Push

Genre: Action, Thriller

Language: English and Cantonese

Director: Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin)

Cast: Chris Evans (Fantastic Four), Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds), Camilla Belle (10,000 BC), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)

Runtime: 113 min

Official Website: http://www.push-themovie.com/

Plot:

Nick Gant (Chris Evan) and his father are on the run from the "Division". Realizing that escape is impossible, Nick's father tells him of a vision he received from a Watcher; a girl (Dakota Fanning) will give him a flower and he is to do what she says in order to "save them all." He then throws him through an air vent as Agent Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou) of Division arrives. Nick's father then is killed by the Agents while Nick escapes.
Ten years later, the American Division is testing a potentially deadly augmentation drug on a Pusher named Kira (Camilla Belle). While the test seems like a failure, when the doctor moves in to check Kira's pulse, she reveals herself to be alive. Knocking the doctor out, Kira steals the syringe which has the drug in it and escapes with the help of her enhanced abilities and interference from a nearly-catatonic Watcher.

Watched the movie on 7 Mar evening @ Cathay Cineleisure with Sylvia.

Another movie on human born with special abilities. Unlike the rest of the superpower hero movies, this movie featured psychics who usually only owned one unique power, but these power eventually "push" their target. On top of that, the film site is at Hong Kong, the Cantonese dialog by Chris Evans kind of amuses me.

In the movie, there are [Movers] who control the movement of objects with thoughts and hand gestures, [Sniffs] who track people and objects by sniffing items their target has touched, [Watchers] who rough idea of their target to direct their visions, [Pusher] who "push" thoughts, memories and suggestions into the minds of others in order to exercise control over their target, [Bleeders] who scream at frequencies that can shatter solid objects and inflict lethal damage on living things by causing internal blood vessels and organs to explode. (I suspected the Bleeder idea was from Stephen Chow's movie)

The plot was simple, to find the Pusher who live through a test. Yet it takes many people and to travel half the globe to find her. Hence, I find that the whole psychics idea becomes a flop for being so incompetent to find someone. The ending even confirmed my thoughts. Quite a waste for those talented actors who were casted in the movie.

ah-deng says: 1/5 Only the CG effects win me over. Catch it on HBO perhaps.