Jumper (2008) on Netflix
PG-1320081h 28mActionAdventureSci-Fi
A plunge into the Huron River gives fifteen-year-old David Rice the power to teleport. He leaves his abusive father and robs bank vaults in New York, hunted by Roland and the Paladins.
- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.1/10339,877 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes15%
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Plot summary
At fifteen, a fall into the Huron River shows David Rice that he can teleport, appearing somewhere new in an instant. He leaves his abusive father, William, and starts over in New York City, stealing cash from bank vaults and living on it. Eight years later, Roland, who leads the Paladins, corners him. The Paladins are a religious group that calls Jumpers unholy and wants them destroyed, and the bank robberies are what bring Roland to him. David gets away, landing in the bedroom of his childhood home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he looks up Millie, the girl he liked in high school, and runs into Mark, a former bully. The two end up in a bar fight.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Jumper (2008)
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- On January 26 in Toronto, 56-year-old David Ritchie, a set dresser, was fatally struck by frozen debris while dismantling an outdoor set in wintry conditions. Another worker was injured and was sent to a hospital with serious head and shoulder injuries.
- Liman negotiated with the Rome Film Commission for rare access to film for three days in the Colosseum. The crew was required to keep equipment off the ground by using harnesses and had to rely on natural light, filming for 45 minutes in the morning and in the evening so as not to disturb the public.
- Hayden Christensen replaced Sturridge in the lead role as David just two weeks before the beginning of shooting, as the studio had become concerned about not having a more prominent actor. The studio also pushed for Liman to cast rapper Eminem in the role, but Liman insisted on Christensen.
- As a result of director Liman insisting Christensen perform his own stunts, the actor injured his hand, split open his ear, and developed a hyperdilated pupil that required hospital care while filming various scenes.
- Production was stopped in June 2006 after Tom Rothman told Liman: "The lead is 18. Wouldn't the movie be better if he were 25? You have a huge movie here and adults won't go and see an 18-year-old. They'll consider it a children's movie."
- The New Zealand visual effects studio Weta Digital put its 100 employees on the visual effects for 300 of the 600 shots in the film. In total there are more than 100 jumps, and each jump was modified based on the distance and location the characters jumped.
