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2009

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A group of people with special powers are being pursued by a top secret government agency. Only by banding together and uniting their powers do they have any hope of escaping them forever. Read more

Starring	Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou
Director	Paul McGuigan
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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Push

A group of people with special powers are being pursued by a top secret government agency. Only by banding together and uniting their powers do they have any hope of escaping them forever.

Starring	Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, Maggie Siff, Cliff Curtis, Joel Gretsch, Neil Jackson
Director	Paul McGuigan
Studio	ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Language	English
Released	DVD: 29 Jun 2009 Blu-ray: 29 Jun 2009 Production year: 2009
Format	DVD

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A science fiction film that won't rock your world by any stretch of the imagination, which is a shame, they could have done a lot more with it, as it has a half decent cast. Basically a group of young Americans with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities are hiding out in the far east from a clandestine U.S. government agency who stalk them continually for their powers. They eventually band together led by Nick Gant (Chris Evans) and Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning) and assisted by Kira Hudson ( Camilla Belle) in order to break free from the sinister Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou) and the agency forever.

The problem with it is it's chaotic nature , meandering plot that seems to go nowhere , and it just doesn't hold the interest enough. The special powers they all have look weak bordering on the ridiculous, and you just get the feeling that the whole cast just don't really have their hearts in it. Even the pace was sluggish and at almost two hours I found myself getting increasingly distracted as I tried to keep focused on the mediocre plot. The only two positives were the location which was interesting to look at , and the performance of Ms Fanning who continues to improve as she blossoms into womanhood. She is easily the best thing in it. Don't bother with the cinema for this one, it's a DVD watch and then if there isn't anything else that fires your interest. All in all a wasted opportunity. In a word....................Disappointing.
- - A customer from Abertawe
  - Posted 22 Feb 2009 18:19
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Dreadful

Possibly the worst film I have seen in the past year (and I've seen at least one every day).

I was confused within the first few minutes, and lost total interest with the 'fish tank' scene.

I've not seen Heroes, but from what I saw of Push, it reminded me of the constant 'Heroes' trailers from a year or so ago.

Push simply made no sense to me. I had no idea what was going on, and my dislike of the film is entirely due to me not understand the film.

Many characters had special abilities, but there seemed to me to be no link between these people.

The basic premise of the film was good, and with a better plot could have been excellent. Tthe effects were ok. The acting was good. The scenes were good, the production was good, but the plot was total garbage.

Before this film I had never ever halted a film without watching to the end. However I couldn't take any more and had to halt it 10 minutes early.

Absolute garbage. Avoid at all costs. At least I did not purchase it.
- - Mark Winter from Suffolk
  - Posted 25 Sep 2009 11:24
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Evans couldn't stop swearing around young Fanning
- 10 Feb 2009
Actor Chris Evans struggled to restrain himself from swearing in front of teenage star Dakota Fanning while shooting new movie Push - because she's mature beyond her years. The Fantastic Four star admits he turned the air blue on more than one occasion during filming with 14 year old Fanning because the expletives kept slipping out. He says, "What is she, like, 35?! People that age should not be that smart and put-together. It's dangerous being around her. You forget she's so young, and before Read more
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