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Push

Push

Movie · 2009 · 15 people

Push, known in Turkey as Darbe, is a 2009 American science fiction action-thriller directed by Paul McGuigan from a screenplay by David Bourla. Produced by Summit Entertainment and Icon Productions, the film was released in the United States on February 6, 2009, and tells a story set largely in Hong Kong.

In the film's world, secret government units established after World War II have been recruiting people with psychic abilities to turn them into super soldiers. Nick Gant, a telekinetic whose father was killed by the agency's agents, hides in Hong Kong. When Cassie Holmes, a young girl who can sketch visions of the future, shows up at his door, Nick is drawn into a hunt for Kira, the only person to survive an experimental power-enhancing drug. Together with their allies, they must combine abilities such as mind manipulation and memory erasure to fight both government agents and a gang chasing the same drug.

The film stars Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, and Djimon Hounsou. Made on a budget of about $38 million, it grossed $48.9 million worldwide while receiving mostly negative reviews from critics.

DirectorPaul McGuigan
Production companyIcon Productions

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Haruhiko Yamanouchi Haruhiko Yamanouchi Film actor · 80 years old Pop Father Chris Evans Dakota Fanning Camilla Belle Djimon Hounsou Cliff Curtis Ming-Na Wen Neil Jackson Maggie Siff Joel Gretsch Li Xiaolu Colin Ford Corey Stoll Nate Mooney Scott Michael Campbell

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AI-assisted editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives. They are not reader reviews; those are below.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Telekinesis, a girl who can sketch the future, memory erasure: the premise of Push is catnip for anyone into superpowers. Hong Kong is a colorful backdrop for a hunt like this. The trouble is that so many powers and factions scatter the tension instead of sharpening it. The mostly negative reviews aren't a surprise. It works as a light weekend action film, nothing more.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

David Bourla's script builds an ambitious mythology: secret government programs running since World War II, a range of psychic abilities and two separate enemy camps after the same drug. But squeezing that many rules and factions into a single film leaves the story constantly needing to explain itself, and the room that should go to the characters goes to world-building instead. Paul McGuigan's smartest choice is moving the action to Hong Kong, which gives the film a texture that sets it apart from its American peers. A budget of about $38 million, a worldwide gross of $48.9 million and mostly negative reviews sum it up well: the idea is more interesting than the storytelling, an ambitious but scattered genre exercise.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

At the center of the film is a young girl who can sketch the future, which may catch children's interest. But the story unfolds in the shadow of a father's killing and follows a tough fight against government agents and a gang. It's fine for teenagers who like science fiction. For young children, the violence and dark mood may be too much.

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