A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same!
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jan 20196/10
Are you on some kind of medication? It was a production beset with problems, a change of director (Penny Marshall replacing the jettisoned Howard Zieff) and enough script writers used to fill out a hockey team. So it's unsurprising to find that Jumpin' Jack Flash is a bit muddled, not fully formed as it were. Plot finds Whoopi Goldberg as a computer programmer thrust into a world of espionage when a plea for help appears on her monitor. Cue Whoopi following instructions from a guy claiming to be trapped in Eastern Europe, which of course leads to a number of fun scenes as she bluffs her way around the crooked underworld she now finds herself in. Will she stay alive long enough? Who are the undercover guys? Is the mysterious man on the computer screen really all he proclaims to be? It will all be answered in rank and file 1980s action comedy time, which as it happens is OK here because Goldberg is a good enough comedy actress to hold the attention. Nothing remotely smart or genre defining exists, but it's a fun snapshot of the burgeoning computer age in the 80s and it's a good time waster if stuck for something light to watch one night. 6/10
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Cast
- Whoopi GoldbergTerry Dolittle
- Stephen CollinsMarty Phillips
- John WoodJeremy Talbott
- Carol KaneCynthia
- Annie PottsLiz Carlson
- Peter Michael GoetzMr. Page
- Roscoe Lee BrowneArcher Lincoln
- Sara BotsfordSarah Billings
- Jeroen KrabbéMark Van Meter
- Vyto RuginisCarl
Crew
- Penny MarshallDirector
- David FranzoniScreenplay
- Chris ThompsonScreenplay
- Charles ShyerScreenplay
- Matthew F. LeonettiDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Mark GoldblattEditor
- Lawrence GordonProducer
- Joel SilverProducer
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