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| Jumper [2008] | ![Jumper [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bFUX-rxPL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Doug Liman
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Hayden Christensen, Diane Lane
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (55 reviews)
Sales Rank: 423
Format: Colour, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 84 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036038034
ASIN: B0015VI348
Release Date: June 16, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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As preposterous action movies go, Jumper is pleasantly unpretentious and breezily entertaining. A young man named David (Hayden Christensen) discovers he has the power to teleport (or "jump") anywhere he can visualize. After using this power to steal and make a comfortable life for himself, he pursues the girl he longed for in school (Rachel Bilson, The O. C.). But as he does so, another jumper (Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot) and a pack of fanatical jumper-hunters called paladins (led by a white-haired Samuel L. Jackson) crashes into David's freewheeling life. Jumper wastes no time trying to explain how jumping works or delving into the hows and whys of the paladins; this is an alluring fantasy of power directed at a pell-mell pace by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Go). There's a brief moment when it feels like the movie will bog down in romance and vague gestures towards character development--happily, that's the moment when Bell appears and the whole movie shifts into overdrive. You might wish that Bell and Christensen had swapped roles; Bell has a far more engaging personality, and Christensen's bland good looks might better suit a more aggressive character. Nonetheless, Jumper has oodles of dynamism and nifty visual effects to propel its comic-book storyline forward. A variety of recognizable actors in bit parts (such as Diane Lane and Kristen Stewart, Panic Room) suggest that the filmmakers are laying the groundwork for sequels. Based on a critically-acclaimed science-fiction novel by Steven Gould. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
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 Where's me jumper? November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really excited as I put this into my DVD player because winter is really drawing in now and I was looking forward to getting a nice warm polo neck with a pretty pattern to go with my new scarf and mittens. What I got instead though was a thin slice of banality.
Jumper has an excellent tag line: Unpopular youth, played by Hayden Christensen, discovers he can instantaneously teleport to anywhere he wants (the 'jumping' of the title') and decides to use this esoteric skill to rob banks. But the reality of the execution though was something of a let down.
Sure it starts off ok. We see the main character some time after his initial discovery having created a good bit of wealth and living the high life. He is then discovered like a grubby school boy caught playing 'pocket billiards' by a mysterious Samuel L. who seems to have a bit of a prejudice against the lad for reasons that gradually become apparent as the movie progresses. And so we embark on a world wide jump fest in order to get to the bottom of the goings on.
Jamie Bell turns up as a more seasoned jumper and is probably about the best thing in the film. He's a cynical loner and likes it that way but is cajoled into helping Christensen fight the baddies. We also have Diane Lane as Christensen's mother in what seems to be a tacked on storyline about the Jumper's origins.
But where it mostly all goes wrong is with young Hayden himself who has yet to show any acting skill whatsoever in any of the films he's been in. The lad even managed to spoil Return Of The Jedi for me merely by being pasted into one of the later scenes for 5 seconds!
So what could have been a good movie is let down considerably by a poor lead and diminishing returns on the plot.
Now when do I get my new jumper?!
 Charmless, Witless Hokum November 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The basic premise is interesting and the director's track record promising, which together led me to ignore the negative criticism and waste a rental credit on this turkey. I may not be fully qualified to review this movie as I hated it so much I skipped the last half hour.
You'll be aware that the hero (Annakin Skywalker or whatever he calls himself these days), a lovestruck high school geek, finds himself able to teleport. As any teenage boy might, he uses this gift to get wealthy, get laid and get some surf. We are treated to images of Annakin picniccing on the Sphinx's head and clinging to Big Ben to try and persuade us that he is a charismatic, globe-skipping colossus. In a vain bid to turn this fantastic good fortune into a plot, Samuel L Jackson paints his hair white, produces an NSA ID card and chases Annakin around the world with an electric cane (really), interrupting Annakin's laying and surfing. Matters are further complicated by Annakin's pretty and pointless love interest and Jamie Bell's very confused accent, still in the air somewhere between Darlington and Burbank. Each and every principal is bereft of charisma; perhaps Annakin, who mistakes pouting, sulking and glaring for acting, so lacks charisma that he drains everyone else's. Maybe they were all just mortified by the screenplay, which must have been written by a chimpanzee; not even a talented one, probably one of those 'scab' chimpanzees who worked through the screenwriter's strike. In short, give this a miss. If you want a taste of the sassy, well written, roaming action this director can deliver, revisit 'Go' or 'The Bourne Identify'.
