The Real Macaw is a 1998 Australian adventure film written by Bruce Hancock and Matthew Perry and directed by Mario Andreacchio.

After going inside and stealing many of the temple's treasures, the captain of the pirate crew finds and captures Mac, taking him back to the ship as his pet.

The pirate captain has made it there too, along with a treasure chest full of the riches he managed to salvage from the ship before it sank.

The pirate makes his way into the island's forest and buries the chest, and uses his sword to mark an “X” on a tree next to the spot, and Mac watches him from nearby.

He now lives in a neighborhood in Australia with a kind old man, who cares for injured birds, and is the only person who knows Mac can speak.

At home, Sam has a rough relationship with his father, Rick, who chastises his son for often quitting on things when the going gets too tough.

One night, while releasing a rainbow lorikeet back to the wild, Grandpa falls out of a tree and breaks his arm.

At Grandpa's house, Mac remembers the old ring he got from the pirate, and shows the trinket to Sam, who believes that the jewel could be worth enough money to save the house, and follows Mac to the museum, where the museum's curator, Dr. Hagen offers Sam $3,000 for the ring if he brings it the next day.

And so, the duo plan to sell the ring, use the money to pay for plane tickets, and fly to Coral Island to find the treasure.

He walks until he finds a wall, and going to the other side, Sam and Mac discover that a resort now exists where the treasure is buried.

Meanwhile, Dr. Hagen checks in, while Sam and Mac try to sneak in by disguising as an old lady, but they are recognized by the clerk, who calls security.

Mac admits that his family used to give him a hard time as well, but when the pirates took him away, he realized how much he missed them and his jungle home.

At the dining room, while Hagen attempts to get the truth from Sam, Mac finally sees the “X” marked tree behind them.

The duo make it to the maintenance room, where Mac accidentally tampers with the power switches, raising suspicion from the security guard.

Meanwhile, Sam finds a way under the resort, and it leads him and Mac through the ventilation system, and after crawling through a tunnel, they finally make it to the spot under the tree.

Sam begins to lose hope, because they can't find the treasure, Hagen is after them, and they're miles from home.

This leads to a bitter falling out between the two, but Sam feels guilty and goes back to try and apologize to Mac, but sees that he has left.

The guard orders the others to block the exits, but Mac heads back to the maintenance room and uses the loudspeaker to feign a fire alarm.

Making a hasty escape back to the sewer tunnel, Mac and Sam finally find the treasure.

However, Dr. Hagen arrives with security, forcing Sam and Mac to jump down a hole and into the river below, which leads to the harbor.

Back on the beach, Sam reunites with his family, and Dr. Hagen (who jumped off the boat before it exploded) is arrested, but he tries to escape.