| “ | Tommy: Australia? And then they're just gonna turn around and come right back again. Sal: It won't be so bad. Tommy: Yeah, why not? Sal: We're canceling their return trip. |
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| ~ Salvatore Maggio explaining his plan to have Charlie and Louis killed. |
Salvatore "Sal" Maggio is the overarching antagonist of the 2003 buddy comedy film Kangaroo Jack. He is Charlie Carbone's stepfather, Frankie Lombardo's boss and Mr. Smith's employer.
He was portrayed by Christopher Walken, who also played Max Zorin in A View to a Kill, Bradford Whitewood Sr. in At Close Range, Frank White in King of New York, Max Shreck in Batman Returns, Vincenzo Coccotti in True Romance, Gabriel in The Prophecy series, Mr. Smith in Nick of Time, Hickey in Last Man Standing, Colonel Cutter in Antz, the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, Reed Thimple in The Country Bears, Cornelius Hatcher in The Rundown, Master Feng in Balls of Fury, King Louie in the 2016 The Jungle Book live-action remake and Shaddam IV in Dune: Part Two.
Biography[]
Early life[]
In 1982, on a beach in Brooklyn, Sal first meets the mother of his future stepson, Charlie Carbone, whose father passed away. He also recruits Frankie Lombardo, who was "fresh out of juvenile hall," to work for him. When Frankie had Charlie go long, Charlie got caught in the current and was saved by Louis. Sal was part of the crowd that witnessed with.
Kangaroo Jack[]
Twenty years later, he buys Charlie a beauty salon to work at (for his new wife), but has his goons take 80% of the profits every week (for himself).
One day, he summons Charlie and Louis to his office and scolds them for the incident that resulted in the police raiding one of his warehouses and got some of his minions arrested. Sal scolded Louis for his mess up and stated to Charlie that the beauty salon was an alternative as he didn't want to take up the family name. Through Frankie, Sal instructs them to deliver an envelope to Mr. Smith down in Australia. Once they leave his office, he reveals to his capo Tommy he is "cancelling their return trip".
Later on after getting a call from Mr. Smith, he sends Frankie to Australia to track down Charlie and Louis.
After Frankie and his minions and Mr. Smith and his minions are arrested by the authorities, it was mentioned by Charlie in his narration that Sal tried to use his high-level connections to avoid arrest. The newspaper that Charlie reads states that Sal is on trial.
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.[]
Sal Maggio in Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.
Sal Maggio was seen on the news when a female newscaster mentions that Charlie is Sal's stepson.
Quotes[]
| “ | Louis Booker, you degenerate moron. Were this medieval times, and you a knight in shining armor, you would've, I have no doubt, slain the maiden and saved the dragon. | „ |
| ~ First lines |
| “ | As for you, Charlie, after the tragic death of your father, I married your mother, promising her I would raise you as my own. You chose not to take the Maggio name, I didn't complain, did I? [...] When you wanted to go to beauty school, as most boys who lose their fathers early in life often do, I did not snivel at your intentions, did I? [...] In fact, I bought a beauty parlor so you could sit on your lazy butt all day. Four and a half million you cost me. Were you anybody else, you'd be dead by now. | „ |
| ~ To Charlie |
| “ | A lion can raise a mouse, but a mouse is still a mouse. | „ |
| “ | Chicken blood. | „ |
| “ | I’m Giving you Both another Chance to Redeem Yourselves. | „ |
| “ | The salient point is, I must continue to live with my lovely wife. Tears on her pillow are a plethora to me. Anathema to me! See what they got me doin'?! I can't talk straight! | „ |
| “ | You need a warning? | „ |
| ~ Persuading Charlie and Louis to take the delivery job |
| “ | "Amorphous"—having no definite form. Shapeless, as in "After Joey Clams got whacked, his head was amorphous." | „ |
| “ | (Beep) Hello
Hmm. I'm grieved to hear that Mr Smith. Of course we had a deal. Please advise me if the situation changers. Hmm. |
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| ~ When Sal Start Getting on the Phone With Mr Smith |
| “ | My stepson couldn't figure out a cheese sandwich if they spotted him the pumpernickel and the provolone. | „ |
| ~ To Frankie |
| “ | If I find out what, Charlie? That you lost my money? I asked you to do something for me! This is not that! | „ |
| ~ As a talking kangaroo in Charlie's nightmare |
| “ | Smell it on his father! Smell it on him! Chicken blood! | „ |
| ~ As a talking kangaroo in Charlie's nightmare. |