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2.46- random rants Fall 2002
2.47

PUSH
DVD Review by David Blackwell
 
DETAILS:   111 minutes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes
VIDEO:  2.35:1 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
AUDIO:  English, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish
 
STUDIO: Summit Entertainment/ Icon Productions/ Inifnity Features Entertainment
Theatrical RELEASE DATE:  2-6-2009
DVD RELEASE DATE:   7-7-2009
 
STARRING Chris Evans (Nick), Dakota Fanning (Cassie), Djimoun Hounsou (Nick Carver), Camille Belle (Kira Hudson)
WRITTEN by David Bourla
DIRECTED by Paul McGuigan

ANALYSIS:  PUSH has potentional- loads of it.  Is it a classic like THE MATRIX?  No.   is it a missed chance like JUMPER?  No.   PUSH lies somewhere inbetween the two.   The action scenes show off the powers all fo these psychic people have.   Their are many different types like Watchers (they can see the future), Movers (they can move things), Pushers (they can push thoughts into your head), Sniffers (they can find you by sniffing an object of yours), Shifters (they can change the appearance of an object for a limited time), Bleeders (their screams can make you bleed out), and Wipers (they can erase memories).    PUSH is about a clandestine government agency called Division that wants to make an army of people with superpowers.   They try to pressure a Mover named Nick (who has been living in Hong Kong) to turn over his ex-girlfriend Kira- a Pusher on the run (and the first person to survive their experiments to amp up people's abilities).   Cassie, a Watcher,  says Nick needs to help Kira.  The only problem is that she sees that they all die.  

Could PUSH have been more?  yes.  Is it a better set-up than other movies?  yes.    Could the script have been better?  yes.   Are the characters fleshed out enough as that you know who they are and their motives?  yes.   Lucky enough the budget was low ($5 million) that PUSH will make back it's money and make room for a sequel to be made.    This film is another great investment by Summit Entertainment.     Belle and Fanning are the stand-outs of this film while some of the Hong Kong characters are intriguing enough (like the Watcher woman who sucks a lollipop).   PUSH makes me interested enough to see if they can come up with a sequel that lives up to the awesome trailer 100 percent.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
An audio commentary was recorded with director Paul McGuigan, and actors Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning.  they get together well and reflect on the production and who came to the set (family and friends)
 
The four minutes of deleted scenes(with optional audio commentary by the director) were cut for pacing reasons and yet I do love the final scene with the Pop Girl.
 
THE SCIENCE BEHIND FICTION has a real expert on psychic powers and the director of the film talk about the psychic powers experiments over the years (and how the film compares to the real-life science).
 
FINAL ANLYSIS:  PUSH is better being viewed on DVD.    The film is destined to do great on DVD and Blu-Ray.  The only extras missing are the original theatrical trailer and some behind-the-scenes featurettes.
 
this DVD review is (c)7-17-2009 david Blackwell and cannot be reprinted without permission.  send all comments to lord_pragmagtic@hotmail.com