A young man with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.A young man with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.A young man with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
AnnaSophia Robb
- Young Millie
- (as Annasophia Robb)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe crew was allowed to film inside the Roman Colosseum for three days, under three conditions: no equipment could be placed on the ground, they could only shoot from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to avoid disturbing tourists, and the only lighting allowed was natural sunlight.
- GoofsAfter David teleports his father to the hospital, David's gray sweatshirt has blood on it. In the next shots, it's clean.
- Quotes
David Rice: Why are you walking?
Griffin: I like to walk for a change. Makes me feel normal.
- ConnectionsEdited into Armageddon in Effect (2008)
- SoundtracksAhead by a Century
Written by Bobby Baker (as Robert Baker), Gord Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois
Performed by The Tragically Hip
Courtesy of The Incorporated
Featured review
What would happen if you could teleport ANYWHERE in the world in the blink of an eye? Thats the question explored in Jumper, a film thats as fast and action packed as it is hollow and underdeveloped.
The films theme of individuals who can vanish and reappear anywhere they choose is a great idea but its execution is a little weak in Jumper. Why? The blame rest squarely on the films instance on being the start of a series. Instead of taking time to develop anything in the movie, Jumper just whizzes by at an incredible speed, setting up characters, ideas and plot points without expanding or resolving or developing them. The whole thing is made to kick start a franchise of films where the story would be explained in more detail, but come on man, when you pay to see a film, you expect to see a clearly defined beginning, a middle and a satisfying end- something that Jumper isn't too concerned with.
Another problem that ties in with the films lack of depth, are the actors. While Hayden Christensen is as bland as usual, the cast (including the usually electrifying Sam Jackson) just sleep walk their way through the superficial script. Only Jamie Bell gives it some effort- his cynical Irish jumper would have made a much better lead character than Anakin.
However, while the film is pretty shallow there are some glimmers of goodness. The action sequences are fun, fast and frequent, the visual effects are cool and there's never a dull moment due to the films super fast pace.
It might sound like Im being too harsh on the film but its hard not to be when the movies concept is so great and the end product is as underdeveloped as this. If the film had a more detailed, more fleshed out, more self contained story, Jumper would have been a classic.
The films theme of individuals who can vanish and reappear anywhere they choose is a great idea but its execution is a little weak in Jumper. Why? The blame rest squarely on the films instance on being the start of a series. Instead of taking time to develop anything in the movie, Jumper just whizzes by at an incredible speed, setting up characters, ideas and plot points without expanding or resolving or developing them. The whole thing is made to kick start a franchise of films where the story would be explained in more detail, but come on man, when you pay to see a film, you expect to see a clearly defined beginning, a middle and a satisfying end- something that Jumper isn't too concerned with.
Another problem that ties in with the films lack of depth, are the actors. While Hayden Christensen is as bland as usual, the cast (including the usually electrifying Sam Jackson) just sleep walk their way through the superficial script. Only Jamie Bell gives it some effort- his cynical Irish jumper would have made a much better lead character than Anakin.
However, while the film is pretty shallow there are some glimmers of goodness. The action sequences are fun, fast and frequent, the visual effects are cool and there's never a dull moment due to the films super fast pace.
It might sound like Im being too harsh on the film but its hard not to be when the movies concept is so great and the end product is as underdeveloped as this. If the film had a more detailed, more fleshed out, more self contained story, Jumper would have been a classic.
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Những Kẻ Thống Trị
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $85,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $80,172,128
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,354,808
- Feb 17, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $225,132,113
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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