Jumper

"Director Doug Liman churns out a serviceable sci-fi thriller/videogame template that plays like "The Matrix Lite" and, finally, isn't nearly as cool as its trailer."

"These site-shifting extravaganzas sometimes reach an exhilarating level of near-abstraction. So it's too bad that just about everything surrounding the action scenes of the picture is such unmitigated cr--."

"It sure gives good whizz, beaming through those exotic locations without a hint of jetlag, though its digitally-minded makers seem to think they drive on the right in Tokyo and that the head of the Sphinx could survive all that repeat foot traffic."

"The film suffers from a lack of cohesion and the script leaves much to be desired but the concept is very cool and Liman pulls it together with his usual snap and florish."

"The vehicle would seem to be a perfect match for Doug Liman, the man whose propulsive, hyperkinetic style has yielded a string of energetic hits, including "The Bourne Identity" and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." But for a picture steeped in wormholes and zippy trips via the space-time continuum, "Jumper" proves disappointingly inert."

"The major weakness in Jumper is the piling on of action and narrative in the last ten to twelve minutes. It's as though the editor was rushing to meet a deadline and did the best he could with too much footage."

"It’s Liman’s least charismatic action movie and the least developed, but it still packs some cracking action into its brief running time and lays foundations on which a great franchise could be built."