugene, Ore. before meeting Steve, appears to lend support to her husband and provide narration for THE CROCODILE HUNTER and other TV shows, including CROC FILES for children and documentary specials. The Irwins’ primary goal in all of these shows is to educate people about wildlife conservation.

What makes their shows fun to watch is the child-like enthusiasm that Steve displays for getting up close and personal with the animals, many of them very dangerous ones that could harm him or even kill him. His passion for animals can be traced back to his parents, Bob and Lyn Irwin, the conservationists who founded Australia Zoo. As a young boy, Steve helped his father rescue and relocate crocodiles in the rivers of North Queensland in Australia.

This summer Steve and Terri have taken their popular show onto the big screen, in a movie directed by their long-time associate, television director John Stainton. The movie combines their documentary-style television shows with a plot involving a hunt by the government of the United States for the cone-shaped recording device of a fallen satellite, which has been eaten by a crocodile.

The crocodile has been harassing a feisty widow who runs a ranch full of cows and guard dogs, played by the woman who starred as the farmer’s wife in the BABE movies, another popular export from the Land of Down Under. Naturally, the widow wants to shoot the crocodile dead, so the local government ranger calls in the Irwins to rescue the crocodile. When government agents come to retrieve the recording device, they and their bosses think that the Irwins, who have traveled across the globe in search of wild animals to photograph, are themselves secret spies. Thus, a comedy of errors ensues.

CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE is a schizophrenic movie. All of the shots featuring the Irwins are projected on a traditional, mostly rectangular screen, while the shots without them are shot in widescreen.

“I never wanted Steve to enter the movie world,” says director Stainton. “I always wanted him to stay within the smaller screen.”

“I wasn’t allowed to read the script, and I couldn’t go ‘round rehearsing my lines,” adds Steve.

In one sense, this means that viewers almost get two movies for the price of one, but it also makes for a little bit of a disconnect between the scenes with Steve and Terri and the scenes without them. This makes the movie a weird experience at times, but it doesn’t lessen all the fun. Some moviegoers, however, might want to sit closer to the screen than usual to get a better theatrical experience.

As usual, Steve Irwin is funny and a little bit crazy as the passionate wildlife expert. Some people may be turned off by that, but many will be amused and entertained. Not only that, but it also looks like he and Terri get much closer to the wild animals, including a snake, the crocodile, a spider, a lizard, and a baby kangaroo, than they ever have before on their television shows. Both Steve and Terri get to wrestle the crocodile who’s been causing so much trouble in the area. Their adventures make for one wild, fun ride!

Of course, the stories involving the spy satellite and the rancher and the ranger are not as compelling as the one with Steve, Terri and the animals. They have their own entertaining moments, however.

Younger children may get a bit too scared with the scenes involving the crocodile, snake and spider, but they will enjoy the baby kangaroo and perhaps even the chase with the lizard. Parents should also be cautious about the movie’s Romantic worldview, which includes the mild environmentalist message that comes with everything the Irwins do. Such a worldview can lead to a disregard for human life, and, at one point in the movie, Steve does indeed show a slight disregard for the people who are chasing him, though their own irresponsible, mean behavior has led to his attitude. At another point, Steve says, “I’d rather deal with this (poisonous) snake than a lot of people I know.”

In this light, it is interesting to note that, before the big press screening in Los Angeles, Steve Irwin told the audience that a recent family tragedy has made him realize, “The most important thing in the world is human life.” This was a wonderful, unexpected message. MOVIEGUIDE® prays the people who saw the screening will take it to heart.

Offsetting CROCODILE HUNTER’s Romantic, environmentalist worldview is the close relationship between Steve and Terri and the movie’s genial, family-friendly attitude. THE CROCODILE HUNTER is good family entertainment, with plenty of fascinating scenes showing animals living in the harsh Australian landscape. If parents have properly explained to their children the truth about the biblical worldview, the evangelical message of Jesus Christ and the dangers of putting animal lives above the lives of human beings, then they may want to allow their older children and teenagers see CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE.

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I am never going to have an aesthetic appreciation of the bird-eating spider.  It’s about the size of a Bosc pear, hairy, and packing fangs that spout venom.  Steve Irwin, cable television’s Crocodile Hunter, on the other hand, has a starry-eyed, ebullient adoration for it that makes the creature seem a little less loathsome.  And that’s saying a lot, considering how I feel about eight-legged creatures that exhibit radial symmetry and an exoskeleton.

