Jumper

Name: Jumper
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: February 14, 2008
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 35
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson

2008

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Movie Details & Credits

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 14, 2008

Starring: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson

Summary: The science fiction thriller leaps into a new realm with Jumper, which begins the epic adventures of a man who discovers that he possesses the exhilarating ability to instantly teleport anywhere in the world he can imagine. From New York to Tokyo and from the ruins of Rome to the heart of the Saharan desert, anywhere is possible for DavidThe science fiction thriller leaps into a new realm with Jumper, which begins the epic adventures of a man who discovers that he possesses the exhilarating ability to instantly teleport anywhere in the world he can imagine. From New York to Tokyo and from the ruins of Rome to the heart of the Saharan desert, anywhere is possible for David Rice. That is until he begins to see that his freedom is not total and that he's not alone. Instead, he is part of an ongoing, global war that threatens the very survival of his rare and extraordinary kind. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Director: Doug Liman

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 88 min

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29	#29 Most Discussed Movie of 2008
57	#57 Most Shared Movie of 2008

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Portland Oregonian - Shawn Levy

It may be mindless and sexless and humorless, but Jumper jumps. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

Liman, for all his craft, doesn't have enough FUN with the premise. Read full review

Boston Globe - Wesley Morris

But what can you do with Hayden Christensen? He's as close as we have to an android actor. It's all a chore for him. He never looks sufficiently scared, impressed, or surprised by any of this. Read full review

L.A. Weekly - Scott Foundas

It's a feature-length teaser for a never-to-be sci-fi franchise. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Phillips

Jumper, the film, goes everywhere and nowhere. Read full review

The New Yorker - Anthony Lane

The result is more or less a remake of the great scene in “Sherlock Jr.,” where a dozing Buster Keaton dreams himself through a shuffled sequence of backgrounds. Jumper is ten times as brutal, maybe a thousand times more costly, and eighty-four years late, but it’s a start. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

Jumper, based on the novel by Steven Gould, re-defines -- downward -- the notion of dreadful. It does so by dispensing with everything a movie needs for a shot at being merely awful. Dramatic development? None. Entertaining dialogue? Ditto. Internal logic? Puhleez. Intriguing characters? No characters, thus no intrigue. Interesting performances? Essentially none, though with an asterisk. Read full review

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Nazgulero

May 19, 2011

I think the movie was quite enjoyable. What I sometimes do not understand are the casting choices. There was a chick he picked up in a bar in London, she should have played the main female character. A hundred times more attractive and hot than that small ugly chick they finally selected.I think the movie was quite enjoyable. What I sometimes do not understand are the casting choices. There was a chick he picked up in a bar in London, she should have played the main female character. A hundred times more attractive and hot than that small ugly chick they finally selected. Special effects were great, I did not feel the need to zap away or take a nap once, and that says a lot !… Expand

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AnthonyC.

Feb 11, 2008

Supremely amazing, the effects are astounding, it is fun to watch, and thrilling entertainment, resulting the best film of 2008 since There Will Be Blood. Hayden Christensen at his best, with a witty Samuel L. Jackson. This like nothing like ever before. It is an Oscarwinning success.

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SamP

Jul 5, 2008

I don't know what the critics were thinking. I loved this movie. Very entertaining

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Jorchking

Jan 2, 2019

Jumper para nada es una película de 3 puntos como dice la prensa ignorante de siempre. Si bien no tiene grandes actores ni grandes pretenciones, es una película que logra su objetivo: entretener. Eso es lo que nos llevará a verla hasta el final. No tiene nada memorable pero es una películaJumper para nada es una película de 3 puntos como dice la prensa ignorante de siempre. Si bien no tiene grandes actores ni grandes pretenciones, es una película que logra su objetivo: entretener. Eso es lo que nos llevará a verla hasta el final. No tiene nada memorable pero es una película interesante y que, además de lograr entretener, logra tener unos muy buenos efectos.
Calificación: 5. Recomendado cuando no hay nada que ver.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

Feb 19, 2016

Jumper jumps to victory at the beginning to end up being blindfolded in the middle of nowhere. In short conclusion, Jumper jumps to get early start when you should know early starts make movies look bad.

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Satiricalewok

Nov 9, 2014

The premise for this movie is decent. However it is carried out with such a void in charisma that this ends up being one of the most excruciatingly boring viewing experiences in recent history. Not even Sam L Jackson can save this film, which is really saying something. Really this filmThe premise for this movie is decent. However it is carried out with such a void in charisma that this ends up being one of the most excruciatingly boring viewing experiences in recent history. Not even Sam L Jackson can save this film, which is really saying something. Really this film never stops feeling like a build up, even in the "climax", and at the end you can't help feeling you've wasted an hour and a half of your life.… Expand

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IanC

Feb 15, 2008

Awful awful awful awful. I WAS completely awestruck by Jumper, at how on earth this kind of junk gets made any more. The special-effects-only era is over, isn't it? We're in the dawn of a new era of a return to plot, character development, story as a basic requirement, aren't Awful awful awful awful. I WAS completely awestruck by Jumper, at how on earth this kind of junk gets made any more. The special-effects-only era is over, isn't it? We're in the dawn of a new era of a return to plot, character development, story as a basic requirement, aren't we? Hayden C has got to be one of the least charismatic actors around, he doesn't even LOOK the part. it's like he can't be bothered to even try acting half the time. This crud isn't worth the substance you excrete to coat your eyeballs so they don't dry out as you stare at this unbelievable heap of dreadfulness. As for the comments Oscars, irony surely? Hopefully? PLEASE?… Expand

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