The idea of "jumping" is really neat and the movie creatively and thoroughly explored the possibilities given the premise. Besides the incredible effects, you have to see this in the theaters because of the amazing landscapes and city scenes. From the Colosseum in Rome, to the pyramids in Egypt, if you love to travel, this movie will take you all over the world.

OK, this wasn't the most thought provoking of films. As to the quality of acting, with all the action, there aren't the scenes available to showcase good acting. You go to a movie like this to be entertained for a bit, not for the intellectual stimulation, and both are valid forms of entertainment (unlike what other reviewers may imply).

Besides, Samuel Jackson is great and I always like his roles and having Rachel Bilson for eye candy doesn't hurt either.

Jumper is the kind of movie one tries hard to like, because it's about ordinary people who discover they're gifted with extraordinary powers. In the case of this film, the power to teleport oneself anywhere.

So you could be sitting in your living room one moment, and the next moment you're on top of the Empire State Building in New York, or better still, relaxing on the head of the Sphinx in Egypt. Fun, ha?

Indeed a lot of fun for Hayden Christensen who plays the protagonist of this film, a teenager who finds out he has this power, and uses it to chuck his miserable life with his alcoholic father and to live the life of a spoilt little rich kid instead. He steals banks, wears fancy clothes, picks up gorgeous blondes at bars, lives in a swanky fully-furnished apartment and does pretty much nothing else. Now who wouldn't want that life?

But while on a visit to the Colosseum in Rome with his old crush, he makes two alarming discoveries -- one, that he isn't the only guy alive with such powers, in fact he belongs to a breed of such unusually gifted people known as Jumpers, and two, there's another breed of people known as Paladins whose mission in life is to wipe out the Jumpers from this planet.

Our hero finds an ally in Jamie Bell who plays another Jumper, and together they try to dodge a stubborn Paladin, Samuel Jackson, who's determined to nail them at any cost.

I won't deny the film's got an interesting premise, but truth be told that's all there is to it - a premise, and nothing else. The film never once attempts to explain who Jumpers really are, how they came to acquire such powers, and why exactly the Paladins want to kill them.

After the initial excitement of watching our hero teleport himself from one stunning location to another, that novelty begins to fade and you want them to get on with the story, but really there is nothing more to fall back on.

Sure it's got a bunch of superb action scenes, but that's not enough to hold your interest beyond a point. Sitting there in your seat watching Jumper, you're going to wish YOU had been blessed with the same power, so you could vanish from the cinema and be transported back into your bed for a nap instead!

So that's a thumbs down and one out of five for director Doug Liman's Jumper, save yourself the trouble entirely and stay far, far away.

Rating: 2 / 5 (Average)

I saw this film last night, and i must say i was pleasantly surprised, I have been reading lots of comments on IMDb to get an idea of what to expect, lots of people were negative about the acting performance of Hayden Christensen, well i don't agree, I think he handled the character in an interesting fashion, considering his character left home at the age of 16 or so, raised himself and used his abilities to support himself in a wild and fun manner. So he is not your average run of the mill kid, nobody knows what he can do and he can basically do and go where he wants, creating an aloof type of character, so under these circumstance i think his performance was okay, maybe not worthy of an academy award but totally interesting to watch, I enjoyed his intensity. Overall i thought it was a great film for what it was, special effects are great, and the story holds together in most aspects. The concept of Jumping is something we have all thought about at one time or another, just like time travel. I think that a lot of people who comment on IMDb have no idea of what goes into making a movie, but just like to be critical as possible. When i go to the movies i want to be entertained, this movie certainly did that!! Check it out and don't forget the popcorn!!!

I liked watching this movie and although it was a little different from alot of the other films in some ways it was a little of the same.

Nonethe less, I really liked this film and if you like this be sure to watch Push and I am Number Four.