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Jumper (2008)

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Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane

A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them.

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16% liked it
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PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed by: Doug Liman
Release Date: Feb 15, 2008
DVD Release Date: Jun 10, 2008

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15 hours ago
both hayden and rachel are so hot!!! anyway the movie is exciting, although the plot can be better i think... not bad:)
1 day ago
This film annoyed me the first time I watched it. I gave it another go just in case and it's still a big letdown. Hayden is just a bore and, in what's supposed to be an action/sci-fi film, that's just irritating. I've seen my grandmother paint her... (read more)
2 days ago
i think the script was 5 pages long. however the movie was 2andahalf. so about 2 hours of special effects. but still. its teleporting. and SLJ.
2 days ago
One of the worst movies I've seen, none of the campiness that can actually make me love a move either...
3 days ago
didn't particularly thrill me when i watched it but upon mental review the next day there were certain scenes that were memorable/funny. if you can catch it on free on-demand it's not a complete waste of time

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658 days ago
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
One day, I feel sure, the rich mantle of charisma will descend upon [Hayden Christensen], but Jumper is not that occasion.
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662 days ago
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Jumper, based on the novel by Steven Gould, re-defines -- downward -- the notion of dreadful. It does so by dispensing with everything a movie needs for a shot at being merely awful.
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663 days ago
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
I can't see people lining up for a sequel -- unless Samuel Jackson's hair grows out and marches on Tokyo.
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663 days ago
Armond White, The New York Press
Liman's movie candy is philistine, banal and lacks surrealist thrill. His sci-fi, quasi-political allegory is like an X-Men or Hulk narrative told from the ass end.
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663 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
It took three screenwriters to turn Steven Gould's novel into an unholy mess.
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