This documentary is worth the watch, however the deeper I got into it, the more I realised this is just a rich kid's dream, funded by his parents.

This guy is risking his families wellbeing and his own life to fulfil his dream of flying, the way that he saw it being done on TV 30 years ago... Let's think about what was actually done here, the guy went through >20 engines to find the one that would work. He blew millions of dollars (by his own admission) to finally make the trip. If this man was rational he would have waited until science had the available tools to power his project. This documentary makes him look like the next Elon Musk, when really, this is a man who came from wealth, using the available resources to fund his childhood dream project.

Sorry but this doco failed to convince me that this was a good decision. In hindsight, yes, however this had all the hallmarks of a tragedy and seemingly got lucky because of an engine that was built by another company. Meh.

Then This is the movie for you. It reminds me of all those old reels of people testing (ie. Crashing) their self built flying machines. The fact that YouTube has an age restriction on most of the video clips from this documentary due to the extremely dangerous (and Foolish) actions it presents speaks volumes. And, even without all of the failures to get a single part of their apparatus to work, their "gravity defying quest to build & fly the world's first Jet Pack" was a failure BEFORE they even started. You see, Bell Aerosystems created And FLEW the world's first jet pack in the 1960's. That's right, If You saw the original "Lost in Space" then you have seen a genuine jetpack in action in the distance shots. It was also used by the stunt man (not the star) in the 1965 James Bond thriller Thunderball. And I believe it was even in an episode of Gilligan's Island.

Look the documentary itself is well done, it's entertaining and engaging; however, I have to say with regards to the subject - the guys who assembled the jet pack - never really created ANYTHING! Ultimately, all they did was waste a lot of time and money - messing around with a bunch of stuff they knew wouldn't work - all the while waiting for someone else to actually build a small and light enough jet engine - to do what they needed. They invented nothing!