
David Rice is a high school student in Ann Arbor, abandoned by his mother at five, living with his callous, alcoholic father, enamored with Millie, a fellow student, and picked on by at least one classmate. On a winter's day, while about to drown, he discovers he can transport himself instantaneously to anyplace on earth. He runs away from home, goes to New York City, robs a bank vault, and comes to the attention of a shadowy group of government hunters. Eight years later, th... (Full plot summary below)
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David Rice is a high school student in Ann Arbor, abandoned by his mother at five, living with his callous, alcoholic father, enamored with Millie, a fellow student, and picked on by at least one classmate. On a winter's day, while about to drown, he discovers he can transport himself instantaneously to anyplace on earth. He runs away from home, goes to New York City, robs a bank vault, and comes to the attention of a shadowy group of government hunters. Eight years later, the hunters, led by the murderous Roland, get a fix on David. He heads home, searches out Millie, invites her to travel with him, and only later realizes that Roland and his crew are seriously deadly. Is everyone close to David in danger?
Leave your thoughts about Jumper.
| Giant MagazineEthan AlterI'm not going to beat around the bush here: Jumper is a terrible movie. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyThe eye-popping visuals soon devolve into a visual white noise, and you're left to ponder why you didn't make a better movie selection. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreTechnical tricks can't hide a tired time-travel story dressed down with an almost humorless script. |
| Bangor Daily News (Maine)Christopher SmithA complicated mess that doesn't offer audiences a single challenge beyond the very real challenge of getting through it. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAn elaborate but messy sci-fi chase...marked by flat characterization, a narrative rife with illogic, and surprisingly poor special effects. |
| UGOKeith UhlichSame old song: this is cinema as globalized theme park ride. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachThere's enough kinetic energy in Jumper to light a thousand houses. Unfortunately, there's no one home in any of them. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertIt'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. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceA better filmmaker would have given the material some kind of vertiginous rhythm, yet Liman just plods humorlessly, flavorlessly. |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelStanley A. Miller IIJumper has all the pieces of an exciting, engaging supernatural slugfest: exotic locations, cool high-tech toys and sweet special effects. |