If you haven’t watched Jumper, hop, skip and jump there. Before I go into details,I have to highlight the fact that being in Dubai I can watch an entire movie in the theatres without ‘jumping’ even a minute of it. This is EXTREMELY liberating and satisfying, not to mention being in the theatres more than only one hour long!
Ok, now to the movie – unless you’ve been living in a cave, you must have seen the trailers for this, and by that token, you may have guessed it’s about a guy that can teleport. Personally,(and admittedly), I am a star wars fan. So I am partial to the acting talent of Hayden ‘Vader’ Christensen. This, paired with the stellar performance of Star Wars co-star, Mr. Samuel Jackson was a combo that yet again put together a great show. Rachel Bilson, however, had the facial expression of a fish. It never changed. The movie also starred a forgettable and unneccesary Diane Keaton Lane, who, given that her character created a leeway into a part deux, didn’t really put much into a role to excite us to watch the second part.
Movie revolves around the century old war between Jumpers, teleporting super beings, and Paladins, an ancient sect who is out to wipe Jumpers off the face of the earth. The typical good vs. evil wishwash.
The SFX were awesome though, and there is a hard to miss parallel between the Jumpers and NightCrawler(ne XMEN). Anyway, although it was a bit predictable, the story was quite entertaining. I really love the fluidity of Samuel L. Jackson’s portrayal of any character he plays, esp when he has the eccentric look(think Unbreakable, XXX (the movie sucked but he was great), PulpFiction, Kill Bill vol 2) and he doesn’t disappoint in this movie.
Christensen didn’t give a phenomenal performance, however, the character in the story carried him through. I am sure he could have given his role more justice. Not awful really, but could be better.
This movie seems like it would have a cult-following if they get the second part right. I definitely suggest going to watch it. Some people may think otherwise, but those people don’t own this blog!
Creepy fact – Set Designer David Ritchie was killed in Toronto by frozen debris while filming the movie.
MoRating – 7/10(I love super hero movies bar Catwoman(halle berry) and DareDevil(Ben Affleck) and Hulk(Eric bana))
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mjl’s reply box movie review.
in this review i will be urging movie goers to avoid george a romero’s newest ‘blank of the dead’ instalment. as an avid zombie movie fan i mistakenly shrugged aside ‘be kind rewind’ on my latest theatre visit in hopes of being thrilled by the walking dead. a mistake indeed. this film-student-esq picture was riddled with absurd characters; such as the deaf amish scythe swinging hero. the characters of course recited dialogue equally as ridiculous as themselves; such as the texan beauty queen who warned the undead ‘not to mess with texas’ as a banjo solo played in the background emphasizing the misplaced slap stick comedy.
uncreepy fact – this movie was also filmed in toronto where no one was killed on set. i do wish however that some event as drastic would have shut down production and saved me twelve hard earned canadian dollars.
mjl rating – 3/10 – dont waste your precious time.
MJL, you should write as a guest on the blog for movie reviews…. let me know and I’ll create a log in for you !