Jumpin' Jack Flash

Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) is a comedy spy thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Penny Marshall and driven almost entirely by Whoopi Goldberg in one of her earliest starring roles. Terry is a bored bank computer operator who spends her days sending messages to clients around the world — until a coded transmission appears on her screen from someone calling himself Jack.

Jack turns out to be a British intelligence agent stranded behind the Iron Curtain with no way out. Once Terry cracks his code, she's pulled into a chain of dead drops, murders and very fast cab rides across New York. Goldberg's energy and flat refusal to play the reluctant hero straight is what makes the film work — it should be tense but ends up consistently funny, with the Cold War backdrop played for absurdity rather than dread. Stream Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) on iFILM.