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Created Feb 24, 2008 09:21PM PST • Edited Feb 24, 2008 09:21PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   OK 2.5

   See this movie for the novelty-action, not the plot. If you can get past a plot/premise with lots of holes in it (or you are a teenager), you’ll have a good time. Young Hayden Christensen does a decent job playing the young guy irresponsibly using his power as a Jumper to get ahead. Samuel Jackson plays the nemesis member of a group of ‘paladins’ sworn to kill any Jumpers. Of course, there’s got to be a girl in the story, but Rachel Bilson didn’t do anything memorable in this flick. Instead, I wished they would have decided to use Diane Lane and/or Michael Rooker in their roles as parents — but there was precious little of them. Probably the most enjoyable things in this movie for me were the action scenes and the varying geographies.

4. Acting

   OK 2.5

5. Male Stars OK 2.5

6. Female Stars OK 2.5

7. Female Costars OK 2.5

8. Male Costars OK 2.5

10. Film

    Very Good 3.5

11. Direction Very Good 3.5

12. Play Very Good 3.5

13. Music Very Good 3.5

14. Visuals Very Good 3.5

    I did like the visuals associated with the ‘Jumping’ around the world. Some pretty cool scenes.

15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.2

17. Sex Titillating 2.2

18. Violence Fierce 2.2

19. Rudeness Salty 2.2

21. Reality

    Supernatural 3.8

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 3.8

23. Biological Supernatural 3.8

24. Physical Supernatural 3.8