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As preposterous action movies go, Jumper is pleasantly unpretentious and breezily entertaining. A young man named David (Hayden Christensen) discovers he has the power to teleport (or "jump") anywhere he can visualize. After using this power to steal and make a comfortable life for himself, he pursues the girl he longed for in school (Rachel Bilson, The O. C.). But as he does so, another jumper (Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot) and a pack of fanatical jumper-hunters called paladins (led by a white-haired Samuel L. Jackson) crashes into David's freewheeling life. Jumper wastes no time trying to explain how jumping works or delving into the hows and whys of the paladins; this is an alluring fantasy of power directed at a pell-mell pace by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Go). There's a brief moment when it feels like the movie will bog down in romance and vague gestures towards character development--happily, that's the moment when Bell appears and the whole movie shifts into overdrive. You might wish that Bell and Christensen had swapped roles; Bell has a far more engaging personality, and Christensen's bland good looks might better suit a more aggressive character. Nonetheless, Jumper has oodles of dynamism and nifty visual effects to propel its comic-book storyline forward. A variety of recognizable actors in bit parts (such as Diane Lane and Kristen Stewart, Panic Room) suggest that the filmmakers are laying the groundwork for sequels. Based on a critically-acclaimed science-fiction novel by Steven Gould. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
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Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane, Jamie Bell, Rachel BilsonDirector: Doug Liman
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I have to say I don't enjoy these types of movies usually, all the superhero stuff wasn't my bag as a kid, I just didn't grow up with comic books. I rented this because I thought it would be rather cool, with a lot of time travel, and I have to say I'm pretty lukewarm about it.
David is a jumper, he can move from one place to another without moving himself. He discovered this talent when he nearly died on the river trying to save a present he'd bought for his lover Millie. When he discovers he can jump; he decides to take off as everyone thinks he's dead, and does bad deeds like rob banks, but when a jumper hunter comes after him, he soon realises his powers are not that good after all.
This isn't a bad film, I just felt it was a bit limited in scope. I did enjoy Samuel L Jackson's role as the jumper hunter, he really did a good job, but I felt the rest of the cast were not as emotive, and lacked that kick this movie should have got. The action scenes are amazing and the filming of David in Egypt were amazing, and looked really fine on Blu-Ray disk.
The blu-ray is a dream - excellent selection of extras and the film is even audio described, which is a real bonus. The audio is uncompressed DTS which is nice too. I was really impressed with the amount of documentaries on here, and the menu is rather cool. This will keep you entertained for around 5hrs, so set some time aside, because you will want to see the documentaries.
3/5 for the film, 5/5 for the transfer and 5/5 for the extras.
Lets hope more studios take note!
David is a jumper, he can move from one place to another without moving himself. He discovered this talent when he nearly died on the river trying to save a present he'd bought for his lover Millie. When he discovers he can jump; he decides to take off as everyone thinks he's dead, and does bad deeds like rob banks, but when a jumper hunter comes after him, he soon realises his powers are not that good after all.
This isn't a bad film, I just felt it was a bit limited in scope. I did enjoy Samuel L Jackson's role as the jumper hunter, he really did a good job, but I felt the rest of the cast were not as emotive, and lacked that kick this movie should have got. The action scenes are amazing and the filming of David in Egypt were amazing, and looked really fine on Blu-Ray disk.
The blu-ray is a dream - excellent selection of extras and the film is even audio described, which is a real bonus. The audio is uncompressed DTS which is nice too. I was really impressed with the amount of documentaries on here, and the menu is rather cool. This will keep you entertained for around 5hrs, so set some time aside, because you will want to see the documentaries.
3/5 for the film, 5/5 for the transfer and 5/5 for the extras.
Lets hope more studios take note!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Running David (Max Thieriot) loves little Millie (AnnaSophia Robb) with a love that couldn't die. He could not swim the raging river; but he learned how to jump. What would you do if you found the ability to transport? Yep the first plan was to exacta all not nasty old paper in the local bank. Where do we go from here? For one thing it irks some people including fanatic "jumper hunter" Roland (Samuel L. Jackson.) We find new friends and enemies no known in the book. Then we have David's nagging question "Who/what is mommy?
