Jumper

Highly disappointing because the concept is very cool, and the possibilities that go along with teleportation are very intriguing. That said, this movie was flawed on so many levels. First of all, why is every big blockbuster these days only about 90 minutes long? Am I alone in thinking movies should be 2 hours? Secondly, Jumper glossed over a lot of back story and left me confused about the main characters powers. What were the limitations? For example, could he have donned a space suit and gone to the moon or something? Anyway...I felt like I was re-watching some of the crappiest scenes from the updated Star Wars trilogy, with Christensen and Sam Jackson, plus Rachel Bilson is a Natalie Portman lookalike. I liked that the beginning of the movie was set in Ann Arbor, but it really could have been any nondescript town. The plot seemed thin, and the movie felt like a setup for sequels...which I hate. Any decent movie in whatever genre should be able to stand alone as a work, and not rely on what may or may not come in the future. For all its big budget special effects and glamor, Jumper was forgettable at best...

Untraceable

While the plot was definitely formulaic, there were some creative and unique aspects to this film. Didn't deserve the complete thrashing it got from the critics. A poor man's Silence of the Lambs if you will.