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Set in Los Angeles, California with Baywatch star and triathlete Alexandra Paul as narrator, Jam Packed is stuffed to the brim with simplistic answers and solutions to the very complex and complicated problem of world over population. The subject of over population is never clearly addressed. Rather teenagers, Paul, and a host of so called experts make emotional statements and give facts they don't verify.

To make things worse Paul states that Americans do more damage to the earth as the biggest consumers than over-populated countries everywhere. Fully one quarter of the film is devoted to California teenage pregnancy. No one notes what the connection is between teens having babies and over population. Paul also spends over one third of the film on the subject of land fills, dirty beaches, and recycling. The connection made is that over population causes more trash on the earth. Shouldn't the connection be that it doesn't matter how many people there are on the earth as long as they clean up and recycle?

Most of the so called experts in this film are from small private California environmental groups. They talk about how Americans consume too many goods and kids shouldn't be making babies while Paul says buy organic because it helps the earth.

The film itself is a stream of video sound bites varying widely in quality with sound effects that are a bad imitation of Batman. This film was intended for a teenage audience. I can't recommend it for teens or adults. The only recommendation I have for Jam Packed is recycle it quick.