Review: Push (2009)

Director: Paul McGuigan

Writer: David Bourla

Starring: Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camille Belle, Djimon Hounsou

The Plot:

Nick (Chris Evans) is what's known as a Mover, someone who has telekinesis (they can move things with their minds). After witnessing his father being attacked and killed by agents of "The Division", a secret government organisation who are trying to inject psychics like Nick with a chemical that will boost their powers, but just ends up killing them. Nick is visited by a Watcher (who can see the future) by the name of Cassie (Dakota Fanning), who says that he must find a girl, a Pusher (who can make anyone believe what they put into their heads) named Kira (Camille Belle), who is also the only person to survive The Division's injection, who is the key to finding a case that can stop The Division's plans and help find Cassie's mother.

But, the problem is that The Division agents are looking for Kira as well. The team is lead by Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou), a Pusher who killed Nick's father. But (plot twist), a Hong Kong mob family, where the males are Bleeders (who can make high-pitched screams that can bursts blood vessels and break anything around them) and a daughter who is a Watcher, is also after Kira. 

While running from The Division and the mob family, Nick, Cassie and Kira enlist the help of a Shadow (who can block themselves and others from Watchers and the Sniffs, who can track down a person by smelling an object of theirs.) named Pinky, and a Shifter (who can temporarily change the shape of objects) named Hook in order to steal the case from The Division.

Comments:

Despite the amount of different psychic groups in this movie, and my explanation of the plot doesn't make it sound any less complicated, the plot is easy enough to follow. The plot had enough twists to keep you interested, but not too many to make it impossible to follow (*cough* Inception *cough*). The acting in this is amazingly convincing, I actually felt that Chris Evans was actually a Mover (even though this did come in between when he played The Human Torch in Fantastic Four and Captain America). The action scenes were astounding (especially the one with Nick and Victor in the restaurant) and the visual effects were spot on. 

However, one major drawback was the language. Even though it was mostly in English, a significant portion of the film involved people speaking in Cantonese, with no subtitles. Now, I'm all for racial diversity, but at least give us subtitles so we know what they're saying. I got the general idea, but it gets on my nerves when I have no idea what the people are saying. 

Rating: 3.5/5 

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Ryan Meyers