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Seems Ann Arbor, Michigan is the latest town of all the towns in all the world to play host to a phenomenon whereby some can teleport themselves around the world, whether in parsec leaps to another country or mini-movements for couch-potato jumpers to move inches in order to reach the remote. I have to admit, it's a great premise for a story. But ... Once aware of their powers these jumpers learn they're not alone - hey, I've never seen one, have you? - and a bunch of baddies is after them, and they'd better watch out because the head baddie is Samuel L Jackson! Scared yet? The plot has at least a dozen major inconsistencies and some minor ones. It's just too tedious to catalog them. When it should be spiced with humor, director Doug Liman chooses inconsequential violence. He also chooses two leads who can't act, then puts Jamie Bell in support which only points up the difference. He gives Jackson a visual persona so bizare surely it must interfere with his low-profile. He also consistently chooses the worst camera placements I've seen in a long time. He doesn't so much cut from shot to shot as slash a la Sweeney Todd. There's a team of writers - well I say team but they sure weren't working together. I know the jumpers can go all over the place, but so does the script. I've seen better writing on a cereal box. Everyone concerned should just have gone to the shops, bought the jumper of their choice, and left moviegoers alone.
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