Jumper | 
| Actors: Hayden Christensen, Diane Lane, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse James
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 2251965
UPC: 024543519652
EAN: 0024543519652
ASIN: B00177Y9ZC
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 2008
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Product Description
David is a Jumper who can teleport himself anywhere in the world which creates a fun and exciting life. But things turn deadly when David finds himself pursued by a secret organization sworn to kill Jumpers. Forming an uneasy alliance with another Jumper he becomes a player in a war that has been raging for thousands of years.System Requirements:Running Time: 88 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/FUTURISTIC Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543519652 Manufacturer No: 2251965
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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
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 Good, fun movie April 24, 2008
Jem (MD, USA)
71 out of 77 found this review helpful
I went to see Jumper with some of my family when it was released, and I have to say I enjoyed it very much. I've liked Hayden Christensen since I saw "Life as a House," and Samuel L. just rips up a villain role like nobody's business. The special effects were very well done and I was delighted to find that the main storyline they implied in the commercials is NOT what happened! Sure, the main character can teleport, but the rest.... The movie is billed as scifi/thriller type, but that's a bit misleading. This is more like the Highlander films, a fantasy element in the real world.
The movie was pretty fast paced with only a couple slower moments, and the character's self-exploration once he discovers the ability was almost as good as Peter Parker's in the first Spider-Man movie. Actually, in one way it was better. Peter uses his power to win a wrestling match and then jumps right into the hero role. Our similarly-aged jumper, however, jumps right into a bank vault, and a store, and...! *grin* He really is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability. He used his ability for theft, but also for taking his surfboard to Fiji for the best waves. I liked the movie enough that I quickly ordered the book. They are COMPLETELY different, but both good for different reasons. The movie added a opposing force for jumpers (i.e. a "villain") whereas in the book, David mostly battles his own inner demons (with a lot of introspection). Plus, the very cool character of Griffin was completely made-up for the film. His character adds great action while giving viewers another jumper to identify with besides David. Though the movie had closure, they left it wide open for a sequel that I really hope gets made.
I think some viewers were overly critical of this film. It's not going to win any oscars, but I was entertained and that's the most important criteria.
As to the DVD itself, I have to say, do NOT buy the 2-disc edition. The second disk contains only a digital copy. All the extras are on disc one, which the regular edition has! I really wish the product description had been more clear on this. I wouldn't have paid the additional $6 for a digital copy which you have to use a keycode to transfer. The code is located on a card in the case, but it clearly states to be careful not to lose it. Also, the outer sleeve has a holographic image of the cover art that is glued to the front of the sleeve. I don't see it lasting long. Finally, once again the studio includes ads in the case, but no insert with chapter index and extra features.
The extra features were pretty standard. There's commentary, making of, interviews with the authors/producer etc, book to film featurette, and some deleted scenes (all of which I felt were rightly cut from the film). The interviews were interesting sinc ethey touched on how the producer obviously changed the book, and how the author felt. Nothing spectacular here, but for a single disc edition these were perfectly fine - and far more than they offered with "the Bourne Ultimatium".
 Anakin Skywalker has a new force to play with . . . February 27, 2008
Steven Hedge (Somewhere "East of Eden")
61 out of 104 found this review helpful
in this incomprehensible piece of nonsense that is fun at times, but never engaging.
The plot, such as it is, is about people who can teleport themselves just by thinking about a place. This idea is fresh and clever and filmed with terrific special effects, but the film as a whole is executed so moronically that a great idea is totally wasted. Hayden Christensen, the lead jumper and Anakin Skywalker in those Star Wars prequels, continues to amaze me with his extraordinary lack of acting ability. To call him wooden would be a compliment at this point. Ironically, he thinks (acts?) as if he is enchanting somehow. In any event, after a life of rejections with his mom, Diane Lane, skipping out on him when he was five and an abusive alcoholic father, Michael Rooker, and the ever overplayed tortured high school experiences where he's treated as a freak, Christensen takes to a life of robbing banks by misusing his "gift" of teleporting (aka "jumping") and living off the grid as much as possible.
