Push

Push (2009)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (125 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (1,960,047 ratings)

Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan takes the helm for this action thriller concerning a group of telekinetic American ex-patriots who band together in an attempt to take down the clandestine government agency that's genetically transforming normal citizens into powerful psychic warriors.… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
David Bourla
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Feb 6, 2009 Wide
Summit Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Huddlestone, Time Out

    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.

  • Hank Sartin, Time Out New York

    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.

  • Christopher Orr, The New Republic

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

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    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.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    You know I really didnt hate this movie or really like it. I think my daughter liked it more when she came in and out of the room watching bits and pieces. Overall I was not disappointed since i did not go in with much.

  • Universal D


    Young people with magic powers avoid gloomy (dastardly?) secret government types in Hong Kong. Not bad, and the big Asian town provides a needed break from the usual, but plot contortions aplenty and that maddening, supposed-to-be-cool-MTV-video-sh-sh-shaky-camera work undercuts the… More

  • Jim C


    Push would've been better if it had just been more interesting and fun. The story was boring and all it was is the director trying to make a big film franchise but it just didn't do it for me. The cast wasn't bad, I enjoyed the villains and Chris Evans and Dakota… More

  • JY S


    Thanks to its marketing, <i>Push</i> is somewhat of a mislead; however Paul McGuigan offers up enough to make it a watchable motion picture.<p>Pushing its way to roughly 110 minutes, the film treads on by slower than anticipated. This ends up more as a positive… More

  • Alexander D


    PUSH is a confusing sci-fi/action film. Besides that fact, it's hard to watch, overly dull, and quite unintentionally hilarious. A tedious one to watch.

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