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List Price: $26.99 | | Label: Summit Entertainment
Salesrank: 4086
Released: July 7, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan takes the helm for this action thriller concerning a group of telekinetic American ex-patriots who band together in an attempt to take down the clandestine government agency that's genetically transforming normal citizens into powerful psychic warriors. The Division is a shadowy government operation devoted to making humankind the ultimate weapon. Those who accept this transformation have the power to move objects with the mind, see the future before it happens, create new realities, and dispense of their enemies without so much as a single touch; those who are unwilling to participate are immediately terminated. Nick Gant (Chris Evans) is a mover , a second-generation telekinetic who went into hiding after the Division killed his father more than a decade earlier. He lives a life of anonymity in Hong Kong, a densely populated place where fugitive psychics such as himself are safe as long as they can keep their unique gift secret. Suddenly into Nick's life comes 13-year-old watcher Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning), a clairvoyant who needs his help in tracking down escaped pusher Kira, who may hold the key to bringing down the Division once and for all. A pusher is the most powerful kind of psychic due to their ability to influence the actions of others by planting thoughts in their minds. Now, as Nick emerges from hiding in order to help Cassie find Kira, the Division's human bloodhounds are hot on their trail. In order to elude the authorities, they'll need to disappear into the seedy underbelly of the city while relying on a team of rogue psychics to help cover their tracks. But Division Agent Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou) is a powerful pusher who has made it his mission to stop them at all costs, regardless of the collateral damages that may occur in the process.
Description of Push:
Complicated to the point of viewer exhaustion, Push is a hard-to-follow and often silly work of science fiction about refugees from a secret U.S. government program simply referred to as "the Division." Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans play the children of psychically gifted parents victimized by the Division. (She's a seer, he's got mild telekinetic abilities.) Neither wants to end up forced to cooperate with Djimon Hounsou's determined operator trying to create the ultra-"pusher," i.e., a subject so gifted they can work major miracles with their mind. The odd thing is that the story is set in China, where gang action and general exotica have a way of obscuring the story proper. Things get a little more interesting when the odd pairing of Fanning and Evans is joined by a few other interesting actors (Ming Na, Cliff Curtis, Camille Belle) playing ex-Division types with psychic abilities. For a while, an "X-Men"-like vibe starts to build, but then quickly dissipates in a script practically drunk on upending audience expectations every few minutes. Nearly two hours long, Push wears down one's tolerance pretty quickly, yet manages to leave one feeling as if the story is unfinished by end credits. --Tom Keogh
Push Reviews:
PUSH 
2009-12-09 - This movie is awesome. Great action. Fun to watch with an intriguing plot. The actors and actresses do a nice job in their individual roles.
What a retarded flick...... 
2009-12-07 - Aside from the glorious reviews given here, here's a few things overtly irritating about this dumb movie
1. Dakota Fanning - Annoying to the point that would make fingernails on a chalkboard a melody. Now lets see an "almost 14" year old in a short skirt and streaked hair is just happening to be running around in Hong Kong.
2. The Bleeders - Oh man, i have never laughed this much in my life seeing these caricatures and the faces they make. Its so ridiculosuly hilarious, talk about his resume.
3. The sniffers - yuck... heading into inner wear territory
4. The pusher (kira) - The girl who defines a pleasant day through the morgue. Dead pan face and errr.. what exactly was her role again?
trying desperately to be some kind of Heroes wannabe, there is no continuity to the script (if you can call it a script), whoever did the casting for this movie should be arrested. All in all, if you want a good laugh, go see this one.
(2.5 STARS) Not Terrible, Just Familiar 
2009-11-21 - A group of people with paranormal powers fights the "Division," a government agency that attempts to use their superhuman abilities for their own military purposes. "Push" directed by Paul McGuigan ("Lucky Number Slevin") is a sci-fi action/thriller that begins with the familiar, but pretty interesting premises. You know, there are "movers" "watchers" "sniffers" and "pushers." You may think this sounds a bit like an extended episode from the TV series "Heroes." Maybe you are right. It is just "Push" needs a better story.
In "Push" Chris Evans plays Nick, a "mover" living in Hong Kong, who can move objects (not much, though, for now) without touching them. Two agents sent from the "Division" visit him, looking for a woman Kira (Camilla Belle), who recently escaped from their facilities. Nick knows nothing about her, for now. Honestly.
Then, a strange girl named Cassie (Dakota Fanning) barges into his room. Cassie is a "watcher" who can see the future (she actually draws, just like one character in "Heroes.") And Cassie warns him of the impending danger - in this case, death.
I'm not particularly against borrowing ideas from other movies, but "Push" does it so many times and, moreover, not in the smartest way. In spite of some nice ideas (like Cliff Curtis' "shifter"), "Push" is not involving as it should be. The film needs a storyline. It seems "Push" has got caught up in following the rules of the underworld and the back stories of characters. The story is there; it's just too convoluting to follow. The characters are there (and some are interesting, as I said); it seems they actually don't know what they really want to do, just like the film itself.
I am not saying "Push" is a terrible film. It has nice locations of Hong Kong and some good acting, plus decent actions. It is just I have seen the film before somewhere else, and a better one.
Amazing video and sound quality in Blu-ray ...
2009-11-19 - Push is just one more film that you can rent, but you have to rent it in Blu-ray ... one of the most natural, tridimensional video I have seen. A lot of times you feel like you are in the set !!! I use a Infocus 1080p projector in a screen of 120". It really looks fantastic !!!
excelent mind bending sci-fi
2009-11-13 - After renting the other movie with the same title by mistake I finally got to see this movie and loved it -- adding it to my collection of Fanning sisters' movies. I am always amazed how fanning sisters can take a challenging role and make it work. dakota fanning plays a sassy 13 year old teenager Cassie (who can pass as a 14 year old teenager)who has inherited her mothers gift of seeing the future (a watcher). One of many super paranormal gifted fugitives who form a network to fight back against a dark organization called Division. Division, led by Carver (Djimon Hounsou) another powerful pusher wants to use them to take over the world. Aided by a mover Nick (Chris Evans) they work together as a team to gain control of a drug that boosts their abilities and 6 million dollars and save Cassie's mother Kira (Camilla Bella) life who is also a powerful Pusher. Other super psychics join in to help in the cause to take down Division. To complicate matters a Chinese syndicate is also after the drug filled syringe. For those of you who have been to Hong Kong as I have you will love the street scenes of the Chinese merchants, boats and restaurants. The mission is accomplished through ingenious planning by Nick who fools the Chinese watcher with unpredictable decisions and another pusher who can make objects change appearances, a Chinese boatman who can make a person's memory disappear and another psychic who can block sniffers from detecting our heroes
