Two friends from Brooklyn (Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson) are forced to deliver mob money to Australia. Their misadventures begin when one of them places his red jacket on a kangaroo while attempting to snap a picture. When the kangaroo bounces off, they realize the mob money is in the jacket and are forced to give chase through the Outback.
Tim Burton reinvents Pierre Boulle's classic novel, beginning with the famed original film's premise - a pilot finds himself in a world turned upside down after landing on a strange planet - with Burton's unique vision and style breaking new ground in story, design, makeup and visual effects.