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Posted on February 9, 2009 by Jj Jamson | Posted under Movies TV
Pushing Off: Push Movie Review
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Themovie was about super humans with various powers that governments andcriminal organizations around the world seek to control as weapons. Thestory took place in Hong Kong where Nick (Chris Evans) and Cassie(Dakota Fanning) had to save Kira (Camilia Belle) from the Division,the branch of the US government that handles super humans. Thestoryline took the same string of chords from Heroes and the X-Men, but did not quite reach the same note. It'snot so much the acting, but the story telling was incoherent and filledwith so much plot holes that movie goers are required to be familiarwith the likes of Heroes and X-Men to make sense of the struggles. If we had to draw from outside the Push universe, then the movie is not good. There were too many loose ends. Perhapsthe biggest among the loose ends was toward the end when Nick somehowmanaged to beat Victor, a fully trained and well experienced fieldagent. Earlier in the movie, Victor totally wiped Nick and was on theverge of killing him. As far as we know, Nick did not undertake anytraining to improve his skills to exceed that of Victor by the end ofthe movie. Also, was Kira an agent of the Division or not? She defeated an agent in hand-to-hand combat and she knew how to use a gun... Another problem with Push was that at no point in time did I feel that the main characters were in danger. Maybe it's because I stopped caring. If Push isto be remembered for anything at all, then it would be for two things:Dakota Fanning's acting and the Pop brothers, played by Kwan Fung Chiand Jackie Heung. Dakota outshined everybody and convincingly played astreetwise 13 year old girl, probably not seen since Jody Foster in amuch darker movie, Taxi Driver. Meanwhile, the Popbrothers could become a cult hit simply because they look funny whenusing their powers. I definitely see profile icons, screensavers, andwindows background with these two. All in all, I rate the movie2 out of 5. It's not a complete disaster, but it's not worth theadmission of a feature. Perhaps if you're local theaters have a greatmatinee price or just wait for rental. About The Author: The author is a web producer and writes freelance on various topics, including "geeky" fun stuff like Transformers movie action figures and, sometimes, more serious subjects, like finding online medical coding schools. |
Tags: PUSH MOVIE REVIEW, DAKOTA FANNING, CHRIS EVANS, CAMILIA BELLE
