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Jumper

Jumper

2008
Drama
Sci-fi
1h 28m
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)
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Jumper

2008
Drama
Sci-fi
1h 28m
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Rated 06 Apr 2010
44
10th
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.
Rated 20 Mar 2008
14
11th
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.
Rated 12 Jun 2008
60
38th
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.
Rated 13 Jun 2008
55
19th
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.
Rated 13 Mar 2008
35
19th
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.
Rated 26 Jul 2008
15
12th
The premise is actually pretty interesting, but it just falls short and ends up being a train wreck.
Rated 12 Jul 2008
45
8th
This could have been soo much more. The action scenes are pretty good, but feels like a puzzle was put together in a rush.
Rated 20 Jul 2008
60
36th
Now if someone had thought to merge the scripts from 'Jumper' and 'Wanted' ... we might have had something to talk about
Rated 28 Sep 2008
62
14th
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.
Rated 05 Apr 2009
30
2nd
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.
Rated 10 Mar 2008
55
26th
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...
Rated 30 May 2018
70
77th
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.
Rated 15 Feb 2008
25
1st
Probably the WORST movie I've ever seen. Weak storyline that jumped (no pun intended) all over the place. BOOORRRIIINNNNGGG.
Rated 17 Feb 2008
70
46th
"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.
Rated 08 Sep 2008
32
11th
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.
Rated 07 Jul 2011
45
11th
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.
Rated 20 Mar 2008
54
32nd
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.
Rated 13 Nov 2008
40
8th
Fresh idea, the whole execution stayed way below its potential, though. Hayden Christensen's performance was painful to watch.
Rated 18 Dec 2011
30
21st
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.
Rated 18 Mar 2008
50
9th
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
Rated 01 Feb 2012
30
15th
Samuel L. Jackson beats Nic Cage in the worst haircut category! And Hayden Christensen still can't act...
Rated 05 Nov 2008
65
9th
A premise with great potential, poorly executed.
Rated 11 Jun 2011
0
0th
Fuck this movie.
Rated 30 Oct 2021
2
0th
the glaring plotholes, awful script and terrible acting is almost the worst ive scene. and i hate evn more because of how simpy this story is. the amin charachter overtakes avatar as the biggest simp in history. the potential was great, but they make a film about a simp and how much of a tosser he is to everyone who knew him and helped onece, and then he goes and leeches like a parasite off there generosity.
Rated 15 Jan 2020
65
17th
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.
Rated 04 Nov 2009
17
3rd
Piece of shit.
Rated 04 Jul 2009
46
10th
Mediocre and uninspired but not entirely unwatchable.
Rated 07 Jan 2011
91
60th
1
Rated 28 Apr 2021
10
2nd
I could tell from the first two minutes that this was shit.
Rated 20 Oct 2014
45
11th
Decent action movie ridden with wooden acting and angsty teenage drama.
Rated 18 Jul 2008
28
6th
Unlikable protagonist. He's the same powered-up yet whiny/angsty teen that Hayden Christensen played in Star Wars Episode II, and doesn't give you any reason to cheer for him.
Rated 12 Jul 2009
0
1st
All kinds of awful. Only saw it because of Jackson... what a waste of two perfectly good hours of my time.
Rated 23 Feb 2008
38
21st
I didn't hate it, but hey, they can't all be winners. The dialogue was lame, but the music written for the film itself was funky! The best part of this movie was Jamie Bell, by FAR.
Rated 01 Jun 2008
0
4th
This is a movie that takes the plot and shits all over it. It sucks, action is horrible, the plot is crap. Really I cannot think of one good thing to say about this movie.
Rated 26 Mar 2008
35
23rd
interesting story, not so interesting acting and the end was too open to interest me in a sequel
Rated 24 Feb 2010
45
14th
Poor excuse for a superhero movie. Watch "Ironman" instead.
Rated 14 Nov 2012
40
31st
I was glad that Jumper was only 88 minutes. If it happened to be longer, I probably would have lost interest due to the poor plotting, underdeveloped characters, lackluster action scenes and cardboard lead actors. It's a superhero film that has based its success on whether or not a sequel will be made, and the chances of that seem slim to none. It takes us on an impressive visual tour, showing us many sights all over the world, but when you look past the visuals, there's nothing underneath.
Rated 06 Oct 2008
55
33rd
Below decent action flick. Watch if you don't have anything better to do. Looks nice though.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
60
21st
It wasn't that great. Made for a good discussion with my friends, after the movie, of where you would jump too. Story seem to lack depth and authenticity. It reminded me of the Highlander series.
Rated 27 Jun 2008
65
44th
It could be better, it should be better! The original book was awesome! This movie is "classic" B-movie...
Rated 11 Feb 2009
80
38th
Pretty fun sci-fi movie - worth the rental
Rated 02 Jul 2012
64
10th
Despite a compelling concept, good special effects and decent action, it manages to be fairly generic. The predictable "reveal" at the end is not as interesting as it could have been. I would have liked the characters themselves to at least philosophize about WHY they have this power, even if it's never explained. You can tell it was made with the desperate hope for a sequel.
