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 "Jump...( read more  read more... )ers" and those who have sworn to kill them.

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157 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Doug Liman

Release Date: February 15, 2008

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DVD Release Date: June 10, 2008

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  • October 8, 2009
    could have been good, would like a sequel (without the piece of wood in lead role)
  • July 27, 2009
    Considering how much fun the main idea of this film is and how exciting the trailer looked, the final result does feel a bit like a let down. The characters don't have much depth to offer, the dialoges are mediocre at best and the script is full of plot holes. That being said, th...( read more)e movie is far from boring. Of course, actors like Jackson and Bell don't even have to show the smallest part of their potential, but even Christensen's performance looks a lot better than his Anakin Skywalker did. There is not nearly as much action as the previews suggested but at least the showdown makes full use of the potential of the jumping ability and the really great special effects. The ending shows that the creators hoped for a sequel or TV show, we'll have to see what happens to that. As it is it, a lot of questions remain unanswered. Still entertaining action cinema for teens, no more but also no less.
  • July 11, 2009
    Hayden discovers he can teleport, so he robs a bank and runs away from his abusive father. Soon he meets Samuel who is out to catch and kill 'jumpers'. The special effects are great and the plot fast paced. Good cast. Teleporting is my fave superpower.
  • July 7, 2009
    Finally got around to seeing this one, and I don't really know why I bothered. It's completely incomprehensible and mind- numbingly stupid. I'd be able to forgive those fatal flaws if the film delivered some exciting, fun, or original action sequence, but some how JUMPER fails ev...( read more)en more as an action film than it does as a story!
  • May 9, 2009
    Not completely horrible, but I keep thinking the writer ripped off Alfred Bester's book "The Stars My Destination" Not the storyline mind you but the whole jumping , teleporting thing.
  • November 4, 2009
    Original. Muy buena.
  • October 31, 2009
    Can't believe I've seen this.
  • October 31, 2009
    In jumper there is potential for some epic action sequences that dragged on for ages (being a good thing in this case) but they never up it to the next level. You can dismiss this as a pure action film but even with that it doesnt do very well. Some scenes are stupid and unrealis...( read more)tic and worse of all badly filmed.
  • October 27, 2009
    Comwecial or stupdi! :|
  • October 27, 2009
    Jumper should have stayed off the screens and jumped off a 24 story building. This one was blatantly bland, boring and benign and that was the movie's good points. A ludricous plot that was presented in the same manner gave me the sleep ez's that would kill a horse. Teleport me u...( read more)p Scotty because this one was boring.

Critic Reviews


February 19, 2008
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. full review

February 15, 2008
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. full review

February 14, 2008
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. full review

February 14, 2008
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. full review

February 14, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

It took three screenwriters to turn Steven Gould's novel into an unholy mess. full review

February 14, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Short on imagination and anchored by a wan hero, Jumper is a flight of fancy that never fully takes off. full review

February 14, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

It's positioned as the first installment of a trilogy and, if Christensen follows through on the character's promise of greater charisma and depth, I'll willingly line up for the next two. full review

February 14, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

It's a paradox, but science fiction has to make sense: It can rest on the world's most outlandish premise, but only if its internal logic holds up to scrutiny. And Jumper can't make that leap. full review

February 11, 2008
Kyle Smith, KyleSmithOnline.com

A movie about wormholes made from a script riddled with more holes than Hillary Clinton's campaign strategy. full review

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Comments


  • jimmygeneraga
    April 21, 2009
    i like this movie... very much!!!
  • joejonass1flower
    January 15, 2009
    MY mom took me and my friend Cassie Ulrich to see this movie we loved it.Had a lot of Acton then the movie Awake and i can't wait for Jumper 2 Jumper is a good movie i can never get anofe of Hayden Christensen all thow he is from Canada
  • joejonass1flower
    January 15, 2009
    MY mom took me and my friend Cassie Ulrich to see this movie we loved it.Had a lot of Acton then the movie Awake and i can't wait for Jumper 2 Jumper is a good movie i can never get anofe of Hayden Christensen all thow he is from Canada
  • armygal767
    January 11, 2009
    Acting sucked. Plot and filming could have been so much better, But it is a great idea.. Someone else should redo this movie. It has potential.
  • maybe912
    December 17, 2008
    it was a good movie..
    it has a really great idea ..
    but i think if they make the story more intrrested it will B better..
  • LadyVanishment
    November 19, 2008
    while big stars played in this film it was intolerable and fast pace, it was so confusing the main characters, I also believed to hyped I was so disappointed, it seemed like left over star wars movie actors, I was also unable to sit through more then 30 minutes of this film I deffinatly do not like Rachel Bilson's acting she sucked and her voice was more then annoying the lines was not delivered clearly. I give it a huge thumbs down. Was very dispappointed in this film.
  • terris85017
    September 7, 2008
    (2008 Director: Doug Limon) I like it...went with my son...it kept a face, continually moving, shifting. Good acting and even better theme! We are Hayden Christensen fans (he looks like my nephews!)
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  • xXJoshuaismynameXx
    August 22, 2008
    I LOVed this movie omg it was the best
  • perfectgentlemn
    July 20, 2008
    How cool would that be? huh? Who wouldn't want to be him...LOL Excellent movie, very entertaining & interesting. :-) Must see, ;-) Enjoy
  • AliceIsMyFwen
    July 5, 2008
    THIS LOOKS SO GOOD, AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS LOVED IT SO I WANNA SEE IT!!!

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