Push (2009)

Director: Paul McGuigan

Cast: Colin Ford as Young Nick, Joel Gretsch as Nick's Father, Djimon Hounsou as Henry Carver, Dakota Fanning as Cassie Holmes, Robert Tsonos as Division Doctor #1, Brandon Rhea as Division Doctor #2, Camilla Belle as Kira Hudson, Neil Jackson as Victor Budarin, Chris Evans as Nick Gant, Kai Cheung Leung as Dice Man, Sun Nan Hung as Dice Man's Heavy, Corey Stoll as Agent Mack, Scott Michael Campbell as Agent Holden, Wai Man Tam as Cook in Fish Market, Hal Yamanouchi as Pop Father (as Haruihko Yamanouchi)

I don't see why this movie has been turned down by so many people or
why such a bad word has been spread about it.

Push is one of the better modern superhuman-themed movies you will
find. It won't be your top five of the year and you won't watch it a
million times, but you should really like it. It won't blow you away,
but it won't disappoint you.

I give my opinion on this movie not as a fully fledged movie expert,
fully up-to- date, premier-going, Oscar-loving critic - but as an
artistically natured, deep- rooted film lover. And I say this movie is
worth watching. It has a bit of everything that is to be desired in a
good movie. While a lot could've been different, and you could've
improved it in many ways, it's still fine just as it is.

The story in this movie is excellent. How it is portrayed and told is
great. The actors all fulfill their role, some with splendor. And no
matter what anyone might have told you; this movie is greatly
artistical.

I believe Push is quite unique in many ways, foremost for its unusual
lack of hierarchy of the powers you see in the film. You're used to see
a lot of people possessing powers, but only one of them - Magneto for
instance - being the one standing above all else. But in Push no one is
the obvious stronger one.

Push uses a lot of twists, and not in the first-Saw-movie way which
blows you out of your seat, but it still manages to keep the movie
interesting, even tough the twists are all quite predictable.

Push is also, as I said, greatly artistical. It has a lot of fantastic
colors and utilizes lighting very well, it's set in very beautiful
environments, and there are a lot of other great cinematic techniques
being used. I especially like the choice of soundtrack in this movie.
It reminds me a lot of the way they choose to use music in The Dark
Knight. Instead of some really catchy, noticeable soundtrack there's
been a very diligent work done with a subtle yet powerful soundtrack
that emerges only when necessary and gives an indescribable force to
the movie.

All in all, Push is a quite non-mainstream, entertaining, good movie
worth watching.