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Push

One push can change everything.

2009 · 1h 51m · PG-13 Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Paul McGuigan

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Overview

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.

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23%
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Rotten

Silliness rules the day: plot holes abound and are plugged with techno-pounding action sequences and more nonsensical guff. As a TV pilot, this might have worked; as a film, it's loud, confusing and inane.

Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
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Paul McGuigan's jittery editing and shaky cameras make the action confusing rather than thrilling, and nothing can save this movie from the screenplay's nearly incomprehensible twists.

Hank Sartin, Time Out New York
Rotten

Belle... is blank as a page, and the intended romantic chemistry between her and Evans is never in evidence.

Christopher Orr, The New Republic
Rotten

Push has vibrant cinematography and decent acting, but I'm blasted if I know what it's about.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

There are many problems with Push, and most are the usual boring things: unnecessary plot loops; long, dumb musical interludes; a charmless script; and ostentatious action sequences in which the only person excited is the cameraman.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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