The person who sent the message tells Terry that he is a British agent who's cover has been blown and that he is on the run from KGB agents in Eastern Europe. As she studies the code and tries to follow a series of embedded clues, she finally gets through.
This time she responds, but is unsuccessful. The next evening at the same time she receives another transmission. One night, while adjusting a loose cable to her terminal, Terry receives a strange coded message from someone only identified as "Jumpin' Jack Flash"! Thinking that somebody is playing a joke on her, or her boss is just trying to trap her and fire her, she just ignores it. Occasionally, the bank's network picks up a Russian exercise program that everyone seems to get a laugh from. Terry Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg), is sort of a rebel in as much as she is constantly running afoul of her tyrannical boss by tinkering with and repairing small computer problems herself, rather than calling the computer company, and chatting with bank customers by exchanging recipes or just exchanging pleasantries - things her boss calls unprofessional! This is Whoopi in top form!Įntertaining film about a data entry clerk working at a Manhattan bank. She also manages to find love, get back at her boss, and do a great Mick Jagger impression to the fantastic soundtrack of music from the 60s. Thus ensues a convoluted mission where Terry is on the run from the KGB, kidnapped while in a phone booth (phone booth and all), injected with a truth serum, and attempts to get a crucial message to Jack before the Russians have their way with him.
The tides of Terry's life turn when one day she picks up a transmission from a British spy trapped in Eastern Europe, who has the code name of Jumpin' Jack Flash he enlists Terry's help in securing an exit contract, sending her on quirky excursions to help him escape and avoid foul play. Terry often chats with clients via her terminal, which occasionally picks up Russian television.
0 kommentar(er)
