Push Blu Ray
July 1, 2009
Push Blu Ray Review
Push is little better than Jumper and not as good as X-Men series. The science fiction film borrows heavily from previous movies that dealt with human evolution that manifest in super human abilities. While a lot of audiences and critics have dismissed it as waste of time and unoriginal, it has its charm and fun. If you watched the film expecting Schindler’s list caliber film, than you will be very disappointed. However, if you take the film for a nice waste of few hours, you might come out satisfied.
The story is not very original. As stated earlier, it resembles X-Men in the subject matter. Some humans attain super human powers through experiments. While X-Men deals with evolution, the overall concept is similar. We see pockets of people with special abilities scattered throughout the World. The various organizations organize or control these people for their country. The main plot deals with one of these “pusher” escaping the facility after surviving an injection of drug that can enhance the ability. Every organization goes after this subject as she is the only subject to survive the injection.
While the story plods along in a decent speed, the main attraction of the movie is the action. The battles between different types of “pusher” are fairly well choreographed and staged. The ideas behind each abilities are interesting enough. The Jumper had people that can teleport instantly while Push has people that can perform various abilities. Overall, it’s a fun movie if you don’t expect too much.
What do you think about this movie? Please leave your thoughts below.
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I wouldn’t recommend this film to anyone
The plot was hard to follow, the transitions between some scenes were not smooth and at times did not make sense, I never understood why the chinese girl kept on pointing her gun at her enemies and never shot, the chinese guys screaming was a little corny, the hero kept on getting beat up, and overall just a boring movie. I was expecting alot more.
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Fun to watch.
Of its genre I’d place it right in the middle. Not the best acting but also not bad. There’s a good story line here with lots of action too, and although everything works smoothly, and comes together nicely, there is an element of !Pizazz! that’s missing; I thought some of the supporting parts or the actors who played them weren’t right for this movie; they were too layed back. I enjoyed viewing it though, found it interesting and fun, and would watch it again.
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Decent watch!!
Definitely liked the premise for the movie. I liked some of the characters, it has that Heroes feel to the movie!! Would recommend to watch!!
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over all good stuff.
Thought the movie was great. Could have used a bit more development on characters and parts of the plot, however overall I thought it was pretty good.
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Some Observations About “Push”
“Push” is very well shot. Good camera work, good use of color. It looks great.
Say what you want about Dakota Fanning, but she is simply amazing. She gets a lot of the same sort of weird child actor hate that Haley Joel Osment got, but Fanning has developed into a competent young actress. It’s admittedly easy to steal scenes in this sort of film, so I’m not sure if this is a compliment to her or an insult to the other actors, but she was the only convincing player in this film.
The mythology is somewhat interesting and had potential, though the way it’s thrown at us, giving us no time to digest, makes me think that the writer and director really didn’t care about the back story.
Now, the strained compliments out of the way. Here we go. “Push” is convoluted and messy throughout.
The climax was incredibly long, rife with the twists that made shows like Heroes (Season Three, guys) nearly unwatchable.
Unfortunately for everyone who ever sees this film, there is a lot of unintentional comedy. Will it make you laugh? Probably. But will it ever make you laugh on purpose? Definitely not.
The screaming Asians. Oh no.
Cheesiness can be good, but only self-aware cheesiness. This is not that.
“Push” is a bad film. One of the worst of 2009. If you ever sit down in a cozy little room with a bowl of popcorn… make sure that you don’t make the mistake of watching this film.
3/10
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Like A Modern Day Scanners
Some cool powers and neat special effects. Like a modern remake of the Scanners movie from the 80’s. Worth watching.
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Don’t be pushed into this…
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon watching stellar performances by Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans and Camilla Belle in the high techno thriller “PUSH”. Talk about a psychological thriller. This one is so far out, I thought it was the sequel to “Easy Rider”…2009 edition. Child star Dakota Fanning is superb, as is co-star Chris Evans (tremendous resemblance to 50s rock n’ roll heart-throb Ricky Nelson). If you like non-stop action and twists that will have you scratching your head (whether or not you have hair), then don’t wait to be “pushed” before you see “PUSH”. It’s one of those flicks where you can’t miss a second or you may be side-tracked. Remarkable special effects, polished acting, and a profound soundtrack that makes up for a weak script. But who cares…it’s a great ride. I give it 4 stars. SO now it’s your turn to give it a rent. You won’t be disappointed.
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PUSH
Wow, Dakota is sooo big. Like the movie, a little complicated but entertaining. I have seen Dakota’s film since she started and she’s an excellent artist.
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This movie PUSHED me into the world of BOREDOM
The special effects look primitive. The trailer shows the best scenes of this movie’s special effects.
The script is incoherent and boring. The acting is bland. It’s a bad imitation of Xmen.
I regret spending money to watch it in the theatre.
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Lost in Translation meets The Heros
This movie is best described as a mix between Lost in Translation and The Heros. This is a low budget action film which is set and shot entirely in Hong Kong.
The film seemed to be shot in very short number of days. Many scenes look downright unrefined, almost as if the actors memorized the lines right before the scene without any rehearsal.
