Jumper (2008) – Hayden Christensen and Samuel L Jackson

Jumper is a fun movie with a good amount of action to match its fantasy concept. Hayden Christensen stars as the main character in this movie – he’s a boy who discovered he can teleport, or ‘jump’, to pretty much anywhere in the world. Samuel L Jackson plays the main man tracking him down, trying to kill him – Samuel leads a squad of agents tracking down all ‘Jumpers’ to kill them on the spot. They both do a great job in the roles here.

Other key cast members include Rachel Bilson who plays the lead female role adequately. And Jamie Bell does an alright job in playing an experienced Jumper who helps Hayden’s character secretly before eventually befriending him and mentoring him in being a good Jumper.

One of the most memorable parts of this movie, is a cheeky line at the beginning where the lead character, acting as a narrator to the audience, says “I wasn’t always like this. Once I was a normal person. A chump, just like you!”

Go on Hollywood, tell us what you really think about us!

Jumper (2008) is a Decent movie over all. Not many boring bits if any. It delivers a respectable level of entertainment quite consistently.

If you like the concept of this movie, where certain people can jump between places around the world, you may also enjoy movies where certain people travel through time, into the past and the future – such movies include Looper (2012) with Bruce Willis; Timecop (1994) with Van Damme; and the Back To The Future movie series.

Cleaner (2007) – Samuel L Jackson

Cleaner (2007) is a simple story with an interesting angle. It shows Samuel L Jackson in his element as Tom Cutler, a retired policeman now working for himself as a dead body residue cleaner, often contracted by the local police department to clean up crime scenes.

This movie has a decent supporting cast, including Ed Harris & Luis Guzmán as detectives and former colleagues of Tom’s, plus Eva Mendes as the lead female and wife of the missing man.

I’m not normally a fan of this slow & gritty pace of movie – it’s like a random episode from a TV crime drama series – but Samuel makes it work. Still, it’s so basic, I can’t rate it any higher than just Watchable. I’m certainly not expecting to watch it again so long as I remember much about it, and there’s not much to be remembered except a few nice plot twists.