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Rating: - Okay, but one of those view once movies
I didn't go for the plot too much on this show, so it's not a thriller I'd watch time and again. I'd watch it once, but probably not buy it like I did.

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Rating: - Bad movie
This movie is terrible!! I give this a one star because of the special effects but otherwise this movie sucks. I am more confused than ever after I watched this movie. As with other movies I had hoped they would give histories of the jumpers like how they came about and so forth and the people who kill jumpers and how they came about and so forth. This movie is a tag your it and catch me if you can.

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Rating: - Might have made a good TV show
...wait, wasn't that Sliders? Okay, not exactly the same, but comparing those two is a good way to show everything that was wrong with Jumper.

The concept is fine, but the execution was sorely lacking. There's no character development because so much time is covered over the course of the movie. We get no insight into the main character's thoughts, motivations, or personality. He comes off as shallow and two-dimensional. He goes from scared kid to conscienceless, arrogant jerk in ten minutes. There's never any question or delving into whether what he's doing is right or wrong (he's a thief, plain and simple) or how he could use his power for good instead of just wasting it. ... Read More

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Rating: - Heartthrob
"Jumper" was a film that I enjoyed so much that I went back to see it in the theatre a second time. I'm so glad that I have the great DVD. Doug Liman had directed another favorite of mine, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Widescreen Edition). In adapting Steven Gould's novel, the current executive producer of TV's new "Knight Rider" series planned for a three-part picture franchise. Hayden Christensen who came to prominence as Anakin Skywalker in Episodes II & III of "Star Wars" and earned a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor nomination for 2001's "Life as a House" plays David Rice, a young man who can teleport instantly. We learn a back history of war between the jumpers and those out to destroy ... Read More

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Rating: - Full of possibilities, but misses all of them!
Time-traveling, teleporting. I've been always kind of a sucker for these sci-fi premises. What would you do if you could teleport yourself to basically any place on the face of the earth? Steven Gould, in his novel Jumper, uses this premise and gives his characters the innate ability to instantly teleport themselves. It is definitely an interesting foundation, however, Director Doug Liman and screenwriters David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls and Simon Kinberg do little to exploit this promising idea, and come up with a movie that takes us through NYC, Rome, Egypt, Tokyo, but ends up going absolutely nowhere.

Hayden Christensen is David Rice, a normal teenager until he finds he's got the ability ... Read More