"Leaping with a parachute from the top of a downtown Toronto condo, and landing safely on your feet on the streets below is one of the easiest things to do. At least that is how director, Peter Riddihough and a group of basejumpers (those who engage in a low altitude drop from a fixed object), Tomasz, Joel and Alan, he documents, make it look. In remote, early morning hours, these guys seek tall buildings under construction of some 40+ floors; climb fences, several flights of stairs to the roof and out onto the edge of the crane...and jump.

These basejumpers bring video cameras and mics so the viewer can savour every stomach-turning moment as the ground rushes up to meet them. While climbing the construction fence alone would inspire vertigo in most, ample footage is offered of panoramic views from the crane's edge of Toronto's many condos under construction-before the fall. Riddihough also features interviews with these leapers, who articulately discuss their "sport" the way bean counters enthuse on the fine art of balancing books.

By the end of the doc, one gets the impression that basejumping is a sane, exhilarating and life affirming sport, no different than say, snow boarding-perhaps even safer. Quite an accomplishment considering this reviewer breaks into a cold sweat just watching these guys climb the crane-once the jump starts, the brain stopped registering. Jump is a well-assembled, engaging doc with superb footage and Riddihough could not have found better spokespersons for the "sport" he covers."

I. Khider, Broken Pencil, Issue 35

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