| “ | Hey kid, go long! | „ |
| ~ Frankie to Charlie - first words as a kid and adult. |
| “ | Frankie: This is from Sal Maggio. Charlie: Frankie, we got the money back. We got it back! We got it! Frankie: You don't get it, do you, Charlie? Sal's not disappointed cause he cares about the money. He's disappointed cause you two aren't dead! What do you think he was paying Smith fifty grand for? Louis: You mean, we traveled halfway across the world to pay for our own execution? Frankie: Yeah. You two guys were the bag members for your own hit. Pretty clever, huh? Charlie: Not on our part. Frankie: Say good night. |
„ |
| ~ Frankie Lombardo revealing Sal's overall goal to Charlie and Louis. |
Francis "Frankie" Lombardo is the main antagonist of the 2003 buddy crime comedy film Kangaroo Jack. He is one of Salvatore Maggio's henchmen and Charlie's arch-rival.
He was portrayed by Michael Shannon, who also played Richard Kuklinski in The Iceman, Zod in Man of Steel, Rick Carver in 99 Homes, Greg Buehl in 8 Mile, Bobby Monday in Premium Rush, Peter Evans in Bug, Colonel Richard Strickland in The Shape of Water, Captain Beatty in the 2018 Fahrenheit 451 remake and White Death in Bullet Train.
Biography[]
Beginnings[]
While not much is known about Frankie's home life or origins, it should be noted that at some point, either before or during the summer of 1982, he was detained in juvenile hall, where they named a wing after him. Somehow, he became acquainted with Salvatore Maggio, a mafia leader who took Frankie underneath his wing and began to groom him to be his successor since Charlie declined.
Kangaroo Jack[]
Frankie's first appearance in Kangaroo Jack is in a flashback to the summer of 1982. A younger Frankie is shown to be trailing Salvatore Maggio as he interacts with Charlie Carbone's mother, although at some point he breaks away to go play football on the beach. Frankie sees Charlie and tells him to go long for a pass: unfortunately, Frankie's pass is too far for Charlie to catch, and it lands in the ocean. Frankie smirks as Charlie attempts to retrieve it, but due to the strong undertones and the fact that he can't swim, Charlie begins to drown. It is at this point that Louis Booker jumps in to save Charlie, and as a large crowd forms around the saved boy, Frankie is shown to have an expression reminiscent of disappointment as he tried to drown Charlie.
Twenty years later, in 2002, a grown-up Frankie is now the right-hand man to Sal Maggio. However, when he finds out that Charlie and Louis lost the money (to a kangaroo, no less), Frankie and his goons personally head to Australia to reclaim the money. In the climax, after Charlie and Louis get the money back, he grabs Jessie then pushes her to the sand so she doesn’t block his way. Frankie reveals that he wants to kill Charlie and Louis because that's what Sal was paying Mr. Smith to do. When the police turn up in a helicopter, Frankie tries to escape, but Charlie (using his newfound bolo skills) hurls a bolo at Frankie. Frankie and his goons are taken into custody, along with Mr. Smith. Frankie looks at Charlie and Louis one last final time and swears revenge Moves His entire Body Crazily. Frankie and his goons were sentenced to life in prison.
Quotes[]
- You take the old south road due north to a place called Coober Pedy
- where you meet a man name Mr Smith.
- You give this envelope to Mr Smith.
- Mr Smith is expecting you no later than noon local time.
- You Will not be late.
- I know all about it Charlie. When He Point a Gun at Charlie
- Now you know you guys are so sneaky and
- Hurricanes leave smaller trails than you two morons.
- Sal is very disappointed to hear you lost that money.
- it's too late for that Charlie.
- This you screwed up big final straw big.
- This from Sal Maggio.
- You don't get it do you Charlie
- Sal's not disappointed cos he cares about the money.
- He's disappointed cos you two aren't dead.
- What do you think he was paying Smith 50 grand for
- Mr Jimmy
- You pansy retards are dead.
- You hear me dead.
- I'll slaughter you like veal.
- I'll wear your eyeballs like jewellery.
Trivia[]
- Although he was shown to be older than Charlie, Frankie’s actor Michael Shannon was actually born on the same year as Charlie’s actor Jerry O'Connell, in which O'Connell was born six months before Shannon.