Samuel L. Jackson, do I really need to list his credits here, also offers a rather wooden or "phone in" performance as Roland who never gives us a solid reason to latch onto as to why he hates jumpers. Yeah, he says it's because they all go bad at some point and that only God should be in all places, but those reasons ring hollow and don't explain his intense hatred for the jumpers. He eventually catches up with Christensen's character who must, in order to beat Roland, join forces with another jumper, well-played by Jamie Bell, who is much wiser than he, better with his ability, but extremely anti-social. Bell role is the most interesting and engaging character in the whole film. Heck, I can't even recall the subplot with Christensen's "love interest" in the film. It's that flat and uninteresting.
This film is definitely dedicated to the A.D.D. generation as things move quickly, but don't add up. There are far too many holes in the plot. To say this movie is shallow is like saying the desert can be a little dry. I gave it two stars because the concept was fresh and clever, the effects are fun and different, the dialogue had some witty moments, and the film was mercifully short. It's what many call mindless entertainment, but entertaining nevertheless. My family and I had some fun with this movie. We knew we weren't seeing Shakespeare or anything, therefore, our expectations were low enough that we really didn't leave the theater disappointed. We kinda got what we expected.
Scary Final Note: The book is one in a series. Now, that sends chills up my spine more than anything this film attempted to deliver.
You can skip Jumper March 16, 2008
Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana)
25 out of 45 found this review helpful
Short Attention Span Summary (SASS)
1. See David jump
2. Jump David jump
3. See interesting concept jump the shark
There really isn't too much more that I can add to the SASS.
David Rice (Hayden Christensen, in yet another forgettable emotionless performance) discovers that he can teleport himself, and his clothes, and his stuff, and stuff that he's holding on to, from one place to another. He uses the opportunity to run away from home, after liberating some cash from the bank, and sets himself up with a jet-setting lifestyle, minus the jet of course.
Unfortunately, all good things have consequences, and one day he's found by the Paladins, a group of spoilsports who believe that all "jumpers" (like David) are evil and should be eradicated. Samuel L. Jackson plays Roland, a Paladin leader with an inexplicable white crew cut, and an arsenal of weapons involving wires, electric shocks and an average looking butcher knife.
With all this going on, David decides to look up his childhood crush, and whisk her away for a dream vacation in Rome. Ignoring the old adage, he decides to do what the Romans aren't doing, and draws unwanted attention to himself and his date.
The rest of the movie is a high speed pursuit between David and a fellow jumper named Griffin (Jamie Bell, who's much more interesting than Christensen) and the Paladins, involving lots of damage, random acts of teleportation and a horribly anti-climactic ending.
Fiction rather than science, this one is action-packed and loaded with stunts, but falls short in the acting and plot departments. The one stand-out is Jamie Bell, and he's the only reason to watch this one.
Rated: 2.5 stars
Amanda Richards, March 15, 2008
 A Film About As Creative As A Fast Food Restaurant! February 18, 2008
Happy Camper (Baltimore, Maryland USA)
23 out of 40 found this review helpful
It's too bad that a law is not passed in the United States allowing you to get a full ticket refund if you walk out of the theater after watching 50% or less of a movie. A bell could ring or light could flash for a second to remind the patrons of a last call for a refund! If a system like this was in place in the United States, I guarantee you - rotten, boring trash like Jumper would never, ever be made! Half the theater would have emptied out in a heartbeat! This film is so incredibly vapid and mind-numbingly dull it genuinely insults the intelligence of the movie going audience!!
I realize movies actors need to make a living! But big stars like Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson should be ashamed of themselves - they can pick and choose their projects. Memo to Their Hollywood Agents: You are ruining their careers! If dreary, campy films are all you can find for them to work on then maybe you shouldn't be in the movie star agent business!
There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this godforsaken, awful story! The good guys teleport (A mutant power rip-off from the X-men). The bad guys are religious nuts that kill the teleporters in cold blood because "only God should have this power." Simple as that! Each group tries to kill the other. The good guys are all really sexy looking guys and gals in there 20's! All the bad guys are about 20 years older and could be the good guys parents! And in one case, the bad guy is a parent! One of the most memorable lines: "When you were five years old I had to either kill you or leave you. You shouldn't have come here (parent's home), but I will give you a head start." What a pal!
