Push

Push (2009)

One push can change everything.

Release:2009
Runtime:1h 51m
Country:Canada
Director:Paul McGuigan
Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureScience Fiction
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Keywords

Mind ControlPsychokinesisSecret Government OrganizationClairvoyanceHong Kong

Push rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.1/10· 119K votes
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic36%
TMDb6.152/10· 2K votes

With 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 36/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Push

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.

Cast of Push

  • Chris Evans

    Chris Evans

    as Nick Gant

  • Dakota Fanning

    Dakota Fanning

    as Cassie Holmes

  • Camilla Belle

    Camilla Belle

    as Kira Hudson

  • Djimon Hounsou

    Djimon Hounsou

    as Henry Carver

  • Cliff Curtis

    Cliff Curtis

    as Hook Waters

  • Ming-Na Wen

    Ming-Na Wen

    as Emily Hu

  • Joel Gretsch

    Joel Gretsch

    as Nick's Father

  • Nate Mooney

    Nate Mooney

    as Pinky Stein

  • Li Xiaolu

    Li Xiaolu

    as Pop Girl

  • Maggie Siff

    Maggie Siff

    as Teresa Stowe

  • Corey Stoll

    Corey Stoll

    as Agent Mack

  • Scott Michael Campbell

    Scott Michael Campbell

    as Agent Holden

Push facts

Budget
$38M
Box office
$49.7M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Science fiction action delivers psychokinesis and mind control thrills
  • Hong Kong setting provides atmospheric action adventure backdrop
  • Clairvoyance premise creates unique supernatural action dynamics

What the audience disliked

  • Low scores reveal convoluted government organization plot becomes
  • Psychic action sequences feel repetitive and poorly executed

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