The cinematography, setting, music, and the overall visualization are similar to the Lost in Translation. For example, the entire movie is set and shot in Hong Kong (LIT was shot in Tokyo). Hong Kong, which is one of the truly great metropolis of the world, was shot beautifully. You will hear also the background music similar to Lost in Translation.
Its action sequences and much of the story line are similar to the TV show The Heros.
The best part of this movie was Dakota Fanning. But it was very apparent she was playing a role way too old for her. She plays a super savy 14 year old girl (her character should have been at least 16) with a power to see the future. She is alone in the city of Hong Kong (she can’t even speak the native Cantonese) and she takes care of herself without adult supervision while cleverly escaping her enemies. I thought that was a real stretch. The writers tried to make her seem older by giving her adult lines and making her drink alcohol, but I wasn’t convinced.
The ending was unsatisfactory (how about all the loved ones still imprisoned in the Division?). Perhaps the producers wanted leave some room for a sequel. But after watching the original, I am can’t say I am interested in watching the sequel.
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Push – worth the price of admision
Push has enough action and just enough sci-fi fx to make you think this could be real. Nothing is really over the top. Great film, that moved at a good pace and keeps you interested the whole time.
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Genuinely thoughtful movie, not for the faint of heart.
Some reviews have compared this movie to Heroes. This movie atttempts a more
thoughtful approach to the subject of clairvoyants and telekentics. It is less
of the comic book that Heroes is and more of an attempt to approach the subject
as “hard science fiction” like the Psi Corps in Babylon 5. There are multiple
groups of antagonists and there are a relatively small number of common “talents”.
This complicates plot considerably as multiple characters have the same overlapping
talents.
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Moderately Entertaining – 3.5 Stars
I primarily watched this film due to the fact that Djimon Hounsou was in it. In my opinion one of the most under-rated and least noticed actors of his time. As I saw his performance in Gladiator, Four Feathers and The Island (among others), I was very interested in how his performance would be in this.
Sorry to say, I believe that the film was beneath him. Where I feel he did a great job in filling his role in the capacity that it was cast, sadly enough, the role had already been done. The film really didn’t leave too much to be guessed upon. At the end, they attempted to take a twist with the plot…honestly though it didn’t hit me as a surprise. Only a possible outcome that I had already determined as a possibility.
Die hard Fantastic 4 fans will burn me for this, but sorry, Chris Evans?! Whereas he tries…he’s never been what I would call an impressive actor. This film, in my opinion was below Dakota Fanning as well. After the impressive roles that I saw her play in “Man on Fire” and “Trapped” (even though they were very similar roles), I felt as though she was far more capable than this. However, I guess she needed a break away role such as the one offered in “Push” to provide viewers with a different perspective on her.
Now for the FX and all that jazz…
As usual, I’ve always come away from most (like I just said, most) films with the impression that the funding for the FX was a little under par. Whereas this wasn’t completely a let down, I think that so much more could have been done. The recent Dark Knight film took advantage of the potential that was to be offered…this film did not. However, when I go to see a flick such as this I expect it to be just chock full of chaotic nonsense that is beyond anything imaginable. Where this film showed great potential in that arena, I feel as though they could have done so much more.
Granted all of the above has been somewhat vague and cryptic as I do not wish to spoil the movie for anyone who hasn’t seen it. I would simply suggest that you consider renting the film before taking the $15 to $30 plunge and having it permanent style.
Final thoughts:
- Interesting enough to watch all the way through
- Shallow enough to have on the tube without having to dedicate an afternoon to its interpretation
- Nothing special, just pure entertainment
In that regard, I’ll give it 3.5 stars.
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You Might Want To Push This Off To The Side
On the surface, “Push” has a lot of similarities to “Jumper.” Both have heroes that don’t want to be, have major parent issues, they’re not great at their power till the end of the movie, and both are being chased by an African-American government official. However, instead of the whiny Hayden Christensen, we get a cool Chris Evans. Push builds up an interesting mythology surrounding its characters, but to do this, and establish the characters, the movie is a lot of shots of walking and talking, with not much action. When there is action, it’s usually the heroes getting the crap kicked out of them, since they’re not very good at their powers. And with this generally slow pace, the movie is very forgettable. You’re still going to finish the movie, but you’re not going to be anticipating it very much. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some cool moments, but they’re few and far between.
I also found Dakota Fanning’s character both charming, and darkishly funny. It’s not everyday where you find a 14-year old drunk in a movie. The movie does add it’s interesting elements, but it’s also mixed with lots of cliches and general confusion. As for the ending, while not giving anything away, it suspensefully leads up to it, and they wrap it up nice, but it’s also cliffhanging with the overall story arch. Thus as the credits role, it’s begging for a sequel. Guess what, it’s not getting a sequel.
Overall, if you’re looking for an charming, slow sci-fi film with superheroes, that requires a sequel it’ll never have, this might be the movie for you. Otherwise, it’s a rental at best. And yes, I love Chris Evans all the more with this movie, and I wouldn’t put this past as being a future cult hit.
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