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Push

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.

[Highly rated reviewer]

crap

what a load of rubbish couldnt get into it or understand it ,not worth watching

[Highly rated reviewer]

Strong Characters, Weak Plot

PUSH is a very watchable film thanks to it fluid pacing and race against time feel. Watching it though you can't help feel that the whole film is a 'setup' movie that is designed to spawn sequels given the amount of backstory we find out about each character during the course of the film. Whilst this was welcome considering characterisation in this genre isn't always a strength the plot noticeably suffers for this. An example of this is the complete lack of information given to the audience as to why an asian gang is involved and what their motives and link to the other characters are. Another note about the film seeming like a 'set-up' for a sequel is the numerous amounts of loose ends that aren't dealt with, including the wide open ending. The special effects are workable but not mind-blowing by any stretch of the imagination. They aren't bad enough to take you out of the film unlike the shoddy CGI in Wolverine which pulled me out of the film and I could never really get back into it. The acting is OK, Dakota Fanning steals almost every scene she is in although this is helped by the wooden display by Chris Evans who gives a workable but uninspiring performance, he really needs to learn how to emote more. So in summary, PUSH is a good sci-fi thriller film that won't impress you with an intricate storyline but will charm you with some interesting characters. It introduces an interesting world and I would like to see a sequel in the future, hopefully with a bigger budget and a tighter plot with some of the many loose ends being tied up.

Boring

Nothing special...for supernatural try X-men..

[Highly rated reviewer]

what a terrible mess

sorry to say but this must be the best made worst film in memory that ive seen,

the cast are ok the quality of the effects and direction seem ok, but somewhere it is a very disapointing film,and not sure why?????

watch when on tv for free,if you must but you will be left with a wonder why its been made and what was it about to was about????

PLEASE NO SEQUEL.....

Bilge

What a waste of my time watching this garbage.

Put simply: Awful

This film seemed to hold a level of promise, a telented cast with an evident level of skill restricted only by a disjointed and meaningless plot. It smacks of riding on the current superhero bandwagon genre sweeping our cinemas, but alas, sadly fails to entertain. Adding further insult by consuming the best part of two hours to lead you nowhere in particular and then leave you abruptly. An hour and 51 minutes that could be better used elsewhere.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Give it the push

Like the other Paul McGuigan film I have seen 'Wicker Park' I found this film tedious and turned off after 30 minutes. I found the plot difficult to concentrate on and the dialogue poor. Don't bother investing time in this movie.

Push

To me this films appears to be a set up for a sequel. Although the action scenes and special effects are quite cool the plot seemed to lack.

[Highly rated reviewer]

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.