by Chloe Spooner

Created on: October 21, 2008

Jumper is about a young man named David Rice who in his teenage years discovers that he seems to have some sort of ability which allows him to teleport wherever and whenever he wants to. As an adult, he has control of this power and is making the most of it, stealing money from banks to live on etc. But his world is shaken when he is targeted by the Paladins, a group of vigilantes wanting to wipe out all Jumpers from the world. David is thrown into a war he didn't know existed and meets some interesting people along the way...

Being a sci-fi movie, I realise that this isn't supposed to be realistic or believable in anyway, and sometimes it is nice to watch something that's going to be a bit escapist. This film for me really delivered on that front - it's enjoyable, a tad silly and quite exciting throughout so I was pretty pleased about that. The premise of someone being able to teleport around at will is quite intriguing, and I wouldn't mind that ability myself to tell you the truth. It's well handled in this film, and the first few scenes of David discovering his power are fantastically done.

It was some of the visuals that made the movie a great watch for me. All of the scenes where David and Griffin (another Jumper) were jumping all around, from across the world even just to the other side of the room, were pretty amazing and exciting to watch. The people behind the scenes have done a great job with the animation on this, and the jumping is seamless and quite amazing to watch! The whoosing sounds as they jump about just emphasise the action and make you aware of the jumping, and when you put it altogether, the whole thing onscreen is pretty spectacular.

The other most important part of a film is of course its cast. The main jumper and 'hero' of the film David is played by Hayden Christensen. I haven't actually seen this young man in anything before but I felt he was distincly average in this film and totally outshone by his co-star Jamie Bell. Christensen seemed to take it all too seriously for me and didn't let go enough, he didn't seem to be fully enjoying himself as you should when filming this sort of movie. In antithesis, young Englishman Jamie Bell was phenomenal as Griffin, the other Jumper determined to win the war. Jamie totally dominated all scenes he was in, he was funny, watchable and really threw himself totally into his role. A joy to watch and a very successful venture into the big screen for Bell.

Rachel Bilson, previously of The OC fame tries

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