Rated 04 Jun 2009
85
55th
Much better than I had anticipated. I remember there being a lot of hype and a lot of disappointment when this film was released. I saw the DVD and was pretty impressed. It was a lot darker than I expected it to be.
Rated 14 May 2013
95
92nd
Awesome...I'm waiting for a sequel.
Rated 17 Feb 2008
75
45th
The fight scenes were awesome, the special effects were good, the acting was eh and the ending just plain sucked.
Rated 05 Apr 2008
67
51st
We can (almost) forgive Hayden Christensen for what he did to Darth Vader in Episodes II and III, and Jamie Bell brings the right amount of crazyness to his Griffin, but of course it's not about the acting - it's about the thrill and the ride.
Rated 10 Jul 2012
7
22nd
An amazing story that, after the lights came up, left me wanting more... of everything. Still an enjoyable popcorn flick that I manage to re-watch at least three times a year.
Rated 14 Sep 2014
77
17th
77
Rated 02 Oct 2021
62
31st
Christensen was not that bad of an actor (after his disastrous Anakin Skywalker). It could have been a good movie, it has the visual gusto for that but the bottom line of the story is so flimsy that it prevents the film from reaching its potential. Since the excellent Nightcrawler effects in the first X-Men movie, I knew that someone will say (let's do a movie with a character like this, it is cool!) This is THAT movie.
Rated 21 Dec 2008
45
22nd
Sort of boring, I mean it was not entertaining enough to keep me from studying for a math test and I even prefer cleaning my bathroom over math, so seriously, the only fun thing is the teleporting thing.
Rated 24 Apr 2022
65
28th
Silly action/sci-fi effort gets runs on the board by default for getting through everything it needs to in under 90 minutes; on its own terms, it's an efficient time-killer, with Christensen an appropriately inscrutable hero, and Jackson fair straining at the leash to go right over the top, but having to satisfy himself with a bleached (!!) hair-do. It’s a minor shame that the intriguing teleportation concept is never really capitalised on (maybe it was to be saved for an anticipated sequel?)
Rated 18 Jun 2008
60
0th
Man, this movie could have been so much better.
Rated 15 Jul 2011
39
21st
Awesome premise, but uninspired in execution and ultimately unengaging. Why anyone would give leading roles to Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson boggles my mind.
Rated 27 Jul 2009
30
7th
Do not watch this movie if you have read the book. That's all I have to say.
Rated 16 Mar 2008
30
20th
Cool idea but the plot doesn't make any sense at all and everyone acts like they have no brains.
Rated 16 Feb 2009
2
39th
Better than one would expect, but still bad. Has some cool action set-pieces.
Rated 29 Aug 2015
93
51st
David Rice is a high school student in Ann Arbor, abandoned by his mother at five, living with his callous, alcoholic father, enamored with Millie, a fellow student, and picked on by at least one classmate. On a winter's day, while about to drown, he discovers he can transport himself instantaneously to anyplace on earth. He runs away to New York City robs a bank vault, and comes to the attention of a shadowy group of hunters. He heads home, searches out Millie, invites her to travel with him.
Rated 15 Mar 2008
56
45th
This movie is like a rock video clip. Lots of cool action and effects, but no plot, story or any kind of logical explanation what happens, why and who is who. Really. Movie is only about everybody's dream: to travel for free around the world with no consequences. Jackson is one of the paper thin characters. And deffinately this is not "Tiger! Tiger!" by Alfred Bester. If you take it as an enterntaiment without thinking, it's tolerable. The jump effects were cool! Lots of debris.
Rated 07 Sep 2012
50
11th
This could have been a good movie if the acting wasn't so awful.
Rated 11 Feb 2014
85
82nd
Badass.
Rated 03 Oct 2008
43
19th
Shit with a sugar coating. Tastes good if you don't think about what's inside.
Rated 28 May 2013
45
3rd
Sometimes you gotta watch dreck like this to remind you how good the Iron Mans and X-Mens of the world are.
Rated 17 Oct 2008
63
7th
Stuk onderhoudender dan ik dacht, maar waarschijnlijk alleen leuk voor de genre-fan. Interessant uitgangspunt, waarvan een veel betere film had kunnen worden gemaakt. En waarom krijgt Hayden Christensen überhaupt nog hoofdrollen?
Rated 06 Oct 2009
15
3rd
I watched this on a plane and began wishing I could 'jump' so I could avoid future 9 hour plane journeys watching awful movies like this. When Hayden Christensen's acting is the least of your concerns you better be questioning whether or not you want to release your movie.
Rated 03 Oct 2014
75
69th
Too short, but nice
Rated 15 Feb 2008
41
9th
Hayden Christianson continues to prove that anyone can be an "actor".
Rated 28 Jun 2008
56
30th
Great premise but totally wasted with nonsensical action sequences. There's a good story here, just not with Hayden Christiansen and Rachel Bilson. And perhaps not with Doug Liman, either.
Rated 29 Jan 2010
30
8th
Uncreative and bland. Hollywood loves special effects/CGI a little too much.
