David Rice (Hayden Christensen) has a miserable life. The brunt of teasing at school, a mother who left him when he was five, and an abusive father. while being teased at school, he falls through the ice and floats away. But he doesn't drown, but teleports himself into the library. He begins oracticing, and realizes he doesn't need to stay home. He can teleport away, so he does. He also develops a habit of teleporting into bank vaults, and thereby living a pretty good lifestyle. However he doesn't show himself to anyone so they think he has died. Several years later he is quite established. However there is a secret group intent on killing the jumpers, no one should have such power. Roland (Samuel L. Jackson) heads this group of Paladins. He has a big knife he uses, but he slows the jumpers with electricity.
He returns to his hometown, and looks up Millie (Rachel Bilson) and decides to bring her with on his next trip to Italy. However in Italy he is attacked, but he also meets another jumper, Griffin (Jamie Bell). David accidentally follows Griffin to his lair. In the end they team up and the capture the Paladins without their device that helps them trap jumpers and also move about. However Roland captures Millie. david wants to save Millie, Griffin wants to blow u the Paladins. A fight ensues, and david come away on top. He rescues Millie and does not blow up the Paladins, prooving he is different from other Jumpers.
This movie jumps around a lot (pun intended). They travel to sevreral different countries, Egypt and Italy among them. There is some fine fighting and special effects with electricity.
