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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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 14, 2008 | PG-13

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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Shawn Levy

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

Owen Gleiberman

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

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

Scott Foundas

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

Michael Phillips

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

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

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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DamonC.

Feb 11, 2008

The scenery's are stunningly looked at, and the action is way intense. A fast-paced heavily entertaining film.

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Meth-dude

Apr 19, 2014

Jumper is a good sci-fi/action movie.I agreed the acting is not that good and the scenario is bad but the CGI effects are good and there is a good cast (Hayden Christensen,Jamie Bell,Samuel L. Jackson).

3 of 3 users found this helpful30

Robwinz

May 22, 2020

Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson are really good in this movie, it's just the movie's got quite a stupid plot.

0 of 7 users found this helpful07

ThatGuy

Feb 21, 2008

Needed a lot more backstory and exposition.

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EnderW.

Feb 14, 2008

The trailers made this movie look amazing, but unfortunately the movie was anything but. At less than an hour and a half, there was very little room for plot development, story, or interesting dialogue. Rachel Bilson looked hot, and the special-effects themselves were well done, but these The trailers made this movie look amazing, but unfortunately the movie was anything but. At less than an hour and a half, there was very little room for plot development, story, or interesting dialogue. Rachel Bilson looked hot, and the special-effects themselves were well done, but these things alone can't make a movie. There was essentially no explanation on the mechanics… 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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