Jumper (2008)

Again!!! Another good movie underrated
I found this movie so entertaining, I was not disappointed. The concept is good, even though it was treated very juvenile. One thing I liked is that violence was very low, allowing the movie to be seen by a general public. I've seen some comments about the acting, but I found very interesting the way Hayden Christensen performed his roll. There was some kind of a mysterious look on his face with little expression, revealing that there is some kind of uncomforting secret he is hiding and a power like that; you just can't tell anyone. He looks like he wishes to be honest with everyone but then he knows it is dangerous, so he needs to hide it from the people he cares about; it's not easy. His roll was managed in a very mysterious way, which in my opinion gave a very special touch to the movie. There's a lot of action, fights, car race, jumping, etc... even romance, what else do you want from a science fiction movie? 6 stars in total.

Popcorn comes without salt and butter.
Not terrible, but the film "Jumper" could have been so much better. Overall just not that interesting of a story, which is too bad considering it had some promise.

Jumper features good acting in places and a great premise where a young man named David (Hayden Christensen) discovers that, in his teen years, he is able to jump through a portal to different locations. Of course with an idea like this, the story must present some harrowing issues for the main character to overcome. The issue with Jumper is that although it seems to cover a wide range of storyline and locations throughout the youth's short life, it never really puts enough emphasis on the origin of the power, nor on the character named Roland. Roland is played by Samuel L. Jackson, and is portrayed as a hunter of Jumpers, complete with sci-fi weaponry and a complete and direct desire to rid the Earth of them because he feels the future will be much safer without them. Often times in Roland's dialogue, we get the feeling he has so much more to tell, and could bring so much more light to his own background and the background of all involved. Instead, it is nothing more than a mention so that by the time one finds out just how David's mother is involved; it leaves nothing but more questions.

Jumper still has it's exciting moments, but super action eye candy and extreme locales (Egypt, Rome) aside, it seems to leave a lot on the table that only take away from the story. What hurts even more is the fact that there are a lot of very prominent actors and actresses in it, such as Michael Rooker and Diane Lane.

-Leo Navarr-

what the ....?? Jumper Farce--- Psyche!
Its pretty amazing to see how a reasonably good plot with a workable concept ( as in the novel) can be destroyed in this manner with poor direction, an idiotic plot, zero acting credibility. It was worse than Delta Farce, and an unforgivable waste of a fine woman as Diane Lane in a blink you miss it role.
Concept wise, is the reason i give it 2 stars. Because the story and direction was so pathetic, it stays at 2 stars!
maybe as a no-other-option to rent at Blockbuster decision on a weeknight, nothing more.
Thumbs down!