Jumper and Dejavu

Earlier this afternoon, at Glorietta Cinema 1, Chief and I watched “Jumper” the science fiction film based on the 1992 science fiction novel “Jumper” by Steven Gould.

It was odd to see two Jedi nights, Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson battle on the screen, but more interesting (or even boggling) to understand the technology be teleportation.

In the movie, David Rice (played by Christensen) discovers he can “jump” or teleport to any place on the planet which he's previously visited or visualized from a photograph. He tells his girlfriend Millie (played by Rachel Bilson) that he is into “banking.”

Millie says, “If you cant tell me the complete truth, I would rather that you don’t lie to me.”


The battle begins when Roland Cox (Samuel L. Jackson) tracks down David down in Rome. “Been there, done that” I whispered to Cecile as the fight begins between the Jumpers and Paladins. Photos courtesy of http://www.imdb.com/ and 20th Century Fox.

Cox (Jackson) says “Only God should have the power to "Be everywhere at once". At the last scene, David still trying to convince Cox that not all Jumpers are evil decides to save Cox from drowning and leaves him in the Grand Canyon. That will “teleport” to a part two.

And later in the evening, we stayed up late to watch “Déjà vu” with Denzel Washington and Val Kilmer, which also deals with time travel.