Jumper (2008)
A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Doug Liman
Written By: David S. Goyer, Simon Kinberg, Jim Uhls
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rooker, Diane Lane, Kristen Stewart, Shawn Roberts, Jamie Bell, AnnaSophia Robb, Hayden Christensen, Tom Hulce, Max Thieriot, Tony Nappo, Rachel Bilson
Genres: Drama, Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Adventure
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TonythePony | 44 10% |
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How could they get such a fun premise this wrong? The romance is dull and Christensen as lead certainly is an albatross for any movie, but even that could have been overcome. What truly sinks this is the idealogical bent of the antagonists. Instead of mining the societal implications of Jumpers and their potential positives, we get - God say bad, we kill. As Spunkie noted - check out "Tiger! Tiger!" by Bester.
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doctor7 | 60 38% |
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It has great special effects, great action scenes, a great premise that leaves just enough unexplained to maintain an intriging air of mystery instead of explaining everything. The fictional "jumping rules" are established well. With that said the movie itself just feels incomplete or rather interesting part of the film, Samnuel L. Jackson's character, is incomplete. The teen romance part is complete but honestly it sucks so you really don't care. Bottom line? See if for the special effects.
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whatismyname | 45 8% |
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This could have been soo much more. The action scenes are pretty good, but feels like a puzzle was put together in a rush.
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Grit | 14 11% |
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Jumper has a great premise, but ultimately fails to execute any of these aspects properly. The plotline is convulted and uninvolving, relying on CGI effects to create any kind of momentum leaving the poor acting of Christensen and bad script bare for all to see. The complete lack of any kind of explanation as to the heritage of Jumpers and Paladins was a great missed opportunity and leaves numerous plot-holes. Bell is the only redeeming aspect, putting in by far the best performance of the film.
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Spunkie | 35 19% |
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When I heard about the movie "Tiger, tiger" by Alfred Bester came to my mind. Jumper is so thin in every aspect that there is not much to argue, if you're in the mood fire&forget. Though it doesn't stop long to explain messy storyline fortunately, so if you can bear the major bullshit you may enjoy the series of fine jump effects.
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Jeb | 15 12% |
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The premise is actually pretty interesting, but it just falls short and ends up being a train wreck.
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psiXaos | 55 19% |
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The premise was good, they have built a f***ing garbage over it unfortunately! But it can be seen in a non-serious, just-for-fun way with friends in an uneventful evening. It have some funny moments like one on the top of sfenks.
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TrixRabbi | 0 0% |
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Fuck this movie.
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Bunken | 30 15% |
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Samuel L. Jackson beats Nic Cage in the worst haircut category! And Hayden Christensen still can't act...
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kgbelliveau | 65 18% |
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It's weird that a movie where the central premise is people who can jump from place to place could have benefitted the most from being less jumpy. The concept is cool but very rushed. The performances are mediocre including all the veteran actors I expected more from. Run of the mill sci Fi film that doesn't explain the lore and yet somehow expects to want audience's to understand what is happening.
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Okkervil | 30 21% |
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It's predictable, poorly written, and poorly performed, particuarly by the useless Bilson and Christensen. I didn't outright hate it and I've certainly seen worse, but found its stupidity irritating.
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JordanDcFc | 45 11% |
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Yuk. It was so unintrusive I almost forgot I was watching a film a few times. No real characters, an undeveloped and rushed plot, just a pointless, needless waste of 86 minutes. A good idea too, might read the novel because the premise is interesting, the execution is woeful.
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CosmicMonkey | 30 2% |
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Before I jump on the band wagon (no pun intended) of hate-filled reviews, I would like preface it by saying that this film did actually have a lot of potential. Okay, catch that? Good. Now onto the review: It Sucked.
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somnivore | 65 9% |
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A premise with great potential, poorly executed.
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Gecq | 40 8% |
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Fresh idea, the whole execution stayed way below its potential, though. Hayden Christensen's performance was painful to watch.
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miss jesus | 32 11% |
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Not worthy of actual hatred, but sadly distant from good. The advertising should have focused less on the showy cinematography and more on the fact that this is a movie about teens with teen logic. There are no appealing characters, and the "surprise" villain is almost intolerably caffeinated and abrasive. One female character is a liar, and the other is naive and easily pushed around. Hope you enjoy the one special effect the film uses; it's about all it has going once you've seen the trailer.
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drortiz3 | 25 1% |
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Probably the WORST movie I've ever seen. Weak storyline that jumped (no pun intended) all over the place. BOOORRRIIINNNNGGG.
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strangepants | 60 36% |
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Now if someone had thought to merge the scripts from 'Jumper' and 'Wanted' ... we might have had something to talk about
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wardmob | 50 9% |
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It just didn't do it for me really. Didn't finish. had no depth. Could have been done really well but just didn't get there
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MJVmovieMan | 70 46% |
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"Jumper" has a clever idea that it fails to explore. The characters are a bit bland, the plot is too silly (it wants to be a comic-book movie, but it's not), but, like a ridiculous Michael Bay film, the action is plenty fun and over-the-top. With a more serious take and less stupid side-plots about mothers being jumper-hunters, and secret factions of existing jumper-hunters wanting to kill the jumpers for no reason, oh and if people would notice these teleporters- it could've been great.
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| 1 | Skenkere | 54 32% |
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You know, its fairly generic, and Hayden Christensen is a godawful actor, but this movie has two saving graces (and Samuel L Jackson isn't one of them, he sucks here). 1: the concept of being able to teleport is just so fucking cool, and they have a lot of fun with it. A lot of the movie is just him having fun teleporting everywhere, and its shallow but enjoyable. 2: Jamie Bell's character fucking rocks the shit. This would have been an awesome movie if it were about him instead of Hayden.
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PeaceAnarchy | 62 14% |
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There is so much potential here for a fun and somewhat intelligent story here, but the choice seems to have been to make things as dumb and fast paced as possible. It's not terrible, but all the interesting plot points are glossed over in favor of flashy stunts and a short runtime.
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walkabout | 55 26% |
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the idea is interesting, but the film doesn't really use that potential right. jamie bell is probably the only thing that works. the best parts of the film, the best action and the best humor, all include him...
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metalhank | 70 77% |
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This is a film that is somewhat polarizing, when it first came out there were so many negative reviews. It is nice to see that it now has a respectable score on Imdb. It is an interesting flick that has different tech. that the average movie in its style. The jumping sequences are really well done and the acting is just fine.
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| Average Percentile 27.58% from 6001 Ratings |  |