A jolly good very daft film, I recommend it… The title of the film refers to the ‘secret log-in key word’ – the key being the musical key the song Jumpin’ Jack Flash is in – B-flat, which she desperately needs to discover. It is a comedy spy movie involving a stranded British agent’s attempt to be rescued by contacting Whoopi via her office computer (mostly nicely voiced-over 1980s green text on a dark screen). Whoopi was great in it, she did plenty of running, dancing, and jumping about and she also regularly came out with some very colourful and snappy expletives. (I particularly liked the scene with a couple high-ranking staff in the back room (the secret code room) of the British Embassy chuckling away whilst watching old Benny Hill shows on their TV – perhaps the director of this film was inspired in her work by Benny Hill?…) I enjoyed it, it made me smile, there was plenty to like in it – some bits were outrageously over-the-top and crazy-crazy though. Dulltown, UK: Today’s colours are: boiling black, fizzy fawn, magnificent mauve, gob-smack green, peppermint pink and brackish blue.Ī couple of evenings ago I watched on TV the 1986 film Jumpin’ Jack Flash starring Whoopi Goldberg.
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