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Rating

3/5

Author

A Yahoo! User

Best thing

Special effects and location scenery

Worst Thing

No explanations

Review

Having been desperate to see this movie, and its the most sought after download on the web, the idea of "teleporting" seemed very appealing. If you like Sci-fi, its a great scenario. Imdb users have hugely mixed reactions from some 1400 reviews. Just remember when you go to see this, those who question reality etc. are clearly not sci-fi lovers and get too involved in the plot credibility.

Stunning effects, swooping camera angles, and an interesting concept more than make up for the film's defects - namely Hayden Christensen - reprising the gloomy, wounded, misunderstood, petulant anti-hero role he played so ineffectively in the Star Wars prequels.

The story is well laid out, and the main character behaves in a believable way. if you've ever imagined having the power of teleportation, you will buy into this premise big time.

A boy (Hayden Christensen, discovers in a near-death situation that he can teleport to anywhere he wants. So he grows up to become a rich globe trotter, courtesy of bank vaults he can enter undetected, "jumping" from one end of the Earth to another, living the high life. Maybe because he was bored, he goes back to his hometown to look for his teenage crush (Rachel Bilson, who is painful to watch). Interestingly, no one bats an eyelid to see him come back from the dead, the girl doesn't question where he has been, and agrees to fly across the globe with him to Rome. There he bumps into a fellow "jumper" (Jamie Bell, the best actor in this movie), who warns him that there are "Paladins", led by Samuel L. Jackson (sleepwalking through the role) who are out to get them. Right. Who ARE the "Paladins"? No one knows. and no attempt is made to explain bar "only God should have these powers". Lots of destruction ensues as our hero tries to save the girl and beat the "bad guys". Oh and there is the mom (Diane Lane in a thankless bit part), a Paladin, who is conflicted about having a son who can "jump", and abandoned him to save him. Whatever.

Overall, forget the critics if you enjoy a 90 minute reality escape. I found it thoroughly enjoyable.

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