“Don’t jump! The film’s not that bad.” Nicholson and Freeman tick off item No. 1 on THE BUCKET LIST. WEB PHOTO

What would you do if you suddenly discovered that your time left here on Earth was considerably shorter than you had imagined? That’s the dilemma facing Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) when both are told they are suffering from terminal cancer. The two men are strangers, brought together by chance when they are assigned adjoining beds in the same hospital room. Carter has spent his life working as an auto mechanic to earn the cash to give his children the opportunities in life he didn’t have. Edward owns the company that owns the hospital. He’s spent his life making money rather than friends. Despite the death sentence neither man is prepared to give up on life. They draw up a “bucket list” – itemizing the things, places and people they want to experience before they kick the bucket – and, financed by Edward’s vast fortune, they embark on a final adventure with the aim of drawing a line through every item on that list.