(2.5 STARS) Not Terrible, Just Familiar
Added 11/21/2009
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.
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Amazing video and sound quality in Blu-ray ...
Added 11/19/2009
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 !!!
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excelent mind bending sci-fi
Added 11/13/2009
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
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Incoherent nonsense
Added 11/8/2009
"Push" plays like a cheapjack movie version of the much better "Heroes" from TV. As in that series (or the "X-Men" films, for that matter), a select group of people possess extraordinary abilities that set them apart from the rest of humanity. In this case, the people are known as Movers (those with telekinetic powers), Watchers (those who can see into the future), and Pushers (those who can force deceptive thoughts and false memories into the minds of others).
Chris Evans is the Mover, Dakota Fanning the Watcher - and together they go in search of a Pusher named Kira (Camilla Belle), who is the first such person to survive an injection given to her by a nefarious government agency to artificially pump up the "freaks"' super abilities and create an invincible army out of them in the process. Or at least that's what I THINK the movie was about because, quite frankly, if you can figure out what is going on in this film for more than five minutes at a stretch, you are a more astute observer of these things than I am. At any rate, despite her weakened condition, Kira has somehow managed to escape her captors, and thus the race is on to see whether the heroes or the villains will get to her first. I guess this gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "going after pushers."
Unfortunately, the muddled, incoherent storytelling, cardboard characters, wooden performances and ho hum action sequences make it virtually impossible for us to sustain any real interest in what is happening on screen.
And to be totally honest, only the richly filmed Hong Kong locale holds any real appeal for the viewer.
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1 of Dakota,s best
Added 11/7/2009
This is probably one of Dakota Fanning,s best movies yet.
There was lots of action and excitment
It was gross when the chinese guys were screaming and the fish
were exploding all bloody in water.Some of movie made no sense
but most of movie was cool to watch.Again Dakota proved to me to be
excellant actress . All in all i can,t wait for part 2 if there is one
If there is one surely Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans better be in it
without them forget about it movie was excellant
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(2.5 STARS) Not Terrible, Just Familiar
Added 11/21/2009
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.
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Amazing video and sound quality in Blu-ray ...
Added 11/19/2009
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 !!!
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excelent mind bending sci-fi
Added 11/13/2009
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
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