Discover
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Robert F. Boyle
Production Design -
Simone Boisseree
Stunts -
Mike Tillman
Stunts -
Lawrence Gordon
Producer -
Gene Hartline
Stunts -
Walter Scott
Stunts -
John-Clay Scott
Stunts -
Chris Thompson
Screenplay
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John Chard 5/16/2024 3:22:19PM
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
Phil Hartman
FredWhoopi Goldberg
Terry DolittleJonathan Pryce
JackJim Belushi
Sperry RepairmanAnnie Potts
Liz CarlsonMichael McKean
Leslie (uncredited)Teagan Clive
Russian Exercise WomanTracy Reiner
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