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Director
Paul McGuigan
Cast
Chris Evans,
Dakota Fanning,
Camilla Belle,
Djimon Hounsou,
Cliff Curtis,
Ming-Na Wen,
Joel Gretsch,
Nate Mooney,
Li Xiaolu,
Maggie Siff
Genre
Science Fiction,
Action,
Adventure,
Thriller
After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie, a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.
The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson
Superhero fans will likely be into Push just for the cool-factor of watching embattled heroes and villains in tense war of wits, wills, and skills. That broader audience is less likely to come along for the ride.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Push has a cool, sinewy style, energy to burn.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The strength of Push is its relentlessness. The movie doesn't pause for anything and, when it provides exposition, it does so without bringing the action to a grinding halt.
Washington Post by Dan Zak
As fantastical as all that sounds, the pleasure of Push comes from its glamorized grit, its no-nonsense pacing and the committed performances of the actors roughhousing in the gray area between heroism and villainy. It's pure popcorn, popped fresh, doused in butter and sprinkled with soy sauce.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Imaginatively filmed by Peter Sova, Push has a dizzying, chaotic energy that pulls you along. Paul McGuigan directs with maximum efficiency and minimum use of computers, creating effects that feel satisfyingly tangible.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
Mostly it's a series of dream-image clues scribbled out by juvenile seer Fanning, followed by super-powered smackdowns between agents and mercenaries with slangy titles like watchers, stitchers and sniffers.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey
Suggestive of "X-Men," "The Matrix" and the television show "Heroes," Push is one of those time-mangling thrillers that manages to seem both complicated and superficial.
USA Today by Claudia Puig
A supernatural action thriller, is jangly, jarring and violent. But more disconcerting is watching the sweet-faced Dakota Fanning swear, get drunk and pack heat -- in both fists, no less.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
A weightless, style-driven thriller set in a photogenically chaotic Hong Kong.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
Fanning's watcher is watchable, yet the kid-actress extraordinaire is so polished it kind of makes your head explode.
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