Jumper (Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

starring: Damir Andrei, Barbara Garrick, Tom Hulce, Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse James directed by: Doug Liman See Larger Image List Price: $39.99 You Pay Only: $22.95 You Save: $17.04 (43%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: JUMPER (BLURAY) (BLU-RAY DISC) EAN: 0024543520917 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Manufacturer: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 10, 2008 Running Time: 88 minutes Sales Rank: 1330 Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 2008 Related Items: 10,000 B.C. [Blu-ray] Vantage Point [Blu-ray] Fool's Gold [Blu-ray] The Bank Job [Blu-ray] + Digital Copy Untraceable [Blu-ray] see more Editorial Review: Product Description: David is a Jumper who can teleport himself anywhere in the world which creates a fun and exciting life. But things turn deadly when David finds himself pursued by a secret organization sworn to kill Jumpers. Forming an uneasy alliance with another Jumper he becomes a player in a war that has been raging for thousands of years.System Requirements:Running Time: 88 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/FUTURISTIC Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543520917 Manufacturer No: 2252091 Amazon.com: As preposterous action movies go, Jumper is pleasantly unpretentious and breezily entertaining. A young man named David (Hayden Christensen) discovers he has the power to teleport (or 'jump') anywhere he can visualize. After using this power to steal and make a comfortable life for himself, he pursues the girl he longed for in school (Rachel Bilson, The O. C.). But as he does so, another jumper (Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot) and a pack of fanatical jumper-hunters called paladins (led by a white-haired Samuel L. Jackson) crashes into David's freewheeling life. Jumper wastes no time trying to explain how jumping works or delving into the hows and whys of the paladins; this is an alluring fantasy of power directed at a pell-mell pace by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Go). There's a brief moment when it feels like the movie will bog down in romance and vague gestures towards character development--happily, that's the moment when Bell appears and the whole movie shifts into overdrive. You might wish that Bell and Christensen had swapped roles; Bell has a far more engaging personality, and Christensen's bland good looks might better suit a more aggressive character. Nonetheless, Jumper has oodles of dynamism and nifty visual effects to propel its comic-book storyline forward. A variety of recognizable actors in bit parts (such as Diane Lane and Kristen Stewart, Panic Room) suggest that the filmmakers are laying the groundwork for sequels. Based on a critically-acclaimed science-fiction novel by Steven Gould. --Bret Fetzer Beyond Jumper More from Steven Gould The Jumper Soundtrack More from Fox Stills from Jumper Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Bad movie This movie is terrible!! I give this a one star because of the special effects but otherwise this movie sucks. I am more confused than ever after I watched this movie. As with other movies I had hoped they would give histories of the jumpers like how they came about and so forth and the people who kill jumpers and how they came about and so forth. This movie is a tag your it and catch me if you can. Rating: - Might have made a good TV show ...wait, wasn't that Sliders? Okay, not exactly the same, but comparing those two is a good way to show everything that was wrong with Jumper. The concept is fine, but the execution was sorely lacking. There's no character development because so much time is covered over the course of the movie. We get no insight into the main character's thoughts, motivations, or personality. He comes off as shallow and two-dimensional. He goes from scared kid to conscienceless, arrogant jerk in ten minutes. There's never any question or delving into whether what he's doing is right or wrong (he's a thief, plain and simple) or how he could use his power for good instead of just wasting it. Granted, who wouldn't want to gallivant about the world, carefree, I suppose, but the moral struggle would be very much a part of the character. Unlike in Sliders, the Jumpers have full control over where they go and when. Still, the TV show format of one or two jumps and an adventure per show would be far more entertaining than this jumbled, boring, barely explained plotline. Then again, this would require character development and plot. Even the pivotal plot point about the secret organization is boring, focusing on a religious inquisition instead of, oh, upholding the law. Of all the trite and cheesy story lines (scientific experiments, military uses, etc) this is not only the tritest and cheesiest, but also the most yawn-inducing. Even as a mindless action movie ... Read More Rating: - Heartthrob "Jumper" was a film that I enjoyed so much that I went back to see it in the theatre a second time. I'm so glad that I have the great DVD. Doug Liman had directed another favorite of mine, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Widescreen Edition). In adapting Steven Gould's novel, the current executive producer of TV's new "Knight Rider" series planned for a three-part picture franchise. Hayden Christensen who came to prominence as Anakin Skywalker in Episodes II & III of "Star Wars" and earned a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor nomination for 2001's "Life as a House" plays David Rice, a young man who can teleport instantly. We learn a back history of war between the jumpers and those out to destroy them, the Paladins. Samuel L. Jackson who was great in S.W.A.T. (Widescreen Special Edition) and got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for "Pulp Fiction" plays the white-haired Roland who hunts David. David's high school heartthrob is Millie played by TV's "O.C." Rachel Bilson who was also excellent in The Last Kiss (Widescreen Edition). David runs into another jumper played by Jamie Bell who won the British Best Actor Academy Award for "Billy Elliott" and also appeared in Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers." Diane Lane has what is essentially a cameo that would be sure to grow if there is a second film. She plays David's mother Mary who is a Paladin. She loves her son, but also has vowed to kill him. Michael Rooker has a great cameo as the alcoholic father William Rice. Oscar nominee Tom ... Read More Rating: - Full of possibilities, but misses all of them! Time-traveling, teleporting. I've been always kind of a sucker for these sci-fi premises. What would you do if you could teleport yourself to basically any place on the face of the earth? Steven Gould, in his novel Jumper, uses this premise and gives his characters the innate ability to instantly teleport themselves. It is definitely an interesting foundation, however, Director Doug Liman and screenwriters David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls and Simon Kinberg do little to exploit this promising idea, and come up with a movie that takes us through NYC, Rome, Egypt, Tokyo, but ends up going absolutely nowhere. Hayden Christensen is David Rice, a normal teenager until he finds he's got the ability to teleport himself from place to place when he first "jumps" spontaneously in order to escape his abusive father (Michael Rooker). Having run away, he learns to control his ability and then does, I guess, what every one of us, being a teleporting teenager, would do: go into a bank's vault and get away with several thousands in cash. The good thing is that Jumpers do not have to worry about mingling their own molecules with a fly's, as they can actually hold onto anything: other people, cars, even parts of a building, and teleport to another place arriving safe and sound on the other side with whoever or whatever they were carrying. David grows up and, by that time, he's already got a penthouse at a luxurious NY building and he's been all over the world. The usual day for him involves having breakfast ... Read More Rating: - Who wrote this? What a great idea for a film but the story did not just fall through it fell all the way to China. Watching this movie made you want to go see the dentist as that would be a better story with a good ending. If you have two hours to kill watch the Muppets in Space, it was better Sci-fi then this. More Jumper (Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] Reviews Browse for similar items by category: Fully Loaded DVDs - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - DTS Fully Loaded DVDs - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - Special Editions 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment - Studio Specials - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - All Fox Titles Action - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment - Studio Specials - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - General Science Fiction - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment - Studio Specials - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - General

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