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Jumpin' Jack Flash

    Romance
    Comedy
    Thriller
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Oct 9, 1986
Rated R

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.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$29,844,101
  • Budget
    $18,000,000
  • Vote Average
    6.1
  • Vote Count
    347
  • Popularity
    13
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Whoopi Goldberg
Terry Dolittle
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Stephen Collins
Marty Phillips
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John Wood
Jeremy Talbott
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Carol Kane
Cynthia
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Annie Potts
Liz Carlson
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Peter Michael Goetz
Mr. Page
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Roscoe Lee Browne
Archer Lincoln
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Sara Botsford
Lady Sarah Billings
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Jeroen Krabbé
Mark Van Meter
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Vyto Ruginis
Carl
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Jonathan Pryce
Jack
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Tony Hendra
Hunter
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Jon Lovitz
Doug
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Phil Hartman
Fred
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Lynne Marie Stewart
Karen
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Ren Woods
Jackie
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Tracy Reiner
Page's Secretary
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Chino 'Fats' Williams
Larry
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Jim Belushi
Sperry Repairman
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Paxton Whitehead
Lord Malcolm Billings
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June Chadwick
Gillian
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Tracey Ullman
Fiona
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Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Street Tough
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Garry Marshall
Police Detective (uncredited)
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Michael McKean
Leslie (uncredited)

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Reviews

(1)
John Chard
60%
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