Rated 09 Jul 2022
2
6th
Hayden Christensen's character was not really likeable in any way. He was selfish and only used his power for materialism and slacking off. He made only stupid, bad decisions, then even after he found out that people close to him would be put in danger he went ahead and made contact with those people which put them in danger. I couldn't root for him since he did everything wrong and nothing right. His character didn't even have a good personality. He was just awkward and quiet.
Rated 16 Dec 2008
40
27th
Bad movie. Had potential but just couldn't take itself seriously. Grade: C-
Rated 28 Mar 2009
20
6th
nice idea, terrible acting, stupid plot
Rated 10 Sep 2008
64
45th
Nice, I'm only missing 1 thing... A story..
Rated 17 Jun 2009
70
24th
The action scenes were really cool and entertaining, but some of the decisions in the movie were so mind numbingly dumb that they became distracting
Rated 09 Sep 2010
41
46th
#08#, hype, story, (casting).
Rated 17 May 2008
75
52nd
a unique movie, to say the least, and provides some pretty interesting action. i could do without jackson's fanatical character--it just wasnt very believeable, and the plot takes some unsatisfying turns.
Rated 08 Apr 2009
52
3rd
What a mess! Another interesting premise ruined by the introduction of Samuel L. Jackson. (I'm just kidding - he was only one of many terrible elements in this stinker.)
Rated 18 Dec 2008
64
75th
This was kinda a fun actiony sort of movie.
Rated 09 Mar 2020
20
12th
a very bad movie that has the rare and intriguing quality found in so few other bad movies. instead of asking "why is this so bad," I found myself asking "why isn't this better?" the concept is cool, the world is fun, Samuel L. Jackson has blonde hair. Doug Liman directed the Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow, two of the iconic action movies of the past two decades. I expected studio meddling but that appears not to be the case. so what happened? *sees written by credits* ah that explains it
Rated 17 Feb 2008
38
11th
What can you expect by a movie starring Hayden Christensen? Bad acting; check. Bad writing; check. Stupid story; check. Hmm, yea, that about covers Jumper for the most part. It's a cliche action movie with a terrible story, ridiculously awkward writing and overacting, and a terrible feel that makes it ultimately boring. Jumper sucks and do yourself a favor by skipping this movie.
Rated 29 Dec 2014
45
10th
The story was bland, the characters undeveloped and the ending horrible. Something a twelve year old might still enjoy, but that says it all.
Rated 08 Feb 2013
40
5th
good idea for an action movie. bad execution of said idea.
Rated 12 Apr 2019
94
61st
Don't be deceived by its simple title. The movie comes filled with interesting action and fresh take on the possibility of man's long-time dream of breaking the material-metaphysical divide. MY SCORING: 99-96=Great; 95-90=Very good; 89-85=Good; 84-80=So-so; 79-70=Boring; Below 70=Forget it.
Rated 04 May 2011
78
23rd
Not a bad one. Some action, some sci-fi, all decent stuff. The drama was alright.
Rated 27 Jan 2012
41
20th
Look no further than the cast to see why this sucked (Not Sam Jackson, obviously).
Rated 30 Jul 2012
2
46th
Promising concept but too shallow. Holey plot and poor action scenes ruined what could've been a fun Butterfly Effect/Final Destination style romp.
Rated 13 Nov 2008
30
0th
this was the worst movie i have ever seen
Rated 12 Jan 2014
80
31st
It's not woolly
Rated 17 Aug 2008
20
4th
I'd like to give a good explanation why I gave it such a bad grade, but screw it, this was a mess.
Rated 06 Dec 2015
59
26th
C+
Rated 19 Jul 2009
40
3rd
Trash.
Rated 12 Jun 2009
68
65th
Showy effects film but with a plot.
Rated 07 Jul 2010
75
34th
I really liked the basic story behind this.
Rated 05 Apr 2008
40
16th
I'm so glad i d/led this movie other wise I would be wishing someone would jump me out of the movie theaters..
Rated 20 May 2016
65
55th
A poor script, but a very entertaining film. Had the romance been cut and the premise been more of a Thriller, this would’ve probably been pretty solid. Still worth seeing if you can turn your brain off.
Rated 18 Jan 2009
10
5th
This sucks. I wonder how they managed to get S. Jackson into that.
Rated 09 Apr 2011
20
3rd
Not interesting. Score based on partial viewing.
Rated 13 Apr 2008
64
17th
They forgot to include the plot, characterization, and dialog
Rated 22 Feb 2008
50
10th
As action adventure goes, this one was okay, with a little different premise. However, there is no ending - I guess they ran out of money. Oh, and Rachel Bilson; not that hot.
Rated 13 Apr 2008
40
23rd
Better-thought-out movies than this one would be killed by this movie's primary flaw: a boring and conscience-impaired "hero". He's pretty stupid, too. Skenkere's comment that this movie should have been about Jamie Bell's character instead really hit the nail on the head. It probably wouldn't have been a good movie anyway, though; among other reasons, because it's so badly paced
Rated 06 Feb 2009
10
14th
Jumpers are bad because they can do stuff we can't...Sik 'em government!

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