Push

Name: Push
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: February 6, 2009
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning

2009

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Summit Entertainment | Release Date: February 6, 2009 | PG-13

Starring: Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning

Summary: Push burrows deep into the deadly world of psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives have the ability to move objects with their minds, see the future, create new realities and kill without ever touching their victims. Against this setting, a young man and a teenage girl take on a clandestine agency in a racePush burrows deep into the deadly world of psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives have the ability to move objects with their minds, see the future, create new realities and kill without ever touching their victims. Against this setting, a young man and a teenage girl take on a clandestine agency in a race against time that will determine the future of civilization. (Summit Entertainment)… Expand

Director: Paul McGuigan

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 111 min

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James Berardinelli

The strength of Push is its relentlessness. The movie doesn't pause for anything and, when it provides exposition, it does so without bringing the action to a grinding halt. Read full review

Tasha Robinson

Superhero fans will likely be into Push just for the cool-factor of watching embattled heroes and villains in tense war of wits, wills, and skills. That broader audience is less likely to come along for the ride. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Imaginatively filmed by Peter Sova, Push has a dizzying, chaotic energy that pulls you along. Paul McGuigan directs with maximum efficiency and minimum use of computers, creating effects that feel satisfyingly tangible. Read full review

Premiere Patrick Parker

This completely rips off "Heroes," which itself ripped off a great deal from the "X-Men," so no real imagination here...except for the "Sniffs," who creepily track people by smell. Read full review

Glenn Whipp

Director Paul McGuigan ("Lucky Number Slevin") has never been keen on plot logic, and that might be fine here if he offered anything other than Peter Sova's lush images of Hong Kong. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Seems to have been made up as it was being filmed. Read full review

Marc Savlov

I saw the original version of this same story 28 years ago. It was called "Scanners" and it blew my mind for real. Push just blows. Read full review

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MikeH

Jun 25, 2010

Don't listen to the reviews for this movie. This movie is a great time filled with interesting characters in a world that is as mysterious as it is intriguing. I was completely unaware that after watching this movie more than a dozen times that I was being subjected to a bad and Don't listen to the reviews for this movie. This movie is a great time filled with interesting characters in a world that is as mysterious as it is intriguing. I was completely unaware that after watching this movie more than a dozen times that I was being subjected to a bad and tasteless film until I reconnected to the hive mind here. You'd be doing yourself a disservice if you passed this movie up just because some jaded film reviewer apparently doesn't remember how to enjoy themselves at the movies.… Expand

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Lord-Xaffax

Jul 16, 2017

Cult classic...or...it probably will be will become one. Like movies as "Cloud Atlas" and "Watchmen" it has a complicated storyline and if you don't want to put the attention and energy in to figure out how it sticks together it will not make much sense. However if you do really give it aCult classic...or...it probably will be will become one. Like movies as "Cloud Atlas" and "Watchmen" it has a complicated storyline and if you don't want to put the attention and energy in to figure out how it sticks together it will not make much sense. However if you do really give it a chance it is a quite special little movie. It feels like Michael Mann meets Philip K.Dick. The movie simply is a visual feast. There is no shot that isn't composed to perfection using the Hong Kong backdrop as a character in the movie. If you love science fiction, then this one should be in your collection, because it's one of those special movies you'll pull out and watch again every once in a while. Or at least I do.… Expand

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DanL

Feb 28, 2009

critics really won't give it a chance, it's NOT as bad as the scores suggest considering there is TRUE garbage out there that should be receiving these scores. it was entertaining and i was glad it didn't have a cliched story, as it's hard to find a superhero movie critics really won't give it a chance, it's NOT as bad as the scores suggest considering there is TRUE garbage out there that should be receiving these scores. it was entertaining and i was glad it didn't have a cliched story, as it's hard to find a superhero movie that's not about saving the world. while it's not a very solid film, it has all the potential in the world to make a mind-blowing sequel. the protagonists were likable and charming, and the story isn't about saving a city, but much smaller and personal. this film needs more support.… Expand

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BrentL

Jul 8, 2009

good movie, good idea and good actors, but jumps around too much. They spend very little time explaining the important parts of the movie and rush threw much of it. I had a conversation with some people and they ask me if i wanted it dumbed down, no its just that there are portions of the good movie, good idea and good actors, but jumps around too much. They spend very little time explaining the important parts of the movie and rush threw much of it. I had a conversation with some people and they ask me if i wanted it dumbed down, no its just that there are portions of the film that would have improved with a little more care and attention to it. They mentions what they needed to mention, but if u stop paying attention for a second or so, u might miss an important scene that lasted for a whold ten seconds. in other moves the emphize the important scenes, in this movie they just come and go with little warning. All and all this is a good movie, but if ur like me and have moments where u stop paying attention or r watching it with a bunch of talkers, youll have to watch it twice to see the moments youve missed, but in the end even with out those scenes, the plot is simple enough where u can fill in the gap. its just not having to fill in those gaps would be nice.… Expand

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johnnypollen

Aug 26, 2011

Listen. It's not good. But it's entertaining enough.
Dakota Fanning is still creepy, Chris Evans is still hot, and the girl who looks like Selma Blair is downright grody. The logic is crud, but it's not the worst movie I've ever seen. And Hong Kong is pretty, so...

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ChadS.

Feb 8, 2009

Fish heads explode, but no human ones, when a mover shatters glass tanks like one of Phillip Kaufman's body snatchers at an outdoor market, much to the disappointment of David Cronenburg fans everywhere, who delight in a little brain matter with their telekinesis. "Push" has watchers, Fish heads explode, but no human ones, when a mover shatters glass tanks like one of Phillip Kaufman's body snatchers at an outdoor market, much to the disappointment of David Cronenburg fans everywhere, who delight in a little brain matter with their telekinesis. "Push" has watchers, movers, pushers, but alas, no scanners. Cassie(Dakota Fanning) is a watcher; she spends most of her time drawing a future that she and Nick(Chris Evans) are trying to change. When Kira(Camilla Belle) joins their makeshift family, the future changes, for the worse. For awhile, the local color offered by the eastern setting lends "Push" an atmosphere that offsets the banality of the story's premise. Two factions, an American outfit and a Chinese outfit, are fighting over a suitcase that contains a psychic steroid that will boost a pusher's ability. Too bad Cassie, nor her Chinese counterpart with daddy issues, can't write. Fanning, who at thirteen, is a child actor in transition, just as Jodie Foster was when she appeared in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", around the same age. In "Push", the tweener gets to be a taxi rider, as she tries her best to ground this obtuse sci-fi/action film with the same brio she brings to every role; this time, as an artist who plies her gift like an artisan. Her aesthetics is functionality. What modest pleasures that the Hong Kong locales offer in ways of diversion, are soon negated by Nick's nonsensical plan to thwart the watcher with daddy issues. He confuses Pop Girl(Lu Lu), and he confuses the audience. The plan is diffuse, not clever nor intricate, and it kills the story's momentum. "Push" turns into a game of follow the luggage.… Expand

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back2schoolboo

Jul 21, 2011

Is this the worst movie I've ever seen? Probably. I was hopelessly confused throughout. One minute, Dakota Fanning is drunk, and the next minute, some guys are shattering people's eardrums by screeching incredibly loud. It's just an overly strange movie with no substance whatsoever.Is this the worst movie I've ever seen? Probably. I was hopelessly confused throughout. One minute, Dakota Fanning is drunk, and the next minute, some guys are shattering people's eardrums by screeching incredibly loud. It's just an overly strange movie with no substance whatsoever. It's boring, stupid, and nothing but a waste of time.… Expand

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