Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writer (WGA):

Bruce Kalish (written by)

Release Date:

8 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Comedy | Action

Tagline:

All the rules have changed.

Plot:

Jett decides to quit Silverstone and lead a normal life. On the day of his last episode he is hit on the head with a prop and in his dream he is Silverstone. He is the only one who realizes that this is a dream.

Plot Keywords:

Based On TV Series | Made For Cable TV | Movie In Title | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Lee Thompson Young	...	Jett Jackson / Silverstone
Lindy Booth	...	Riley Grant / Hawk
Nigel Shawn Williams	...	Artemus / Nigel Essex
Ryan Sommers Baum	...	JB Halliburton
Kerry Duff	...	Kayla West
Michael Ironside	...	Dr. Kragg
Montrose Hagins	...	Miz Coretta
Gordon Greene	...	Sheriff Wood Jackson
Melanie Nicholls-King	...	Jules Jackson
Jeffrey Douglas	...	Cubby (as Jeff Douglas)
Robert Bockstael	...	Mr. Dupree
Tony Munch	...	Maury / The Rat
Andrew Tarbet	...	Deputy Booker Murray
Vince Corazza	...	Plunkett (as Vincent Corazza)
Dan Petronijevic	...	Tank Wilson

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

AAC Kids

Trivia:

This is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to be based on a Disney Channel series. The next ones would be The Even Stevens Movie, Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama, and The Proud Family Movie. Both Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time, and The Lizzie McGuire Movie & Hannah Montana: The Movie were based on Disney Channel series, but released alternatively.

Quotes:

Dr. Kragg: You two may have escaped my world for now, but I will see you there.

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Famous Jett Jackson" (1998)

Good for the kiddies and manages to be one of the better Disney original movies...

This is a fun, well-made family's movie with good intentions. It's based off of the once-popular Disney Channel series "The Famous Jett Jackson," which I used to catch on TV once in a while. I always considered it the best of the Disney Channel TV shows (the rest are all mostly lame and unfunny and repetitive) and the movie adaptation is acceptable for what it is.

The best aspect is that the film approaches the series with a fresh idea and manages to come across as a child's version of "Mission: Impossible." It begins with Jett (Lee Thompson Young) deciding to quit his famous role of teen-agent Silverstone, a top-secret action hero. However shortly after quitting the role (at the disapproval of friends and family) he's struck on the head and lapses into a long dream wherein he IS Silverstone, and no one else seems to believe he's an actor.

In his dream, the villain Kragg (Michael Ironside, devious and menacing as usual) has perfected a means to travel between universes, and Jett has to stop him before he invades the "Real World." This movie is nothing special and it's just a made-for-TV Disney movie, aimed at kids, so it has to be graded as such. Lee Thompson Young is a fine actor and has charisma - he handles the action sequences well, no matter how ridiculous they are.

In the end it's easy to smirk at this and be a cynic, but it is intended for children and as such works well within the restraints. Of course the concept is silly and childish, but that's the point. It's enjoyable, unpretentious and isn't insulting like the other Disney "Original" Made-for-TV films.

Worth catching if you see it on TV sometime, providing you have children. (Or are a child at heart.)