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Mood:
- SuspensefulBleakExciting
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Plot:
- Supernatural AbilityChaseOn the RunChases and RacesDangerEscapadesHeroesImaginary more...
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Genres:
- Sci-FiThrillerAction
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- AsiaHong Kong
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Audience:
- Boys' NightTeens
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Style:
- Twists and Turns
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Attitudes:
- SeriousFantasticFast
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Look:
- Special Effects
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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Push, 2009
English, Cantonese
Canada, UK, USA
Profile of Push
Push can be described as suspenseful, bleak, and exciting. The plot revolves around chases, being on the run, and supernatural abilities. The main genres are thriller, sci-fi, and action. In terms of style, Push involves twists and turns. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. The storytelling is fast paced. Push is located in Hong Kong. It takes place in contemporary times. Visually, it involves special effects. Push is well suited for teens and a boys' night. Note that it involves mild violent content.
Summary of Push
Scotsman Paul McGuigan (WICKER PARK, GANGSTER NO. 1) directs this high-energy sci-fi thriller set in Hong Kong. Nick (Chris Evans) is a "mover," meaning he can move objects with his mind. As a child, he escaped from Special Agent Carver (Djimon Hounsou) of the Division, a U.S. government operative who rounds up those with psychic gifts so that the government can perform experiments on them with the goal of creating a psychic army. Ten years later, Chris is lying low in Hong Kong when 13-year old "watcher" Cassie (Dakota Fanning), who can see the future, shows up on his doorstep. Together, this odd couple sets off on an adventure that brings them to Kira (Camilla Belle), who has escaped the Division and is on the run. Kira possesses a dangerous gift: she is a "pusher" who can plant ideas and make anyone believe anything she wants. Along with some other psychic friends, Nick, Cassie, and Kira go on a frenetic quest that may bring down the shady Division and set its psychic captives free.
PUSH’s psychics are a bit closer to superheroes, albeit without the costumes: "sniffers" can see the recent past by smelling an object, "shadows" can keep people and objects hidden, "shifters" can temporarily change the appearance of an object, and so on. The special effects in the fight scenes featuring Agent Victor Budarin (Neil Jackson), who can shield himself from bullets and send people flying across the room with a whisk of his hand, are particularly well done. Evans holds his own as the reluctant hero, and Fanning is, as always, a formidable presence on screen. Hong Kong itself is another character in the film, providing a crowded, fast-paced, anonymous backdrop for the action.
Details
| Language: | English, Cantonese |
| Country: | Canada, UK, USA |
| Release date: | 29 January 2009 |
| Runtime: | 111 min |
Cast and Crew
as Nick Gant
as Cassie Holmes
as Kira Hudson
as Henry Carver
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- 10.January.2011
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- by: Netflowers
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