Seeing Cox arriving, David decides to reveal the truth to her. David breaks into Millie's apartment, angering her. Griffin returns to his hideout to get weapons. They go to pick Millie up at the airport, but she is no longer there. Realizing Cox is personally hunting David, Griffin agrees. He jumps his father to a hospital and returns to Griffin to ask for help. David teleports home and finds his father lying bleeding. Griffin tells David that the Paladins will target his loved ones to draw him out. Griffin reveals that he has been trailing and killing Paladins for years and plans to kill Cox to avenge his parents.
David declines and fearing for her safety, puts her on a plane home.ĭavid runs into Griffin again, and follows him to his hideout in a cave. Millie, upset and afraid when David tries to skirt around the issue, demands to know the truth. David is detained by Italian police and questioned about the deaths, but escapes with the help of David's mother, Mary, who left him when he was five. When they visit the Colosseum, David meets Griffin, another Jumper before the two are confronted by two Paladins who Griffin casually kills. David and his high school crush Millie go to Rome, keeping his ability a secret.
Roland Cox, current leader of the Paladins, learns of David's identity from Mark, who bullied David in high school. He is being hunted by the Paladins, a secret society of religious fanatics who are sworn to trace and kill "Jumpers" for their alleged omnipresence which they find blasphemous. The film held the first position in its opening weekend with $27.3 million, but received generally negative reviews from critics, mostly because of the many changes to Gould's novel, rushed plot and anticlimactic ending.ĭavid Rice lives lavishly on stolen money acquired from using his superability to " jump" into and out of bank vaults. The film was released on February 14, 2008, and the soundtrack was released five days later on February 19. Jumper was filmed in 20 cities and 14 countries from 2006 to 2007. The script went through a rewrite prior to filming, and the roles for the main characters were changed during production. The film follows a young man capable of teleporting as he is chased by a secret society intent on killing him. The film was directed by Doug Liman and stars Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Max Thieriot, AnnaSophia Robb, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker, and Samuel L. Jumper is a 2008 American science fiction action film loosely based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Steven Gould.