Jackson did his standard performance, that was fine. But if the actors can’t sell it on the screen, the audience won’t buy it. The whole movie relies on you believing that they were “meant to be” ever since they were children. And there was zero chemistry in between them. I wouldn’t be surprised if the material wouldn’t allow her to do her best work, but this was rough to watch. So I am not familiar enough with her to judge whether or not she is a great actress, but in this, she wasn’t.
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As for Rachel Bilson… I have never watched any of her TV shows. He comes across as obnoxious rather than the anti-hero we should be rooting for.
I understand part of it is the unlikability of the character he’s portraying, but he can’t sell it. If you haven’t seen either of these films, I strongly recommend both, because they convinced me that he’s more than capable of acting. And then others have seen him in Shattered Glass (2003) or Awake (2007), where he proves there is something in him. Most people think he can’t act because of his performance in the Star Wars prequels. Because if there is somebody, who might be the unluckiest guy in the history of Hollywood, who still has a career, it’s him. Yes, I am talking about the leading duo, Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson. They, unfortunately, aren’t great in this and have no chemistry.
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Some action sequences are shot entertainingly, the film is under 90 minutes, so it never manages to bore you, and it’s full of young, sexy people.
Because if you strip it down, that’s what this film is.ĭon’t get me wrong this movie isn’t bad by any means. He behaves like a dick even to people who he supposedly cares about. You can develop a world with its own rules (aka John Wick franchise), you can play into the “Gods live among us” thing that became popular within our current pop culture, you can take it philosophical… Or, you can make an action movie about a guy who does whatever he wants, and he’s a dick about it. From here, you can take this into a variety of ways. Jumper is a film based on a really simple yet great premise – some people can teleport and live among us. I hate to do this, but our protagonists were either misdirected or not cast well. Because you can easily imagine a much better story with such an intriguing premise, but most importantly, different actors in it. Jumper could be the poster child of how it looks to have a truly great idea executed in such an average way. But I don’t think it ever fit as much as with this film.
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