This is how you butcher a perfectly good book story.

I like Doug Liman's movies - I thoroughly enjoyed The Bourne Indentity, Swingers & Edge of Tomorrow. Jumper, on the other hand is the worst movie I've seen so far, that was directed by Mr Liman. Ended up being very disappointing. It is a very mediocre Young Adult flick at most. And it could have been much more than that.

The whole cast really struggles to hold this thing together, it's really boring in places - the premise is great, but that's only due to the source material being great. Hayden Christensen never really acts, he just pulls 3 or 4 different impressions throughout the whole movie, adjusting accordingly to a scene that plays out. Rachel Bilson really underperforms here, which was rather sad to watch & the only positive I can come up with is Jamie Bell and his portrayal of Griffin (who's not even in the original book... that tells a lot about this picture). Sam L Jackson does his usual... he can be enjoyable even when playing in the daftest of movies.

Generally, a rather disappointing experience from a director I appreciate. I guess that's what script rewrites and filming in 20 cities & 14 countries does to your movie. It's all over the place.