Jumpin' Jack Flash

Watch: Jumpin' Jack Flash

10/9/19861h 45m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A man named Jack has got her jumpin' and the world may never be the same! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Penny Marshall

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$18,000,000.00

Revenue:

$29,844,101.00

Key words:

central intelligence agency (cia)
computer
kgb
chat
mole
agent
woman director

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg

~ as ~

Terry Dolittle

Stephen Collins

~ as ~

Marty Phillips

John Wood

~ as ~

Jeremy Talbott

Carol Kane

~ as ~

Cynthia

Annie Potts

~ as ~

Liz Carlson

Peter Michael Goetz

~ as ~

Mr. Page

Roscoe Lee Browne

~ as ~

Archer Lincoln

Sara Botsford

~ as ~

Lady Sarah Billings

Jeroen Krabbé

~ as ~

Mark Van Meter

Vyto Ruginis

~ as ~

Carl

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 6 year(s) ago
6
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