THE CROCODILE HUNTER is a cable phenomenon. In each installment we see Steve wrestling crocs, handling snakes, chasing lizards and generally interacting with all manner of wildlife, the more dangerous the better. It’s not all fun and games, though Mr. Irwin’s brand of hyped-up energy seems like he’s been popping espressos non-stop for three days. While filling the screen with more kinetic energy than a super nova, he’s also explaining with infectious affection each critter’s zoological particulars and waxing rhapsodic at its unique beauty. Even that spider.

Terri Irwin, Steve Irwin, Croc

The film he stars in, THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE, is, for the most part, just like that cable series. We see Steve and his wife and fellow naturalist, Terri, finding all sorts of fascinating animals as they patrol the Australian outback. As they come upon each one, whether an orphaned kangaroo, a snake that’s in danger of becoming road kill, or a crocodile that needs to be relocated to a less populous area, Steve talks right into the camera, bubbling over with facts about each one, sometimes poking a stick at it to make it show its fangs.  Yeah, I’m back to the spider now. Intercut with this is a rather silly story about a piece of a satellite that’s plummeted to earth only to be swallowed whole by the crocodile that Steve and Terri are relocating. They don’t know that, of course, nor that the determined if inept band of super spies chasing them are after it.  The Irwins think they’re poachers and act accordingly. Lest anyone begin to take this too seriously, while doing battle with them, Steve once again talks right into the camera offering the same sort of running commentary that he does when interacting with more conventional wildlife. It’s so loopy that it actually made the adults in the audience I saw it with laugh right along with the kids. But make no mistake, this flick is strictly for kids and that’s not an indictment. Steve is a big kid himself, so he knows what will get the kiddies laughing, from poop jokes to guys in suits tangling with the great outdoors. This humor aimed straight at the little darlings, not written down to them. The thing is, Irwin also teaches a thing or two about nature, even with the poop jokes, while he’s got their attention. No small thing that, because the lesson is that nature isn’t there to be exploited, that it has its own special beauty, even that bird-eating spider I can’t seem to get past, and that the real villains are the ones that don’t respect the fact that they share the planet with other creatures who have just as much right to be here as we do. He’s also not above making a little fun of himself.  In a scene set at spy headquarters, as the agents discuss how the Irwins can afford to travel all over the world on naturalist expeditions on what cable pays for their series, a montage of photos of Steve at his most ridiculous pops up on the monitor behind them. THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE is a flick that’s fun for kids and that parents can feel good about letting them see.

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The crocodile hunter: collision course 2002 ★.

Watched Feb 07 , 2024

MichaelEternity’s review published on Letterboxd:

A lot of people don't know this, but they made a fourth "Crocodile Dundee" movie right after "Dundee in Los Angeles", the very next year, and it was a team-up with fellow Aussie stereotype-shamelessly-exploiting-himself-for-attention Steve Irwin, but during post-production all of Paul Hogan's scenes ended up on the cutting room floor, so the end result just looks like a Crocodile Hunter movie. True story.

"Crocodile Dundee 4: Collision Course" ends the franchise in a bizarre way but there was never much rhyme or reason to these sequels, amirite? The crazy thing about this movie is that Steve Irwin just treats it like any other documentary he made, talking directly to the camera about the assorted deadly wildlife in the Outback that he's poking at and foolishly picking up with his bare hands, giving us animal trivia and espousing environmentalism. He's doing his show. Not even being meta about it now that it's in movie form, like they yell cut and we see the cameraman or he refers to himself as this nature guide celebrity, nope none of that. It's just like another episode of his show. Fully in character, fully into the bit.

Meanwhile there's a spy thriller subplot happening about a satellite that crashes down on earth and a vital piece of it gets swallowed by a croc, so all these shadowy government figures converge in the Outback to get it back. Fuckin Steve Irwin doesn't even intersect with all that pointless filler bullcrap until over an hour into the movie, and even then it's just one little car chase which he spends the whole time continuing to narrate to camera like a nutcase savant. They stapled this storyline, which accounts for probably 60% of the movie, onto a bunch of unrelated "Crocodile Hunter" footage just so they could call this a movie. It's outrageously poor as far as contrivances to create a motion picture. I applaud the holistic shittiness of the effort. The producers just needed something to cut away to once in a while, sweet jesus. This is a movie in merely the loosest of technical definitions. And neither side of it is even remotely watchable. Give me "David Attenborough: Collision Course" any day instead.

On the plus side, it opens with a crocodile inside the MGM logo, replacing the lion. And Baha Men do a "Crocodile Rock" cover for the end credits (ymmv on whether that's a plus or audio cyanide). And there are bloopers..? That's about it. "Crocodile Dundee" franchise, you just never stop torturing me do you?

