February 22nd, 2008
Posted in To make this review short let me give you the top 5 reasons to see Jumper.
1. Rachel Bilson
2.Rachel Bilson
3.Rachel Bilson
4.Rachel Bilson
5.Samuel L. Jackson with white hair
Other than Rachel Bilson of The OC fame I couldn’t really give you much else to care about in the film. The film wasn’t horrible, I actually enjoyed it for a borderline Sci-Fi comic book thriller. The cast is pretty weak outside of Samuel L. Jackson and Rachel Bilson. I do love Diane Lane (Murder at 1600) but she was hardly in the movie and robbed us of some quality acting perhaps? Hayden Christensen sucks and probably ruined the movie as a whole. The on location filming in Rome and Hong Kong were definitly a nice touch to the film. The movie originally peeked my interest from an article in GQ Magazine about how Rachel wasn’t cast in the film but they snuck her in midway and refilmed the rolls with her. They kept this low key to not arise red flags of a recast. Normally recasting is very bad PR and a take from the public that the movie isn’t going well and it will be a flop.
Overall Rating- C+
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