Jumper has an interesting premise but absolutely horrible execution in what could have been an appealing superhero/adventure/science fiction type film but fails to explore anything remotely interesting.
David (Hayden Christianson) has the power to 'jump' (aka: teleport) into thin air to places. He falls for the young girl of his teen years, meets up with her later then realises some bad guys who are out to kill the jumpers are after him. Then he meets another jumper and they team up - ta da! There's your plot.....lame.
Yes the plot isn't lame in the fact that this is something so familiar that we have seen before, but it is lame in the fact that the characters are pretty much cardboard cut outs. The spunky looking guy who sort of lives by his own rules and is one dimensional, the naive girl who is the damsel in distress and for some weird reason just whisks off to Rome with David just after she is asked.
What is even more disappointing is that the film does not attempt to explain the mystery phenomenon of how David gets his powers in the first place - it just came to him like that out of nowhere I suppose because he came from a bad family? Then it pretty much whisks you off into random parts of the world - yes I know the scenery is nice but I'm sorry it's just a load of nonsense.
There is no develpoment in this film - it's all spectacle and coolness with no meaning behind it. That is what makes other films more interesting - Spiderman, X men for example give attempts at least to have a deeper meaning to them than just random teleporting.
What I found most interesting is that in the beginning, David is watching a news coverage on TV of a flood that impacted people in a country who are dying and he takes one glance then goes about his daily life. Were the makers aiming for an unsympathetic sort of superhero? Well it worked. I suppose not everyone with these abilities will want to be noble but it is hard to care about someone who pretty much wants everything for himself only.
Samuel L Jackson is ridiculous in this role and is wasted in here big time. Overall, this is not a satisfying movie with dull performances -Jamie Bell just looked terrible in this film and out of place. The editing was done way too fast and was all over the place with the camera moving everywhere making me a bit dizzy.
So do yourself a favour - try to jump away from this film and save yourself 85 minutes of nonsense.
David (Hayden Christianson) has the power to 'jump' (aka: teleport) into thin air to places. He falls for the young girl of his teen years, meets up with her later then realises some bad guys who are out to kill the jumpers are after him. Then he meets another jumper and they team up - ta da! There's your plot.....lame.
Yes the plot isn't lame in the fact that this is something so familiar that we have seen before, but it is lame in the fact that the characters are pretty much cardboard cut outs. The spunky looking guy who sort of lives by his own rules and is one dimensional, the naive girl who is the damsel in distress and for some weird reason just whisks off to Rome with David just after she is asked.
What is even more disappointing is that the film does not attempt to explain the mystery phenomenon of how David gets his powers in the first place - it just came to him like that out of nowhere I suppose because he came from a bad family? Then it pretty much whisks you off into random parts of the world - yes I know the scenery is nice but I'm sorry it's just a load of nonsense.
There is no develpoment in this film - it's all spectacle and coolness with no meaning behind it. That is what makes other films more interesting - Spiderman, X men for example give attempts at least to have a deeper meaning to them than just random teleporting.
What I found most interesting is that in the beginning, David is watching a news coverage on TV of a flood that impacted people in a country who are dying and he takes one glance then goes about his daily life. Were the makers aiming for an unsympathetic sort of superhero? Well it worked. I suppose not everyone with these abilities will want to be noble but it is hard to care about someone who pretty much wants everything for himself only.
Samuel L Jackson is ridiculous in this role and is wasted in here big time. Overall, this is not a satisfying movie with dull performances -Jamie Bell just looked terrible in this film and out of place. The editing was done way too fast and was all over the place with the camera moving everywhere making me a bit dizzy.
So do yourself a favour - try to jump away from this film and save yourself 85 minutes of nonsense.