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Not recommended under 5, PG to 13 (Viol. Scary Scenes)

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• sexual references
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• use of substances
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A synopsis of the story

A dangerous crocodile is causing havoc on a local farmer’s property, attacking her calves and threatening her livelihood. Brozzie is a tough, unfriendly farmer who is determined to rid the river of the crocodile and sets out to shoot it. The local ranger tries in vain to deter Brozzie and so decides to call in the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and his wife Terri to relocate the croc.

Meanwhile a US spy plane explodes somewhere over Queensland dropping a satellite beacon containing highly sensitive data. US agents are dispatched to Australia to retrieve the beacon which they trace to Brozzie’s property.

Relocating the aggressive croc is a very dangerous mission for the Irwins and proves to be no easy task. They eventually manage to get the croc onto the boat and set off to relocate the animal.

The US agents discover that the Irwins are in the locality of where the device is and decide that they must be spies. The chase is on as the US agents as well as their rival Australian counterparts, track down the Irwins. The ensuing result is quite funny with the Irwins totally unaware of all that is going on. They believe their pursuers to be poachers after the croc. The beacon is finally discovered when it is ‘passed’ by the croc who had of course, swallowed it. Steve has no idea what it is and uses it as a ball. All ends well however, as the croc gets moved to a new river system and the Americans get their beacon back

Use of violence info

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

There is some violence in this film including:

• Brozzie shooting at the crocodile
• a female Australian agent drops explosives from an ultra light plane onto a boat containing US agents, destroying the boat although the men escape.
• an agent also drops explosives onto the Irwins’ boat but misses. Steve lassoes the plane and drags it into the water.
• an agent also blows up Brozzie’s shed and a man is left injured on the road.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under five info.

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

There is quite a bit of scary material in this movie including:

• Steve wrestling with crocodiles
• Steve picking up most venomous snake in the world and being nearly bitten by it
• dogs chase the ranger and growl aggressively
• a dead kangaroo is shown lying on the road
• Steve provokes a bird-eating spider to make it get into ambush position
• Brozzie falls from her tree perch into the river and is chased by the crocodile
• crocodile aggressively snaps at Brozzie
• Steve trying to capture the large crocodile—it snaps at the boat very aggressively; Steve lassoes it and it pulls Steve into the water. Stays under water for quite some time. Steve eventually gets back into the boat and the crocodile pulls him into the water again. He wrestles with the croc; this scene is very dramatic.
• the dogs guarding the US agents are very aggressive
• the bird-eating spider gets out of its container and climbs onto Terri’s leg and up her body onto her face.

Aged five to eight info

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

Children in this age group may also be disturbed by the above mentioned scenes.

Aged eight to thirteen info

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

The scenes with the crocodiles and the snakes display very real danger and Steve Irwin puts himself into very dangerous situations. This could scare older children.

Thirteen and over info

Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.

None of concern.

Sexual references

There is very little sexual reference.

Nudity and sexual activity

No nudity or sexual activity.

Use of substances

No substance use.

Coarse language

Very few instances of course language.

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This is a conservation movie and the main message that Steve gets across with much enthusiasm is that animals belong in their environment and should be left alone in order to maintain the fine web of life.

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Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Parent Guide

Crikey! Australia's most animated export has his first full-length film. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course combines Steve Irwin's unique documentary style with espionage and adventure.

Release date July 11, 2002

Run Time: 90 minutes

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Crikey! Australia’s most animated export has his first full-length film. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course combines Steve Irwin’s unique documentary style with espionage and adventure.

Irwin and his wife Terri are in the Australian Outback collecting specimens for zoo research and rescuing endangered animals along the way. Their route takes an unscheduled detour when a distress call comes in from Sam Flynn (David Wenham), the local wildlife ranger. Seems that a cranky old widow named Brozzie Drewett (Magda Szubaanski) and a twelve-foot crocodile are having a turf war of sorts. Determined to keep the croc from getting her cattle, she’s been patrolling the shoreline with a loaded shotgun. Flynn hopes the Irwins can end the head-butting battle by relocating the big fellow to safer waters.

Raised in the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park by his parents who worked as animal naturalists, Irwin labored along side his dad rescuing and relocating crocodiles in the rivers of North Queensland. He has since taken his childhood experience and watched it mushroom into a career that combines education with entertainment.

