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directed by Kieron J. Walsh
UK/Ireland 2012

Slickly shot and well-cast with Irish film and TV regulars, JUMP's non-linear structure only gradually starts to become apparent after the first act. While it holds the audience's attention and takes some thought, the end result is more of a novelty than a means of drawing parallels between the characters in the separate story threads. Based on a stage play by Lisa McGee, JUMP follows three interconnected stories taking place on New Year's Eve in Derry, Ireland. Depressed Greta (Nichola Burley, Andrea Arnold's WUTHERING HEIGHTS) has given up plans to escape to "the other side of the world" in favor of suicide, but is saved from jumping off a bridge by Pearse (Martin McCann, the CLASH OF THE TITANS remake) who is searching for his missing brother. When Greta learns that Pearse suspects her gangster father Frank (Lalor Roddy, Steve McQueen's HUNGER) was behind his brother's likely death, Greta postpones death to help him get even with her father. Meanwhile, Greta's friend Marie (Charlene McKenna, DOROTHY MILLS) goes out to celebrate with wild friend Dara (Valene Kane, Cosimo Alemà's WAR GAMES) and find trouble first with a jealous wife, and then with the men (OUTCAST's Ciarán McMenamin and THE SHORE's Packy Lee) who Frank has sent after Pearse to get back his stolen money.

Eric Cotenas

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Theatrical Release: 8 June 2012 (UK)

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DVD Review: Breaking Glass Pictures - Region 1 - NTSC

Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!

DVD Box Cover		CLICK to order from:
Distribution	Breaking Glass Pictures Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime	1:20:54
Video	2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 7.2 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
Subtitles	English (CC), none
Features	Release Information: Studio: Breaking Glass Pictures Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1 Edition Details: • Audio Commentary by director Kieron J. Walsh and producer Brendan J. Byrne • Cast and Crew Interviews (16:9; 1:34:24) • Storyboards (16:9; 4:09) • Trailer (16:9; 1:48) • Trailers for '2 Jacks', 'Unhung Hero', 'Antisocial', and 'Georgraphy Club' DVD Release Date: 10 December 10th, 2013 Amaray Chapters 12

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Breaking Glass' progressive, anamorphic transfer of this HD-lensed flick that would probably look better had it been given a dual-layer encode (but it shares the DVD9 with a feature-length extra), but the image features no evidence of edge enhancement and is acceptable given the film's independent origins. The Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack has clear dialogue, but the volume of the techno music is such that you may want to rely on the closed captioning rather than raising the volume to make sense of some of the sometimes softly-spoken Irish-accented dialogue (the also reportedly has only a stereo soundtrack).

The director and producer appear on an audio commentary that is a bit too self-congratulatory about the film's non-linear structure as well as shooting on the bridge location (which admittedly must have been hell to light), but they have an obvious affection for their cast and crew which extends over to a cast and crew interviews featurette that is longer than the film itself at ninety-four minutes. Also included are a storyboard featurette, the film's trailer, and trailers for other current Breaking Glass title.

- Eric Cotenas

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