David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!
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smcclos reviewed Jumper (2008)
Could have done more
I loved the premise of the movie, and the continuity was good, but I thought they could have done more with the plot. Despite the movie showing locations all over the globe the plot line was very straight.
kombinaat reviewed Jumper (2008)
Entertaining, but without a sense of depth
For the most part I enjoyed this film. It had an interesting theme to it, which was laid out pretty well in the very beginning. The potential for a good movie was there, but indeed it had it's share of shortcomings. Most notably the plot was just a little bit too straight forward and simplistic for my taste. Boy and a high school sweetheart -> they part ways because of the boy's ability -> The boy comes back for the girl years later, not telling the whole truth -> girl is angry with the boy and leaves -> bad guys take the girl captive -> boy saves the girl -> happily ever after.
Nothing really original. I think I've seen the same format dozens of times in many different shapes and forms.
The special effects were mostly very impressive. "Jumping" was made very interesting visually. But that's really where the good stuff ended.. Nice effects and an intriguing setting for the unfolding of the real story, which ended up being a slight disappointment. Also the underlying bigger scheme of things about Jumpers and "Paladins" fighting each other through the centuries, almost gained my interest when presented, but it was left incredibly shallow during the remainder of the movies.. what a waste.
Well, an average movie in all respects.
nmd reviewed Jumper (2008)
Didn't Jump High Enough
In this movie there are jumpers (people who can teleport to places) and paladin (normal people, who for some reason are out to catch and kill the jumpers). We've seen a lot of this before in the recent hit series Heroes and 4400: People who discover they are supernatural, and then have trouble living a normal life.
David (lead role) is one of the jumpers who lives a careless life after "jumping" into a few bank valves. Eight years after leaving his broken family behind, he decides to return to his home town to find the girl he digged back in school. She then gets dragged into the battle between jumpers and paladin.
The role of the main paladin is occupied by Samuel L. Jackson. I can't help thinking that I would have preferred someone else in his place. The black guy with white hair just didn't fit into this otherwise teen movie. The whole role could have been made more exciting.
The "jumping" itself looks cool, and it takes the viewer to a number of places around the world. It's not enough to make this a movie worth watching though. I would have happily traded half of the jumps for a good history behind the jumper phenomenon and a better explanation of why there had to be a battle in the first place. As it is now, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions, which I blame on the creators' lack of imagination. You wont have to look far to find a better movie to watch.
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