This is clearly a case of Doug Liman being offered a juicy sci-fi action concept and saying “yes” before he had really figured out what, exactly, was interesting about that concept in the first place. And it’s that uncertainty that hobbles “Jumper.” Admittedly, the central conceit — about a special group of humans who can teleport around the world and the villainous agency determined to track them down– is cool. And Liman does imbibe it with a certain amount of visual flair.
But virtually everything else about the movie, from Samuel L. Jackson’s white wig to the dangling plot threads (meant to suggest a trilogy Fox prematurely announced) makes you go, “Huh?”
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