History Film / Jumper

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Roland has (very conspicuously dyed) white hair and is an utterly remorseless murderer.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Inverted. In the book, David had to keep videos of places he hasn't been to in a while in order to teleport to them. Here David just uses photographs posted all over his apartment.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The book spans about one year of David's [[SliceOfLife life as a teleporter]], during which he [[spoiler:[[HowDoIShotWeb learns the specifics of his power]], meets his LoveInterest, and reconnects with his MissingMom. Then, [[DeusAngstMachina in the space of a week]], he runs afoul of a wife-beating cop, is exposed first as a criminal then [[BrokenMasquerade as a teleporter]], and is finally knocked off his feet by a case of pneumonia, thus making him LateToTheTragedy when his [[YouKilledMyFather mother is killed by terrorists]]. David has only begun to [[TheyFightCrime hunt them down]] and reconcile with his girlfriend when TheGovernment steps in and things go FromBadToWorse.]] At this point, David has his SuperHeroOrigin and can begin to kick ass - ''after three fourths of the book''. The movie manages to adapt just about all of this (swapping terrorists for {{Church Militant}}s) with room for several {{Fight Scene}}s, and even set up a few {{sequel hook}}s.

** It's a NecessaryWeasel with most teleportation stories that the center of the Earth is down, and teleporting to another location won't leave you at an angle to the ground - for example teleporting to the exact opposite side of the earth you won't end up upside down
** Another NecessaryWeasel is the fact that the surface of the earth is revolving at a different rate at each lattitude, meaning you would have to compensate for speed.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The book spans about one year of David's [[SliceOfLife life as a teleporter]], during which he [[spoiler:[[HowDoIShotWeb learns the specifics of his power]], meets his LoveInterest, and reconnects with his MissingMom. Then, [[DeusAngstMachina in the space of a week]], he runs afoul of a [[CorruptHick wife-beating cop]], is exposed first as a criminal then [[BrokenMasquerade as a teleporter]], and is finally knocked off his feet by a case of pneumonia, thus making him LateToTheTragedy when his [[YouKilledMyFather mother is killed by terrorists]]. David has only begun to [[TheyFightCrime hunt them down]] and reconcile with his girlfriend when TheGovernment steps in and things go FromBadToWorse.]] At this point, David has his SuperHeroOrigin and can begin to kick ass - ''after three fourths of the book''. The movie manages to adapt just about all of this (swapping terrorists for {{Church Militant}}s) with room for several {{Fight Scene}}s, and even set up a few {{sequel hook}}s.

* KnifeNut: Roland carries a ritual dagger that he kills Jumpers with.

* GunsAreWorthless: The Paladins use hybrid GrapplingHookPistol / [[TheParalyzer stun gun]] because when a conventional bullet hits the "Jump Scar" left in the wake of a teleport, it spins off in a random direction. It's AllThereInTheManual.

It's loosely inspired by the novel ''Literature/{{Jumper}}'' by Steven Gould and inspired a TieInNovel by Gould, ''Griffin''.

* AlternateContinuity: The film and its TieInNovel ''Griffin'' are this to the original novels: the prologue to the film, up to David robbing the bank, is broadly accurate to the book, but everything after that is original to the film, including Griffin and the Paladin order. In the original book, David was pursued by the NSA instead, then by a NebulousEvilOrganization of business leaders in the sequels.

** The author of the original book tries to remedy this with the third book in the Jumper series, "Griffin's Story," which is slightly closer to the movie than the first book in the series "Jumper".

* GunsAreWorthless: The Paladins use hybrid GrapplingHookPistol / StunGuns because when a conventional bullet hits the "Jump Scar" left in the wake of a teleport, it spins off in a random direction. It's AllThereInTheManual.

