: Jumper
This is a mildly amusing little sci-fi adventure about a kid who learns he has the ability to teleport. He uses this talent to escape his deadbeat dad, rob banks for a living, and travel the world, but of course he always longs for the girl he left back home. Then he finds out there’s a guy chasing him and the movie turns into a low-calorie version of the Underworld clash of species — in this case there are “jumpers” and “paladin” who’ve been at war for centuries under our unsuspecting noses. When the lead Paladin goes after the guy’s girl, it’s up to the jumper to step in and save her. There’s not much science here, with minimal explanation about how these teleportation powers work, and really little attempt at logic, realism, storytelling, or anything else intelligent. But then again, none of those are things you should be looking for in this kind of a film. As a dumb, silly, special-effects actioner, it’s kinda fun — though the special effects-driven action is too rapid to be interesting and the characters are too lightly sketched to actually concern us. Still, it’s harmless and fun, and there are worst ways to waste your time.
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