Jumper
David literally wills himself away from his grim family life by teleporting to another place with the power of his mind. One day, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.
14 September 1989, Palm Springs, California, USA
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
20 February 1969, Toronto, Canada
14 March 1986, Billingham, Stockton on Tees, England, UK
20 June 1962, Wraysbury, Middlesex, England, UK
6 April 1955, Jasper, Alabama, USA
2 April 1984, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
6 December 1953, Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
8 December 1993, Denver, Colorado, USA
19 October 1979, Rome, Lazio, Italy
14 June 1938, Campobasso, Molise, Italy
February 02, 2009
Jumper is a popcorn movie, but without salt or butter. Too many of the kernels remain unpopped. It's like the Saturday matinees of yore. But by the time you've crossed the lobby after seeing Jumper, you've forgotten it.
February 19, 2008
One day, I feel sure, the rich mantle of charisma will descend upon [Hayden Christensen], but Jumper is not that occasion.
November 20, 2013
A movie that has a tremendous premise and awesome special effects that are ultimately hindered by a script that prevents its characters from every fully taking off.
October 18, 2008
An elegantly idiotic sci-fi thriller that initially feels as though it might have derived from Philip K Dick -- but lacks the master's lysergic idiosyncracy.
March 29, 2011
Light entertainment is all about playing to an audience's fantasy. There have been quite a few well-crafted and entertaining films that have started the same way and gotten away with it, out of sheer creativity. Jumper is not one of those films.
February 19, 2008
The disappointments and the inexplicable plot turns kept mounting until I finally surrendered and just admitted it: This was just a goodlooking clunker.
February 16, 2008
So freakin' awful.
February 10, 2009
Ignore the previews. Unless there was a drastic change of storyline in the editing room at the last minute, the final cut is a lot more interesting than originally advertised.
February 15, 2008
Jumper has so many loose ends that it almost cries out for a sequel. This, of course, is intentional. I would say the filmmakers are being a tad optimistic.
February 15, 2008
The best stuff in Jumper comes early, while the movie is still busy explaining its scenario. It's only when all the pieces are in place and the story actually kicks in that things start to fall apart, and quickly.
