Similarly eliding much of the exposition or simply delivering belches of it on the fly director Doug Liman churns out a serviceable sci-fi thrillervideogame template that plays like The Matrix Lite and, finally, isnt nearly as cool as its trailer.

The world is almost literally his oyster, as David (now played by Hayden Christensen) flits to London for a one-night stand, escapes just as quickly to lunch on the pyramids and finishes the day surfing in Fiji all financed via the banks he robs by zapping into the vaults.

Jackson underneath a shocking white mane, but otherwise in a familiar mode), a driven pursuer of jumpers who deems them an abomination.

He is, were eventually told, a paladin, part of a shadowy group that has been pursuing and eliminating jumpers for centuries.

Mrs. Smith, Liman has fun with the initial exploration of Davids skills, which he shows off to Millie like a shiny new sports car.

Although primarily shot in Toronto, pic boasts sequences in Tokyo, Egypt and Romes Colosseum, and the effects team (among them The Matrix alum Joel Hynek) pretty convincingly captures the lengthy roster of exotic locales, as well as images of jumpers dragging objects through their portals with them, which possesses a visceral kick.

Mostly, David and reluctant mentor Griffin take on what appears to be Roland and a handful of guys more a skirmish than the historic war to which Griffin refers.

The dialogue is also consistently clunky a side effect, perhaps, of the sequential efforts of writers David S.

Goyer (Batman Begins), Jim Uhls (Fight Club) and producer Simon Kinberg (Limans Smith collaborator) tackling Steven Goulds young-adult novels.

Beyond that, theres virtually no time to add a second dimension to anyone (Diane Lane shows up in what amounts to a cameo), with Bilsons adorableness doing most of the heavy lifting to establish a semblance of girl-in-jeopardy romance.

A 20th Century Fox release presented in association with Regency Enterprises of a New RegencyHypnotic production, made in association with Dune Entertainment.

Produced by Arnon Milchan, Lucas Foster, Jay Sanders, Simon Kinberg.

Executive producers, Stacy Maes, Kim Winther, Vince Gerardis, Ralph M.

Vicinanza. Co-producer, Joe Hartwick Jr.

Goyer, Jim Uhls, Kinberg, based on the novel by Steven Gould.

Camera (Deluxe color, Panavision widescreen), Barry Peterson; editors, Saar Klein, Don Zimmerman, Dean Zimmerman; music, John Powell; music supervisor, Julianne Jordan; production designer, Oliver Scholl; supervising art directors, Thomas Valentine, Elinor Rose Galbraith; art director, Peter Grundy; set decorator, Hilton Rosemarin; costume designer, Magali Guidasci; sound (DolbyDTS), John J.

Thomson; sound supervisorsound designer, Craig Henighan; visual effects supervisors, Joel Hynek, Kevin Elam; special effects supervisor, Yves Debono; associate producer, Simon Crane; assistant director, Winther; second unit director, Crane; casting, Joseph Middleton.

Reviewed at Aidikoff screening room, Beverly Hills, Feb.

MPAA Rating: PG-13.

Running time: 88 MIN.

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