Saturday, July 11, 2009

Push


Holy crap, this movie is amazing. Obviously, the movie is called Push. And...think of it as...something from the Bourne series, but...with psychics. Yeah. Awesome.
Ok, I just wanted to talk about this movie really quickly, because it seems to me that not a lot of people have seen it, but this movie deserves more views.
But before we talk about the actual movie, it's time to look into the different...thingies that you have to understand.

First of all, there are several types of psychics in the movie, Push. Here are brief descriptions on each of the types.
Movers - These are the commonly known kind of psychics. They are able to move objects and manipulate them within a field. Kind of like Ness. Or Lucas.
Pushers - These people can force thoughts into your head. They can make you have memories that you never experienced or put in different emotions in your head. So, in short, it's mind control. Pushers are able to manipulate people's actions this way.
Watchers - Another commonly known type, these people can see into the future. This need no further explanation.
Bleeders - I fail to see how this has to do with psychic powers, but these people can emit a high pitched noise to pierce your ears and make you bleed your own blood from everywhere by having the frequencies break your vessels. They also look really freaky when they screech.
Sniffers - This is really amazing. It's kind of hard to explain, so let me give an example. Let's say a sniff got a hold of your toothbrush. By sniffing or touching it, they can tell where it has been since and who used it recently. Things like that. With this power, they can track people easily.
Shifters - Also another amazing ability. These people can make you see things that aren't real. A common example used in the movie is that a shifter took a piece of paper and turned it into a dollar bill. The effects of the illusion don't last forever, but they last a long time.
Wipers - Not very versatile, but a useful ability nonetheless. These people can erase your memory. They can permanently erase it, or temporarily. They can also select parts of your memory to erase.
Shadows - My least favorite type, just because it's not as useful as the other ones. These people block the sensors of the sniffs or the watchers by making things unclear and dark.
Stitchers - These are the people that can heal you and regenerate your cell health to 100%. But they can also reverse the effects and make you in worse health.

So there are the different types seen in the movie. I did a bit of research and it seems there is another type, called phasers, that can pass through solid objects. But whatever, that's not important.
I'm not going to go into character roll call, just cuz I'm too lazy this time to do it, but I'll explain the characters along the way.
This is the story.
The Division, a special area of the government that researches psychics, is out to track all psychics for government testing and experimentation. They use a specific drug in all of these tests, but none of the patients survive the drug. One does, and she escapes. Now the Division is after her. Nick (a mover) lives in China (I think), to hide from the Division after an encounter 10 years ago. Sniffs that work for the Division still find him, and they are after the girl that escaped. This girl, Kira (a pusher), is someone from Nick's past and someone he knows very well. With the help of a 13 year old named Cassie (a watcher), Nick helps out Kira avoid the Division. And that's a vague description of the plot.

I didn't describe as much this time because I'm not supposed to put spoilers in here. But shouldn't that get you interested enough to watch? I was very happy with this movie when I rented it and I enjoyed all of it. It was interesting to explore the world of the psychics and open my mind to things that I thought were impossible. After watching this movie, it all seems plausible. Or maybe a pusher is trying to make me think that. The characters were pretty well developed. The important ones, that is. And a few of the actors were moderately good looking. Especially the actor that plays Nick. MmmMMmmm.

There were a few problems I had with this movie. I thought the ending could have used a bit more...epilogueish stuff. I thought it ended kind of abruptly and I wanted to see what happened to the rest of the people. Also, some of the actors had horrible acting skills. Not all. Just like, 1 or 2.

But overall, this movie was entertaining to watch. Not just for sci-fi fans, but for pretty much every person. The movie was very suspenseful, I was hooked, and it didn't disappoint me. I enjoyed seeing new things and because this was a unique movie, I didn't know what to expect. But what came out of it was awesome shit. Yeahh.

So. That's it.

Rating: 8.5/10

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