Jumper

As an adolescent, David Rice (Max Thieriot) lived with his father William (Michael Rooker). His mother (Diane Lane) left when he was 5. David felt that his life was less than satisfactory, as his dad wasn't much of a father and he didn't have many friends.

One day at school, David falls through thin ice covering a river. He was trying to retrieve a snow globe that he bought for a girl named Millie (AnnaSophia Robb). Floating downstream with no way to surface through the ice, he inadvertently saves himself from a watery grave by reflexively teleporting himself into his local library. This is the first time David recalls Jumping. Using this new-found ability, he leaves his childhood home behind without telling anyone that he survived. He sets up in a New York City hotel and starts a life of crime, stealing money from a local bank by teleporting into the vault. Over the course of the next eight years, an older David (played by Hayden Christensen) continues to rob banks and lives a prosperous life in the city, traveling across the world at a whim. His comfortable lifestyle abruptly ends one evening when he returns home to find an unwelcome guest.

Roland Cox (Samuel L. Jackson), a Paladin who has been tracking David since his first bank robbery, finally finds him. Roland, with the intent to kill, uses a variety of advanced technologies to inhibit David’s ability to Jump. David manages to escape and ends up at his father's house in his old room. Upon seeing his neighborhood, David decides to find Millie (now played by Rachel Bilson). He learns that Millie works at a local restaurant and in the process bumps into Mark (Teddy Dunn), the childhood bully who was responsible for throwing the snow globe onto the iced-over river. The two get into a fight after Mark insults Millie. During the fight, David Jumps Mark into the bank vault from his first robbery, leaving Mark inside to be arrested. After Jumping back to the restaurant, David asks Millie out on a date and using his wealth flies with her to Rome for a holiday. It had been Millie's dream to travel the world and Rome was at the top of her list. Meanwhile, Roland interrogates Mark in jail, having been found in the bank vault. With what he learns, Roland sets out to find David.

Because it was closed, David and Millie break into the Roman Colosseum. While briefly separated, another Jumper named Griffin (Jamie Bell) confronts David. Griffin first spotted David in a London bar and had been tracking him for some time. Their meeting is cut short by two Paladins. Griffin kills the two and then returns to his "Lair." Leaving Millie behind, David follows Griffin home by entering Griffin's Jump Scar, the remnants from his teleport. Once there, David learns about a centuries-old war between Jumpers and Paladins (with Griffin referring to such subjects as the Holy Inquisition and the witch hunters), and about how Griffin is trying to track down and kill as many of the Paladins as he can. The walls were covered with all of Griffins' travels as well as drawings of Roland and various other Paladins. Griffin reveals that Paladins will stop at nothing to find Jumpers (on the grounds that "only God should have the power to be all places at all times"), killing family members in the process.

Fearing for Millie’s safety, David returns to Rome and together try to flee the Colosseum. However David is arrested for trespassing and taken to jail. While in custody, he gets an unexpected visit from his mother, Mary, who he hasn't seen in 18 years. She warns David that the Paladins are on their way and quickly exits the jail. After receiving the warning, David Jumps out of his confines and puts Millie on a plane to Detroit, all the while keeping Millie in the dark about his powers. David then Jumps to his father’s house to check on him. Unfortunately, Roland had already been there, leaving William for dead.

David Jumps his dad to the hospital and then Jumps to Griffin's lair. It is unclear whether William survives the assault. David and Griffin arrange a pact to "team up" for a short while for an attack against the Paladins. Before they begin, David Jumps to the airport in Detroit to ensure Millie's safety (who has been on the flight from Rome). David missed Millie as her flight landed early. He quickly Jumps to her home and then finally reveals his power. He then jumps them both to safety only moments before the Paladins arrive. The two arrive at Griffin's hideout, causing Griffin to panic. The Paladins have a device that allows them to travel through Jump Scars. Roland and a team of Paladins arrive in the lair and attack the group. During the fight, David notices drawings of his mother next to the other various drawings Griffin created over the years. Griffin kills the team with a flamethrower and fights against Roland one-on-one; stealing the Jump Scar teleporting device in the process. Griffin jumps Roland back to Millie's apartment and returns to the lair. Somehow Roland was able to pull Millie through the scar before it closes.

To end his 10 year search, Griffin prepares a bomb to kill Roland, but David objects because this move would kill Millie as well. The two struggle before David steals the detonator. Griffin chases David across the world, before the chase ends as David manages to trap Griffin in a collapsed electrical tower, preventing Griffin from Jumping. David Jumps to Millie’s apartment and carelessly rushes in, only to be caught by Roland and another team of Paladins. With great effort David manages to Jump a large portion of Millie’s apartment and everyone in it into a lake. From there, he jumps a portion of the apartment, Millie, Roland, and himself into a library. David then Jumps Roland to a cave in the Grand Canyon. Earlier, Roland revealed his desire to kill Jumpers because "they all eventually turn bad." Now in the cave, David showed he was different because he jumped with the restrainers on him and then responds by saying "I told you I'm different. Could've dropped you with the sharks." David then leaves Roland and returns to Millie.

Some time later, David locates his mother Mary at her home, in the process learning that he has a sister (Kristen Stewart). When he confronts Mary, she reveals that she is a Paladin and that his first jump was actually when he was five. This is the real reason why she left her husband and son, so she wouldn't have to kill David. Mary tells David that she loves him and therefore will give him a head start. After leaving the house, David meets up with Millie and they both Jump out of the premises.

Cast

• Hayden Christensen as David Rice: a young man who discovers the ability to "jump", or teleport.
• Max Thieriot as teenage David Rice
• Rachel Bilson as Millie Harris: David's childhood friend and crush, who later becomes his girlfriend.
• Anna Sophia Robb as teenage Millie Harris
• Samuel L. Jackson as Roland Cox: the leader of the Paladin organization, whose goal is to kill jumpers, who are deemed too powerful to exist.
• Jamie Bell as Griffin: A fellow Jumper.
• Michael Rooker as William Rice: David's father.
• Diane Lane as Mary Rice: David's mother who separated from her son when he was five years old.
• Teddy Dunn as Mark Kobold: David's childhood bully.
• Jesse James teenage Mark Kobold
• Kristen Stewart as Sophie (cameo)