Jumper

As I continue my quest to watch movies with the Twilight cast in them, I watched the movie Jumper this afternoon.  According to IMDB, Kristen Stewart has a role in it.

Jumper is about a guy named David, played by Hayden Christensen, who starts out the movie as your typical high school outcast.  His mother left him when he was 5 and his dad has never really gotten over that.  One day while being picked on, he finds he can teleport himself to another location.  Once he discovers this, he leaves home.  He uses his new found talent to rob banks.  As the years pass, he goes back home to see the girl he pined over in high school and the fun begins.  He runs into another Jumper named Griffin, played by Jamie Bell, who informs him that there are people called Paladins who are after "Jumpers".  Samuel L Jackson plays the leader of the paladins.  The rest of the film is basically the paladins chasing David and Griffin.

This film was directed by Doug Liman, who directed both the Bourne Identity and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.  I like both of those movies.  I could see characteristics of both of those movies in this one.  I thought this movie was good but not terrific.  I would have liked a little more background on just why the Paladins were after the jumpers.  I did get a kick out of how many times they "jumped" into the local public library.  When they did, they basically destroyed the place.  That really struck me funny.

One last thing, Kristen Stewart was in the movie.  But you better not blink, because if you do, you will miss her.