Jumper 2008

Twenty-something David Rice has known for eight years since he was a teenager in high school in Ann Arbor, that he could teleport himself to anywhere in the world at any time, this skill which he stumbled upon at a most opportune time. He honed his abilities so that he could get away from his high school bullies and his alcoholic single father - his mother who abandoned them when David was five - by stealing money to live a lavish, adventurous, new life in New York City, with everyone from his old life believing him dead. He returns to Ann Arbor to reconnect with his high school friend/crush, Millie Harris, and give her the travel adventures she always wanted. He does so as he values his life even more now after discovering that someone is after him and seemingly trying to kill him; that person who knows that he is a "jumper". David learns that he is not alone, that there are fellow jumpers in the world, who are at war with this man, Roland, and his well-organized, high tech and motivated group of religious fanatics, the Paladins, who believe jumpers are an aberration to be destroyed. David may be further illuminated about his situation by someone from his distant past. He also quickly figures out that bringing Millie back into his life has placed her in mortal danger. Although he doesn't want to tell her the entire truth, David also has to decide if telling her the truth would be a safer option for her than not.