Quickie: Jump Jump

Jumper (2008). Directed by Doug Liman. Starring: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson. -- About 10 minutes in, Michael Rooker enters the scene as the Jumper's deadbeat dad, and instantly creeps me out as the spitting image of Heath Ledger 25 years from now, four months ago. Because the film itself is an incoherent piece of shit (with 2 good minutes from Diane Lane), I spent much of my time slightly unnerved and awed by this seeming film presence from the once future Heath Ledger. I cannot recall ever seeing a film featuring an actor who looked exactly like a dead actor, but aged several years past the age when the late actor had died. Substitute "dead actor" with "dead love", add in a touch of obsessiveness on the part of the keen viewer, and you have the germ of an intriguing story.