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It’s impossible for outsiders to know who deserves most of the blame for this dud — its director, Doug Liman, its three screenwriters, its multiple producers or the various studio executives who might have done far too much meddling or not nearly enough. Whatever the case, “Jumper” — a barely coherent genre mishmash about a guy who transports himself across the globe at will — is of interest only because it revisits a theme that Mr. Liman has explored in films like “The Bourne Identity” and, if reports about his troubled productions are true, speaks to his own reputation as an escape artist: the character who wiggles out of trouble.

(문외한이 이 실패작을 가장 탓할 사람이 누구라는 것을 알 수는 없을 것이다.- 이 영화의 감독인 더그 리만. 세명의 작가들, 여러명의 제작자들 또는 너무 많은 간섭을 했음에 틀림없는 스튜디오의 중역들 중에서. 어떤 경우이건 '점퍼'-온세계를 자신의 의지대로 순간이동할 수 있는 한 남자에 관한 일관되지 않는 뒤범벅의 장르-는 오직 감독이 '본 아이덴티티'와 같은 영화에서 찾은 주제에 다시 접근하기 때문에

 흥미롭다. 그리고 그의 뒤숭숭한 작품에 관한 보고가 사실이라면, 탈옥의 명수-고통에서 몸부림치며 빠져나오는 캐릭터-로써의 그의 명성을 말한다는 점에서 흥미롭다.)

The trouble here starts when a likable high-school loser, David Rice (Max Thieriot), discovers that he can do an end run around the space-time continuum, teleporting from here to there faster than Dorothy can click her sparkling red shoes. Before long he’s zipping from Detroit to Tokyo (and into bank vaults) and has transformed into a materialist slacker (now played by a somnolent Hayden Christensen) whose rooms are filled with goodies and walls are papered with images of his fave jump spots. One minute he’s cruising a blond sylph in London; the next, he’s hanging with the Sphinx in Egypt. It’s all good, except that it’s all bad, from the subliterate dialogue to the chaotic direction and heavily edited points in between.

(문제는 호감가는 고등학교 중퇴자 데이비트 라이스(맥스 시리엇)가 자신이 도로시가 반짝이는 빨간 구두 버튼을 잠그는 것보다 더 빠르게 이곳저곳을 순간이동해 4차원 공간 이곳 저곳을 잘 빠져나갈 수 있다는 것을 알게 되면서 시작된다. 머지않아 그는 디트로잇에서 도쿄까지 잽싸게 날아가게 되고(그리고 은행 금고 안으로도) 멋진 물건들이 가득차고 벽이 그의 가장 좋아하는 점프 자국 이미지로 도배된 방을 가진 물질주의 게으름벵이가 됐다. 한때 그는 런던에서 금발의 아름다운 소녀를 꼬시러 다니고 그 다음에, 이집트의 스핑크스에 매달린다. 여기까지는 좋다. 수준이하의 대화부터 혼란스러운 감독과 장면들 사이가 무겁게 편집된 점들이 아주 나쁘다는 점을 제외하면.)

Then, you know, something happens. In this case, the something is mostly Samuel L. Jackson, who, as a mysterioso avenger, arrives barking his lines and wearing the latest addition to what has become a notorious collection of extreme hairpieces and looks. Snow white and close cropped, Mr. Jackson’s hair in this film dominates its every scene (it’s louder than the predictably voluble actor), rising out of the visual and narrative clutter like a beacon. It glows. It shouts. It entertains. (It earns its keep.) It also suggests that someone here has a sense of humor, as does the casting of the persuasively thuggish Michael Rooker (“Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”) and the woefully misused Diane Lane as David’s estranged parents.

(그리고, 예상할 수 있듯 어떤 일이 벌어진다. 이 경우의 어떤 일은 사무엘 잭슨에 관한 것이다. 신비로운 복수자인 그는 ??? 극단적인 머리모양과 모습을 가진 불명예스러운 차림으로 도착한다. 영화에서 백색의 짧게 깍은 잭슨의 머리는 봉홧불처럼 시각과 서사구조의 혼잡스러움 속에서 솟아나면서 모든 장면에서 도드라져 보인다.(그것은 예상가능하게 입심좋은 배우 이상이다) 그것은 또한 여기있는 누군가자 유머감각있는 사람...@@@ 어려워~~~

Luckily for Ms. Lane, her character doesn’t get much screen time, largely because she appears to be on hand only to help humanize David, to counterbalance the brutal father with the sentimentalized mother. She’s as disposable as the pretty bland thing (Rachel Bilson) who tags along with David for a while and has been written into the screenplay for all the reasons female characters are usually written into male coming-of-age stories, namely she looks good in her underwear and establishes the hero’s heterosexuality. Ms. Bilson fills out her bra nicely, but is nowhere as seductive as Jamie Bell, who, as a British jumper called Griffin, gives the film a jolt of energy along with a heartbeat. When he jumps, so does the film.

“Jumper” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned.) Lots of fights but little blood.

JUMPER

Opens on Thursday nationwide.

 Directed by Doug Liman; written by David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls and Simon Kinberg, based on the novel by Steven Gould; director of photography, Barry Peterson; edited by Don Zimmerman, Dean Zimmerman and Saar Klein; music by John Powell; production designer, Oliver Scholl; visual effects supervisor, Joel Hynek; produced by Mr. Kinberg, Arnon Milchan, Lucas Foster and Jay Sanders; released by 20th Century Fox. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

WITH: Hayden Christensen (David Rice), Jamie Bell (Griffin), Rachel Bilson (Millie Harris), Samuel L. Jackson (Roland), Diane Lane (Mary Rice), Michael Rooker (William Rice), AnnaSophia Robb (Young Millie) and Max Thieriot (Young David).