Jumper

JUMPER (2008) - June 16, 2008
A generally entertaining if somewhat mediocre action film about a guy who has the power to teleport (or "jump") anywhere he wants, and the shenanigans he gets into once a group called the Paladins starts chasing him down. The film feels more like a string of loosely connected set-pieces than a cohesive whole, and the characters are woefully underdeveloped -- we never learn a thing about Samuel L. Jackson's villain beyond "Jumpers, I hate these guys!" and his motivation remains baffling throughout. The film was competently directed by Doug Liman (and I did like the scene where Hayden Christensen and the other jumper fought throughout the world), and it wasn't boring, it was just... meh. **1/2