the hummingbird project, with jesse eisenberg, is that up to snuff? i think it is.t's a really weird little film. jesse eisenberg, he was so edgy in social network, he plays someone who is a trader, who bullies his cousin into leaving the organisation that they work for, and joining him in digging a trench from kansas to new york, down which he can put a fibre cable that will shave the time of trading from 17 ms to 16 ms. and this apparently will create a tiny opportunity — equivalent to the beating of a hummingbird's wing — that will allow them to get ahead of the game. the funny thing is it sounds terribly unpromising. in fact, it's really gripping. there's a great performance by salma hayek as the boss who doesn't want to let them go. it's got a touch of werner herzog in it. about somebody dedicating themselves to a dream which is mad which involves them burying this pipeline through rivers and mountains, no matter what it is, they have to carry on going through a straight line. on the one hand, it is about family loyalty, on the other hand, it's about having the