When I heard this line I thought to myself, "how inspiring!" Parents are all defective or crazy religious zealots or non-existent. Religious people are all fanatical killers going back to the "Inquisition." Only narcissistic 20-Somethings are the heroes in the world of Jumper. But even they are so narcissistic, that when the Christmas Eve Tsunami hits the Indian Ocean nations of the world, does our hero, Hayden Christensen, go and use his incredible teleporting powers to save those drowning before his eyes on the T.V. news? Nope! He grabs a surf board and teleports to some Pacific Island country to surf those extra powerful waves! How disgusting and shocking! What are the writers of this story trying to tell us? That 20-30 year olds are so gross they only care about themselves? So, in a real sense, there are absolutely no good guys in this pathetic film!
Now that the writer's strike is over I hope those responsible for crafting this depressing trash get kicked out of the Writers Union! I'm sure there are plenty of talented writers in the world who can churn out a decent story, and would give their eye-teeth to break into show business! One can only hope!
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Jumper, Worth Watching for Science Fiction Fans, Give it a Try! March 8, 2008
Mark (East Coast)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Jumper [Theatrical Release]
"Jumper" is a good movie that will appeal to science fiction lovers, comic book junkies and anybody who's ever wanted to travel the world without blowing their bank account. The story is simple, the special effects and international sets are amazing, and the acting is ... well you can't have anything. The young actors here are given very few lines to work with and might not meet the high standards of those who want every movie, including an action fantasy movie, to have award worthy acting.
Many people will have to wonder what I wondered when I first read the reviews here: did I see the same movie as everybody else? Why has this movie been panned by so many people?
Fans of the original novel tend to be against this movie because it deviates from the original story and offers a much more film-friendly short version. Jumper: A Novel (Jumper) There was a "prequel" story written to transition fans to this story, and you can check out those reviews to see their reactions. Jumper: Jumpscars - The Official Prequel to the Film (Jumper)
I appreciate great acting, but I didn't expect Indiana Jones to win for best actor. I likewise didn't expect too much from this acting-wise. Hayden Christensen may not the most expressive actor, but the kid is young! Be realistic! Actually, Bilson's portrayal as Millie was much less impressive, an overly flirty one-dimensional take. And Samuel L. Jackson was almost getting paid twice for the role he played in "Unbreakable," except here his character has the weapons and the strength to really fight the heroes.
Many people also seem to want more back-story and explainations for the science behind his ability to teleport. Yet don't the backstories in most movies like this make them even less believable? How often in life do people stop in the middle of something to explain how and why everything is happening? I was glad that they didn't waste time trying to explain a work of imagination. This is a science fiction concept, nothing more.
This movie, when viewed as just a movie, is great entertainment and very fun to watch. Coming into this just as a movie-goer with no preconceived notions, I loved it. I could suspend disbelief because I know how to let my imagination go when it comes to science fiction.
Essentially, Hayden Christensen plays a young kid who is bullied at school and harassed by an alcoholic father. He discovers his ability to teleport, and soon is making a new life for himself teleporting all over the world. He soon discovers he's not the only "Jumper" out there, and that a group of paladins are determined to find and kill jumpers. He returns to his hometown to find his high school crush, and has to deal with telling her his secret ability.
The pacing was really well done. This movie moves along very quickly. It may leave a lot of unanswered questions but it also never leaves you dragging. The score is well done, but there could have been more songs to create a real soundtrack. They make up for it by moving from location to location with amazing cinematography.
And let me tell you, the sets are amazing! The camera work on top of Big Ben, at the Sphinx, on the Pyramids, and on and on, it was all amazing. For those wide shots alone it's worth seeing in the theatres. I was so jealous this guy could go wherever he wanted, from Europe to Africa to Asia. I can't wait for the DVD to find out which locations were shot on set and which were created via CGI or some other means.
Other special effects are impressive as well, as we see the "residue" of the jumper's as they teleport. The paladins also have their own tools which are perhaps not as cool. There's also an amazing couple of fight scenes that are peppered in.
The movie does end very quickly, and is clearly based on a plot designed for sequels. That leaves the story with a lot of loose ends. Still, I for one would gladly subject myself to a sequel, even look forward to one.
If you want realism, going to see a fantasy thriller isn't going to give it to you. If you want fun and love science fiction or comics, this movie is fun to watch.
Enjoy!
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