Jumper

Starring:
Hayden Christensen
Jamie Bell
Rachel Bilson
Diane Lane
Samuel L. Jackson

Written by:
Steven Gould

Directed by:
Doug Liman

Jumper is an action movie that has a superhero slash comic book movie feel to it. The hero David Rice (Christensen) discovers he has the ablility to "jump" or teleport from one place to another after falling through the ice at age 12. He comes from a broken home, his mom left when he was 5 and he doesn't get along with his dad. So he decides to use his new found powers to go on a series of adventures that take him all around the world, to fund these adventures he "borrows" money from banks by "jumping" in and out of bank vaults around the world, leaving IOU's behind. Years later he returns to his hometown and calls upon an old friend of his, Millie (Bilson) and takes her to Rome, a place she has always wanted to go, but they travel via airliner as he doesn't want to think he is some kind of freak. It is in Rome that he encounters Griffin (Bell) and finds out that he isn't the only "Jumper" and that he is part of a war that has been going on for centuries. Roland (Jackson) is a Paladin, a religious group of soldiers who feel that no one but God should have the power that Jumpers do.

Hayden Christensen does a good job in the role of David Rice, he shows his emotion strongly, maybe even too strong in some parts. Samuel Jackson plays his usual villain role similar to his performance in Unbreakable. Rachel Bilson isn't much different in this role than her role as Summer on The O.C. Jamie Bell offers up the most powerful performance of them all in my opinion. His delivery and actions really added to the movie.

I think that the movie should have showed a bit more into the history of Jumpers and how the whole jumping thing works exactly, but overall I think that it was a fun to watch movie that will keep you entertained.

Overall I rate this movie a 6.5 out of 10.

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Apparently what makes a jumper special besides his ability to teleport is to also they can withstand lethal amounts of electricity pulsing through their body. If someone can explain the whole using electricity to create portals and jump through them to me I would greatly appreciate it.