Jumper

Doug Liman is the man we have to thank for 'Jumper'. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MR AND MRS SMITH! according to the poster, as if we should take a step back and come over all reverent. Mr and Mrs Smith, wow, this must be something!

Alas, the mysterious powers that haunt Hayden Christensen, and which would have come in handy to fast forward you through an hour or two into 'Star Wars, Attack of the Clones', are also only good for this pupose in 'Jumper'. What, you mean I could jump straight to end of the film. Now that would be a superpower.

Truth is this is the poor man's poor man's best mates 'Matrix', a story so thin that it leaves too many questions I fear will forever remain unanswered. Just what is the Paladin's problem with the Jumpers, for example? We'll never really know apart from the occasional grunt from Samuel L. Jackson sporting the years best haircut: 'Only God should have this power' is about as detailed as it gets, giving the storyline of the film - a fight to eliminate the Jumpers from the face of the earth, very little to stand on.

Jamie Bell and Hayden Christensen have so little chemistry between them it's hard not to imagine they filmed their roles on different days and someone cgi'd them together. Probably the same guy who created the cars on the road in Toyko... do watch out for them, they're quite a sight.

OK, it's a bad week and I'm probably upset because there's not a single film worth seeing released today, but 'Jumper' really is an opportunity missed. There's always room for a sci-fi action flick in my book, a break from the intensity of fab films like 'Edge of Heaven', but this isn't it. 1 out of 10, and that being generous.