I attended the first “Jumper” screening at Edwards Cinema on Feb. 14. This movie can be labeled as an abomination, a desperate cry for help or a way to rebel against your parents.
The plot line is stereotypical.
Young hero with special powers is being targeted by an organization bent on destroying him and those like him.
Somehow, the hero’s special someone is captured and is used as bait to lure him.
Thus, he must go up against impossible odds to save his beloved. The plot was a little too simple to follow. ?
Hayden Christensen’s interpretation of David Rice, the young hero, wasn’t over the top, but it did push me to the edge of my seat or should I say the edge of my seat closer to the door.
Now when I hear about a high-ranking person in a secret organization, I picture a hard-faced man that is totally ripped because he’s been fighting for his cause all his life. Instead of that, viewers got an overweight, white-haired Samuel L. Jackson.
There’re two things I found funny about Jackson.
First off, he simply looks like a man that poured a bunch of whiteout on his hair. At one point in the movie, I could swear I saw a bit of the hair coloring end up on Jackson’s cheek.
Secondly, this is the second movie in which Samuel L. Jackson gets his rear end kicked by Hayden Christensen, which happened in “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith.”
Jumper is currently screening in most of the cinemas here in Bakersfield, so go out and support our local theaters. It’s not their fault. They didn’t make this horrible movie.