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2009
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Push
Positive Reviews
18
Negative reviews
31
Average Rating
2.3
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1.5
At others, Push explores its brutish future Hong Kong with a patience and sense of milieu that seems cribbed more from Wong Kar wai than Doug Liman.
Av Club
3.5
That broader audience is less likely to come along for the ride, but this particular gateway drug at least has ambition and brains going for it, as we ..
Av Club
1.5
Push, a generically incomprehensible paranoid action disaster with cyberpunk overtones, is like X Men unhinged, minus Professor Xaviers (or Bryan Sing ..
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Somewhat charmingly, she doesnt seem to have much personal experience to draw upon.
Screen Daily
2.0
Listless superpower flick cant sort out story By turns frantic and somber, the resolutely convoluted thriller Push dashes from genre to genre in searc ..
Paste Magazine
1.9
Never have more people pointed more guns at more heads and said more words without anyone getting shot.
Rogerebert
3.5
While its fun to dress up as your favorite superhero on Halloween, theres something more exhilarating about believing an average person can have super ..
Cinema Blend
3.5
This is a movie which should benefit from the lowered expectations savvy moviegoers bring with them whenever they pay to see a movie in February.Push ..
Cinema Blend
2.0
That last one is especially relevant, as director Paul McDuigan (Lucky Number Slevin) amps up the visuals with a hyper annoying minds eye effect, thou ..
Ny Daily News
2.0
It felt far longer than its 111 running time and most of the time I just felt indifferent about it.
Screen Rant
3.8
The film loses some of its inventiveness, and its momentum, with a finale set atop an under construction skyscraper.
Philly
2.5
Not a bad idea, but one that works too well.The ending left me scratching my head, unsure of what had happened, but certain of one thing: The giant pi ..
Philly
1.5
An action thriller that is quickly forgotten, since its over the top nonsensical, has a dizzying effect in presenting its hodgepodge of visuals, no ch ..
Sover
3.8
Smarter viewers than myself may be able to pick out many logic and/or plot holes, but for me this combination of elements makes for an undeniably exci ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Yes, this is a silly movie that is partially engrossing and plenty convoluted.
Usa Today
2.5
If you want to see a movie about mutants with superpowers, watch any of the X Men movies or the Hellboy movies or Wanted, any of those six movies is f ..
Lariat
2.5
It just doesnt have any atmosphere.And not for nothin, but shouldnt a movie about people with extraordinary powers NOT BE BORING!
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Unfortunately, his control isnt perfected yet, but he has bigger worries when some government agents come looking for him, followed by the arrival of ..
Screen It
2.0
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
2.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
2.0
In addition, the script is extremely dull (it could really have used some humour), the dialogue is flat and the ridiculous, overly complicated plot fa ..
View London
1.9
At the very least, a movie like this requires coherence to stay afloat.Barring that, it needs a star to distract us.
Boston
2.5
Casablanca was a propaganda thriller made for adults in a time of war.
Smh
2.5
There are a couple of crackerjack fight sequences involving floating pistols and telekinetic jiu jitsu, but fun parts are trapped in gallons of inert ..
Star Tribune
4.0
It is difficult to nail the premise of Push, a Hollywood action movie set mostly in Hong Kong.Basically, its another of those sci fi thrillers in whic ..
Guardian
1.0
In time this would be thriller comes to rest with a fist fight, a hanging ending and the implicit promise of a sequel.
Guardian
1.0
From a craft perspective, this rendering of Neil Gaimans book, by the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, should be admired.But the story is q ..
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
Sadly, this disappointing movie suffers from more than a baffling script.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
But the most woo hoo mind blowing of all is Camilla Belle as a Pusher who can plant ideas in a subjects head.
Ew
3.5
McGuigan manages to squeeze in some rather great action pieces with the Pushers battling among the Hong Kong landscape that acts as a florescent and n ..
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Whether its less than stellar US opening will kill those hopes remains to be seen, but youve got to hope that therell be an X2 to this X Men.
Empire
1.3
But two awful things about Push are at least interesting: The first is the way in which the story is confused.The second is that the story makes no se ..
Sf Gate
1.9
Seemingly made up on the fly and demanding intense audience engagement it doesnt warrant, its a messy conclusion to shallow material thatclumsily flir ..
Slant Magazine
1.0
This is an incredibly muddled paranormal adventure yarn with a terrible screenplay that is like some Frankensteins monster cobbled together from left ..
Express
2.5
Push appears to be missing its third act, and its a terrible shame because what there is of the movie is pretty engaging.
The Movie Boy
1.5
The concept that notions can be pushed into ones head seems like the ideal excuse for a mind frak, but no such luck here, as the wide open possibiliti ..
Flickfilosopher
3.0
Still, when they let rip, Push explodes into action, McGuigans assured, muscular direction prodding the 12A certificate to its limits.
Total Film
3.8
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
1.5
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u ..
Calendar Live
3.0
This kind of teen wiseass role could have been played obnoxiously but Fanning gives it depth and heart.
Hollywood
2.8
Push has flashy effects but a skimpy story Push is a kind of superhero movie with an outsider sensibility and conspiratorial overtones.
Seattle Pi
2.5
And while the above average performances and atmospheric visuals prove effective at mildly sustaining the viewers interest, there inevitably reaches a ..
Reel Film
1.3
Its like watching an X Men movie that doesnt feature the leather costumes and which doesnt have enough in the way of requisite thrills or action to ke ..
Deseret News
3.0
Pushing ideas into other peoples minds is what this sci fi fantasy thriller is all about, and Paul McGuigans film looks great. The cast is good too. B ..
Urban Cine File
3.0
McGuigans saving grace is a willingness to slow down and savour his own images. At best, a moody inconsequence takes over and confusion feels like par ..
The Age
2.0
Sadly, Paul McGuigans attempt to bring the concept to the big screen is riddled with wooden acting, limp plot twists and a worryingly low quantity of ..
Digital Spy
1.9
Not here: Whichever one the story wants to win at that moment simply wins, without explanation.
New York Post
4.4
An absolute must see for anyone interested in fully appreciating the mindset and motivations of the charismatic militants who emerged to capture the c ..
News Blaze
1.2
Confusion is the pictures ultimate weapon, and it wields it very well.
Brian Or Ndorf
2.0
Anyone expecting a coherent or imaginative plot should look elsewhere.
Nyc Movie Guru
2.5
Push is the superhero equivalent of a mixed martial arts competition, where match ups rarely justify the spandex.
Js Online
2.3
Ultimately, the movie falters from the sad fact that McGuigan isnt very good at filming action, resorting to slow motion and fast editing to try to ma ..
ComingSoon
1.0
Gladiator star Djimon Hounsou plays the villain in this Heroes style superpower romp.
Sky
2.0
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2.0
McGuigans picture feels like an art house feature film version of the TV series, following the abilities to a tee and lacking all imagination and crea ..
Fan The Fire Magazine
2.0
Its out there, even if it is only a confusing mash up of every movie or TV show youve ever seen about telekinesis well, except for Firestarter.
Orlando Sentinel
3.0
Push may be a jumbled concoction of everything from X Men to The X Files, and its story gets monotonous at times, but its nevertheless fun escapist fa ..
Movies Ign
3.0
All of these elements conspire to give the film a distinctly different feel from your average action blockbuster.
Movie Martyr
2.0
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Sfx
1.5
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