Push

Push

Push - Directed by Paul McGuigan, starring Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, and Djimon Hounsou - Rated PG-13

Stupid and dumb, just like you-know-who.




This sci-fi thriller, about people with brain powers (not sure what else to call them, if you watch the movie, they list about thirty different kinds, each dumber than the last), trying to save themselves from evil gangs and governments, was a bit of a letdown for me. It's not that I expect great things from a movie constantly compared to Jumper (for the record, I enjoyed Jumper more than this); I expected better from the director (I liked Gangster No. 1 and The Reckoning quite a bit). Sadly, this turned out to be a boring, annoying, stupid movie.




I don't want to waste too much time on the plot since it's slightly confusing, but more so because I could not care less about what happened to these characters. Evans is okay, I suppose, but there's nothing about his character that makes him that interesting. He doesn't even seem to be a very good pusher, or whatever you call them (he can't even rig a game of dice). It doesn't make sense for him to be the focus of the film. It doesn't make sense for Dakota Fanning to seem so superior to him even though he's had much more time to figure out his powers than she has. And I really wish Fanning would just stay out of the limelight for a few years so she can make a transition to being a mature actress. This "look at me cuss and drink" crap that she's doing is annoying. And speaking of annoying, those weird, screaming Asian guys were just plain goofy. Every time they took off their sunglasses and went wide-eyed I wanted to turn the movie off. Djimon Hounsou is a waste as well, playing the exact same character he played in The Island. Who are these characters I'm talking about? I honestly don't feel like going into it. If you really want to know, go ahead and check this movie out. I cannot recommend it, though. Not even for the action, which is low budget and simply not entertaining.

Eric Harris - www.canneltoncritic.com

Push

Mystery/Suspense, 2009 (PG13) Starring: Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans

• Way too much going on in this movie for it to be any good.
• Watchers, pushers, it went on and on but not in a good way.
• Fanning is a great little actress though. Even in this bizarre almost senseless movie she managed to deliver a great performance. I was surprised to see her in this. She's way better then this movie.

2 STARS

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Just Me

Push

Starring:

Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou, Nate Mooney

Genre: Action / Sci-Fi

Rated: PG-13

“Push” the ability to put thoughts memories and emotions into one’s mind. This is one of the many telekinetic abilities in the new movie of the same title from Paul Mcguigan the director of the underrated “Lucky Number Slevin”

Push stars Chris Evans as Nick Gant a 2nd Generation “Mover” he has the ability to move things with his mind. We find Nick hiding out in Hong Kong from Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou), the man who killed his father and the leader of “The Division” (a secret government agency that captures people with these abilities and performs tests on them in hopes of developing a serum to enhance their powers). Nick meets Cassie (Dakota Fanning) a “Watcher” who can see glimpses of the future, together they try to find Kira (Camilla Belle) a “Pusher” who escaped The Division and is the only test subject that has taken the Serum and not died. While trying to find Kira and get the serum Nick and Cassie encounter an Asian Gang with their own Powers as well as Assorted current and former members of The Division.

This has to be the worst marketed film in a decade. The previews and even the poster make you think that this is a movie in the vein of Wanted, Where it is an easy to follow Action movie. This could not be further from the truth. The Myspace page gives a better glimpse of what the movie is about creating a comic book to set the tone of the film and providing files on the character and there powers. The film is more cat and mouse than it is Superhero Action Film, It was actually better than I thought. This had the potential to be a really good movie however it feels edited from an R rating to PG-13 to get a bigger audience unfortunately I don’t think this will help. Hopefully on DVD they will re-cut it into the R rated film it should have been. The biggest drawback to the movie is the plot is convoluted and hard to follow. Rising Star Chris Evans does a really good job in this film and easily makes the leap from supporting player to star. Dakota Fanning is a 13yr old who in typical Dakota fashion is more mature, than her age would suggest. She has a great scene where she gets drunk to enhance her ability to see in the future. The weak link in the film is Camilla Belle she is expressionless and dead behind the eyes less of her would have been a good thing.  It would be pushing it (pun intended) to pay full price for this movie but it is definitely worth a matinee.

Push

Basic Premise

There are humans in the world with special abilities -- mind control, telekinesis, incite death by screaming, limited future prediction. Those humans are being hunted by the different government officials of the world and some crime familiars who want to use those special gifts to further their own causes. One organization in particular The Division is more tenacious than most and escaping them is almost impossible... except one girl did.

She's being hunted and Nick Gant -- a second generation "mover" or telekinetic -- is her only hope for staying safe.


Review

I can't wait to see the sequel and I'm sure there will be one. The special effects were icing on a very interesting, engaging, and thought-provoking cake. This is not a watch-and-enjoy movie. You actually have to pay attention and keep up with the changes or else you might get lost.

Chris Evans seems to attract movies where he'll be using superhuman powers and he's good at. Dakota Fanning's acting was wonderful, as usual. I hope the trend will always continue with her and she won't fall into the trap most child actors do.

There isn't action from beginning to end, heck there aren't even people using their powers from beginning to end. This is a suspense/drama that would have kept my interest even if the supernatural element had been replaced with corporate espionage and people packing guns. That's saying a lot since most movies can't stand without all their parts.

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Recommendations: Star Trek (2009), Avatar, 300

D. Renee Bagby<br />
Building New Realms of Passion<br />
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