Inspired by the jumper character in the youth novels of Steven Gould the movie tried to rely more on the real world locations than graphics. They did a good job on jumper graphics. The names have not been changed just the story. In an effort not to follow the standard super hero formula, they instead relied on the Sunday afternoon T.V. children's specials formula.
The film is entertaining but the efforts to be artsy or the efforts be unique are lost in the mundane and standard chase scenes.
Sleepwalking
Jumper: Jumpscars - The Official Prequel to the Film (Jumper)
Inspired by the jumper character in the youth novels of Steven Gould the movie tried to rely more on the real world locations than graphics. They did a good job on jumper graphics. The names have not been changed just the story. In an effort not to follow the standard super hero formula, they instead relied on the Sunday afternoon T.V. children's specials formula.
The film is entertaining but the efforts to be artsy or the efforts be unique are lost in the mundane and standard chase scenes.
Sleepwalking
Jumper: Jumpscars - The Official Prequel to the Film (Jumper)
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Blu-ray,
Excellent picture quality & sound! Very impressed. Cool cover art, plenty of special features, all of which are in HD!
The Movie,
A very unique superhero film, with an interesting story of a boy who learns that he has the power of teleportation and the benefits that come with it (and later the drawbacks). Lots of future potential! Now excuse me while I go & buy the books!
Excellent picture quality & sound! Very impressed. Cool cover art, plenty of special features, all of which are in HD!
The Movie,
A very unique superhero film, with an interesting story of a boy who learns that he has the power of teleportation and the benefits that come with it (and later the drawbacks). Lots of future potential! Now excuse me while I go & buy the books!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
thoroughly enjoyable
My mum passed this to me who said it was 'ok'. I wasn't expecting much. How wrong. If you like this sort of film - the plot of which you will have read in all the other... Read more
Published 1 month ago by ajg
Easy to watch and great idea!
This was a good film, story sits well and it plays out nicely. Worth seeing!
Published on 29 May 2010 by Mark Hughes
cheap film, broken cover, and disk with stuff on
well the cover was broken, the disk had this stiker on it that discribed that it was bought from love film and because of the ash sky, it was pretty late, but. Read more
Published on 13 May 2010 by Dennis Bo Petersen
Perfect.. except for...
...the ending..
Why had they to do an ending like that?
The final fight was great, but then....
Sound and Image are very good!
Why had they to do an ending like that?
The final fight was great, but then....
Sound and Image are very good!
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by Sharangir
Jumper review
Hmm well I thort this film was a gd 4 out 5
Good points: Easy to catch on to the story, gd amount of action, gr8 effects and sound, dnt need to be any marval fan to... Read more
Good points: Easy to catch on to the story, gd amount of action, gr8 effects and sound, dnt need to be any marval fan to... Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2009 by E. D. R. Jones
Jumper is a great fun film that looks awesome on Blu-ray!
I really enjoyed watching Hayden Christiansen as Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars films episodes II and III. Read more
Published on 27 May 2009 by Dragonlord
Audio track in castilian spanish too
This Blu Ray has the audio track in castilian spanish too. Also all the extras have subtitles in spanish. Read more
Published on 13 April 2009 by jjaviroquai
Average action flick
Starting with the film itself, it is okay as action films go, nothing overly exciting but if you are just after a film which you can sit and watch without engaging your brain,... Read more
Published on 9 April 2009 by M. Wilson
Could have been so much better
Ok, so I was not expecting too much after some of the reviews I have seen, but I don't think it's quite as bad as a lot of people make out. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2009 by chuckles
Entertaining if empty
It's a good, fun action movie with 2007's best special effect gimmick. Christiansen makes some amends for Star Wars here, but it's Jamie Bell who steals the show.
Published on 22 Aug 2008 by K. P. Curtis
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