Jumper [2008]

See Larger Image	List Price: £19.99 Our Price: £5.98 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Hayden Christensen, Diane Lane Directed By: Doug Liman Average Customer Rating:


Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5039036038034 Format: Colour Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2008-06-16 Running Time: 84 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Editorial Reviews: 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
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: If you want a real "jumper" story.... Comment: I've not seen the movie, or read the book (yet), so you may well ask why I'm writing this. The reason is that within the mixed reviews are comments about the thinness of the plot, although apparently not a critism that should be levelled at the book. Nevertheless, I wanted to point to a book that definitely does not have a thin plot, the book that when I first heard about this movie was the one I thought it was based on because of the teleportation theme. That book is Tiger! Tiger! by Alfred Bester, and is one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read. This book is so action-packed that it would probably be next to impossible to film, but I wish!! It's been out of print for a long time but you can find second-hand copies on Amazon. All the reviews of this book give it 5 stars; just look at the comments: "Tiger Tiger, and then later The Magus, are the only two books I have read and finished in one sitting and then turned back to page one and re-read immediately. Recommendation or what?" "One of a kind novel. Briliantly conceived." "I rate this book as one of the very best adventure novels of all time." "...one of the very best Sci-Fi novels." Find yourself a copy! Customer Rating: Summary: Good story, great locations Comment: Good story, great locations - unsure why they state a 15 cert. as the copy i had was a 12 - had one F word in it which was a pointless expression and uneccessary. The plot was good, scene location was great, but the movie just suddenly ended - just ended, as if they left it for a follow up film. Good movie though. Shame about the one F word - pointless. Customer Rating: Summary: Well I thought it was great! Comment: Seems to be a lot of negative reviews for this film which I find rather annoying. Hey this film is fast, fun and full of great ideas that are well realised. I think the fact the story and ideas are so good is why people are so critical i.e. They think it could have been so much better. I thought it Rocked and the SE's are really good. I'm sure the negative reviews will continue for this movie just as the positive reviews continue for "Serenity" which truly is complete rubbish (I own it). Am I saying that some of the reviews are bogus for this movie? Hey watch "Jumper" and then make your own mind up! Checkout the reviews for serenity here: Serenity [2005] Customer Rating: Summary: Enjoyable but not as good as it could have been Comment: I felt the story was a bit weak as the watchers are simply supposed to accept people kill jumpers and sometimes they fight back. Christensen consistently comes across as a moody teenager, to be honest he acts exactly the same in Jumper as he did in Star Wars. Although the acting wasn't very good and the story line had no depth (nor any depth to the characters either) I still quite enjoyed the film, enough to buy it when it became reduced in price. I feel if they made a sequal it would be a mistake, however i feel this could potentially be turned into a good series. Customer Rating: Summary: Charmless, Witless Hokum Comment: The basic premise is interesting and the director's track record promising, which together led me to ignore the negative criticism and waste a rental credit on this turkey. I may not be fully qualified to review this movie as I hated it so much I skipped the last half hour. You'll be aware that the hero (Annakin Skywalker or whatever he calls himself these days), a lovestruck high school geek, finds himself able to teleport. As any teenage boy might, he uses this gift to get wealthy, get laid and get some surf. We are treated to images of Annakin picniccing on the Sphinx's head and clinging to Big Ben to try and persuade us that he is a charismatic, globe-skipping colossus. In a vain bid to turn this fantastic good fortune into a plot, Samuel L Jackson paints his hair white, produces an NSA ID card and chases Annakin around the world with an electric cane (really), interrupting Annakin's laying and surfing. Matters are further complicated by Annakin's pretty and pointless love interest and Jamie Bell's very confused accent, still in the air somewhere between Darlington and Burbank. Each and every principal is bereft of charisma; perhaps Annakin, who mistakes pouting, sulking and glaring for acting, so lacks charisma that he drains everyone else's. Maybe they were all just mortified by the screenplay, which must have been written by a chimpanzee; not even a talented one, probably one of those 'scab' chimpanzees who worked through the screenwriter's strike. In short, give this a miss. If you want a taste of the sassy, well written, roaming action this director can deliver, revisit 'Go' or 'The Bourne Identify'. More Reviews