The blond, bare-chested hero and his confident companion don’t miss a chance to edify movie viewers about the amazing animals found in the land down under. Interjected with his well-known, energetic utterances and warnings of “don’t try this at home,” he sweet-talks more than one critter through it’s movie debut. But theatergoers squeamish about spiders, snakes and lizards and those with a distaste for scatological information may not appreciate all the imparted knowledge.

Then again, whether or not you’re a fan of the spirited antics and distinctive educational style of Irwin, it’s hard to knock a guy this passionate about his profession.

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Crocodile hunter: collision course parents' guide.

Zoos and habitat areas allow people to see animals up close as well as offer researchers with the opportunity to study wildlife, yet they remove the creatures’ freedom. Do you agree with putting animals in zoos? How can the living quarters be made more humane and comfortable?

Discover more about Steve and Terri Irwin and the work at the Australia Zoo at their official website: www.crocodilehunter.com .

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Aussie adventurer Steve Irwin is renowned for catching crocs with his bare hands and relocating them to natural environments without the aid of tranquillisers. His TV show, Croc Files, has built up a loyal fanbase and given Irwin the commercial clout to `star' in this bizarre documentary-cum-fictional-comedy.

It centres on an unsuspecting Australian crocodile, who's swallowed a NASA satellite beacon and is being hotly pursued by CIA agents. Meanwhile, our man Irwin is sent to bundle the reptile to safer waters...

Watching Irwin wrestle a 12-foot croc or rile a poisonous, bird-eating spider will always be top entertainment, but the ridiculous plot is a mere distraction. The idea, clever-clever on paper but miserable in execution, is to spin the story around the docu-segments: Irwin never actually interacts with the other characters, his antics just act as dots to join up the narrative thread. Trouble is, there's absolutely zero fusion, the two elements remaining steadfastly separate. Collision course, indeed.

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Crikey! Zany Aussie oozes wildlife learning fun.

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Messages about respecting the environment and cons

Some scenes of animals killing and eating others.

Breeding and mating behavior is pointed out when i

Parents need to know that this show's stars include crocodiles, lizards, and snakes, and although the host doesn't seem to mind, he occasionally does get nibbled on (and bitten). Part of that is due to his tendency to get in the animals' faces, behavior that kids shouldn't imitate at home. Kids who are leery of bugs…

Positive Messages

Messages about respecting the environment and conservation are clear in each episode. Steve takes some risks, but always with the goal of learning and informing.

Violence & Scariness

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

Breeding and mating behavior is pointed out when it occurs.

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Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this show's stars include crocodiles, lizards, and snakes, and although the host doesn't seem to mind, he occasionally does get nibbled on (and bitten). Part of that is due to his tendency to get in the animals' faces, behavior that kids shouldn't imitate at home. Kids who are leery of bugs and reptiles may want to tune out. Animals are shown close-up in their natural habitats, and viewers are inundated with fun facts about the creatures. Parents may have to answer questions about "breeding" or "mating," as the host often points out occurrences when they're available. Note: Host Steve Irwin was killed in September 2006 following an encounter with a wild stingray.

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THE CROCODILE HUNTER follows wildlife expert Steve Irwin as he traipses through the natural habitats of reptiles of all shapes and sizes. Teaming with his wife, Terri, who assists him and narrates the show, Steve is all about extremes, seeking out the biggest, strongest, and most dangerous creatures he can find. Steve's expeditions bring him face-to-face with reptiles like geckos, crocodiles, and snakes, and his enthusiastic excitement over his finds is infectious. Viewers get a close-up look at specialized feet, tails, and tongues that Steve models and explains for the camera. What sets Steve apart from other on-screen wildlife educators (aside from his trademark hyperactivity) is the crazy lengths to which he goes to nab a subject. The series also focuses on the importance of conservation, and Steve is quick to point out that many of his on-screen locales are endangered.

Is It Any Good?

The Crocodile Hunter is great for kids who love animal facts, and the ick factor no doubt will add to the fun for some. But parents take note -- Steve often pokes, prods, and pulls at the animals to capture them or prompt some sort of reaction, so kids might need a reminder to not do the same to the creatures they meet.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about wildlife endangerment. How does a species become endangered? What can be done to preserve it? What can you do in your own home to maintain environmental health? Parents also can talk with kids about animals' specialized skills that help them survive. How do animals protect themselves from their environmental dangers? What are some of your own special traits or skills?

• Premiere date : April 5, 1997
• Cast : Steve Irwin , Terri Irwin
• Network : Animal Planet
• Genre : Educational
• Topics : Adventures , Science and Nature , Wild Animals
• TV rating : TV-G
• Last updated : November 1, 2023

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