* VillainHasAPoint: Despite the Paladins having religious motivations for hunting Jumpers, they are very correct in believing that Jumpers can be highly dangerous. For example, David, the protagonist, uses his powers to steal whatever he wants and also uses his powers for petty reasons such as teleporting a former bully into a sealed bank vault. It's not until Millie's life is threatened that David is motivated to do anything heroic. Griffin is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagging]] case; he learned to Jump as a teenager, but was relatively harmless until the Paladins killed his parents - after which he dedicates his life to killing Paladins with no consideration for collateral damage, NotSoDifferent from the Paladins' efforts to exterminate Jumpers.

* TheOmniPresent: The [[KnightTemplar Paladins]] reference this, claiming that the reason they hunt the jumpers is because "Only God should have this power--to be in all places, at all times." Note that the jumpers aren't actually an example (being pretty standard {{teleporters|AndTransporters}}), the Paladins are just over-reacting fanatics.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The book spans about one year of David's [[SliceOfLife life as a teleporter]], during which he [[spoiler: [[HowDoIShotWeb learns the specifics of his power]], meets his LoveInterest, and reconnects with his MissingMom. Then, [[DeusAngstMachina in the space of a week]], he runs afoul of a [[CorruptHick wife-beating cop]], is exposed first as a criminal then [[BrokenMasquerade as a teleporter]], and is finally knocked off his feet by a case of pneumonia, thus making him LateToTheTragedy when his [[YouKilledMyFather mother is killed by terrorists]]. David has only begun to [[TheyFightCrime hunt them down]] and reconcile with his girlfriend when TheGovernment steps in and things go FromBadToWorse.]] At this point, David has his SuperHeroOrigin and can begin to kick ass - ''after three fourths of the book''. The movie manages to adapt just about all of this (swapping terrorists for {{Church Militant}}s) with room for several [[FightScene Fight Scenes]], and even set up a few [[SequelHook sequel hooks]].

* AbusiveParents: David's father is an alcoholic drunk while his mother [[spoiler:is a member of the Ancient Conspiracy tasked with killing all Jumpers, including him]]. Granted, the former is an alcoholic because of said mother leaving them.

It's loosely inspired by the novel ''Literature/{{Jumper}}'' by Steven Gould.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The CoincidentalBroadcast in Ann Arbor, Michigan somehow shows [=NY1=] on their TV sets, despite Ann Arbor being far from New York City. However, the film's blatant disregard for time zones is justified by BellisariosMaxim; Doug Liman shot the film on-location in various exotic settings, and all the scenes for a particular location were shot at the same time, regardless of plot progression. This results in some glaring inconsistencies in time of day, as David and Griffin will Jump between them instantly.

* BadassArmy: The Paladins are an army of [[BadassNormal Badass normals]] whom have proven formidable to be able to hunt Jumpers since the Medieval Times. Note this is before they had the technology to follow Jumpers through their jump points or electrocute them to nullify their powers. The fact they are a group of religious fanatics and can appear anywhere in the world through sheer expediency and coordination makes them even more dangerous.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: [[spoiler: David's mother is revealed to be one of the leaders of the Paladins, the same group that's been slaughtering Jumpers and their families for possibly carrying the bloodline to be a Jumper. In response she abandoned David for his safety to be neglected and abused by her husband before going off and having a ReplacementGoldfish daughter with someone else in solitude when her daughter could have easily been born a Jumper like David. All of this ends up making her actions come off as a mixture of UselessBystanderParent and {{Hypocrite}} instead of sympathetic.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: David's mother is revealed to be one of the leaders of the Paladins, the same group that's been slaughtering Jumpers and their families for possibly carrying the bloodline to be a Jumper. In response she abandoned David for his safety to be neglected and abused by her husband before going off and having a ReplacementGoldfish daughter with someone else in solitude when her daughter could have easily been born a Jumper like David. All of this ends up making her actions come off as a mixture of UselessBystanderParent and {{Hypocrite}} instead of sympathetic.]]

** Rome; early morning. An ''extremely'' justified case here, as the director was able to get limited permission to shoot ''inside the Parthenon.''

** Roland is introduced telling a Jumper at his mercy that only God should have this power, then shanking the man in the gut[[note]]instead of, say, a relatively painless and quick bullet to the head[[/note]], establishing his religious extremism and viciousness.