Jasper Jones Film Analysis

When a troubled human rights advocate is framed for murder, she uses a time machine to help clear her name, but uncovers a bigger conspiracy.

BRIEF SYNOPSIS:

MEGAN SCOTT (31), a former police officer, is now a powerful leader of human rights in Australia. She advocates for reform in mental health and for same sex marriages.

Megan is haunted by the memory of her father, MICHAEL SCOTT, also a human rights activist, being murdered when she was 10 years old by JOSH FRANCIS (21), a white Nazi supremacist. Megan’s lover is JESSICA CLARKE (35), once a former cop, turned influential media figure. Jessica’s aunt, MS. Z, from the ANT Corporation, has developed a time machine that allows someone to travel back in time, but only within a four-hour zone

Eventually, the detective finds and arrests Megan, but with the help of Ms. Z, Megan escapes. Ms. Z encourages Megan to use the time travel machine to help clear her name. She’s resistant to use it, but when Detective Denisovich finds Megan and Ms. Z, the only way out is to go back in time. Megan has no choice.

Megan time travels back over and over to the morning of the murder. She sees a man in a mask kill Josh. Megan tells Jessica what she's doing and Jessica helps Megan. They film the killer. Megan also sees her self as the killer and later sees Detective Chan as the killer. Megan doesn’t know what’s real or not.

Megan eventually connects the killer to Kingdom Come Corporation, who is also interested in Time Travel. Megan believes a news reporter, LUCY MANN, may be involved in the conspiracy to frame her. Lucy uses her power with the media to make Megan look like she killed Josh.

Megan sees John Collins meet with Detective Denisovich. John Collins wants Megan dead. Megan realizes that he's involved in the conspiracy and wants Megan out of the way so that he'll win the election. Megan breaks into John’s office and forces him to confess that the killer is