Jump

This is like those dated 'rave movies' from the 1990s: fast-paced, jump cuts, times changes, techno music, violence, drugs, pretentious direction, nightclubs, fireworks, and lots of characters you won't care about. If this movie had come out in 1995 it could have been our Trainspotting? Instead, it's a well-made but unoriginal movie that has its moments but is forgettable. All the new faces (and Lalor Roddy!) from Irish cinema are present while the title refers to a suicide attempt/the changes in time of the story/and a move to Australia. It tells of a group of people on new year's eve in Derry who get involved in missing money/car thefts/shootings and other Nordie stuff. The comic scenes aren't funny, the women aren't sexy, the violence isn't shocking, and the storyline is not believable. Nothing special though it's worth a look. Strange the way its director disappeared into television for a decade after his last feature?

Title: Jump
Genre: Rave
New/old: New
Cinema/DVD: Cinema