 Teenage angst. Fights. Credits... October 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
***WARNING - MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION WHICH COULD SPOIL SURPRISES IN THE FILM***
Hmmm...nice idea but sadly let down by a very linear story line. Set in America, a breed of people called "Jumpers" are relentlessly pursued by a breed of humans called "Paladins". I say humans but it's never really explained where any of these figures are from.
Jumpers have the ability to teleport at will around the globe and create a crewneck from whatever is lying about. I made that last bit up but they DO have the ability to leap around the world by the power of thought alone.
This makes them the perfect bank-vault thief and our main character, David Rice, a cocky teenager who clearly loves his newly discovered skill, takes advantage of this and amasses a huge store of wealth.
He's also in possession of a skill which may enable him to ensnare his childhood sweetheart. Millie longs to see Rome...Dave can now wisk her off without even having to cash any of his ill-gotten gains!
Needless to say he is pursued by government forces lead by Samuel L Jackson who sports a head of snow white hair here! We are led through fight scene after fight scene until the director gets bored and the film ends at 1 hour and 20 minutes.
I was left feeling that I had simply watched a short, but admittedly mildly amusing, pilot for an imminent TV series. We will see.
6/10.
 Brilliant! October 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love films especially fast paced ones. This is simply brilliant and loved every second. Samuel L. Jackson was amazing and Hayden was very good. Brilliant film!
Fantastic Premise,Unbelievably Botched October 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
David Rice(Hayden Christensen)finds on the point of drowning in a semi - frozen lake that he can teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth.He proceeds to rob a bank and go sight seeing but it is years later and a meeting with an old college flame(Rachel Bilson) that he begins to realise that there are people - the shadowy Paladins -led by Samuel Jackson who are willing to kill him to prevent him"jumping".An encounter with a fellow jumper (Jamie Bell)leads to revelations and a showdown with Jackson.
Some of the special effects are jaw dropping and Samuel Jackson is not bad but everything else is botched beyond belief.
Doug Liman(Go,The Bourne Identity)has fashioned the most disappointing studio high concept thriller in years.No narrative arc to speak of,dull scene after dull scene that barely cohere and no tension let alone action.
An hour in and I was impressed that he had managed to cobble 80 minutes worth of useable footage together.Admittedly the last 20 minutes showed glimpses of what might have been.
Liman replaced his original leads with Christensen and Bilson after shooting started.Talk about mistake-Christensen showed in the Star Wars prequels that he is the most wooden actor plying his trade in Hollywood today- he is so charmless and lifeless that a cardboard cut-out would emote more than him - he is AWFUL.In fact the young actor playing Rice in flashback is streets better and admirable actor that he is- Michael Rooker as his father - no!no!No!
The plot developments such as they are are so incredibly lame and no reasons,implied or stated,are given as to how the"jumpers"acquired their skills or why the Paladins pursue them.Tell a lie - the age of 5 has something to do with it but by this time I was past caring.
A good director's worst film and - her's the rub- I watched the excellent Juno on the same night and on it is a trailer for Jumper.It is one of the greatest trailers you will ever see - exciting,brilliantly edited and breathtaking to look at with fantastic music.Everything in fact that Jumper was not.This trailer did not have the best bits in because there are none but some genius has created one of the most magical hoaxes in recent cinema - making Jumper look good.
In film terms THE wasted oppourtunity of the last ten years.Avoid and buy Juno.
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