"Push" it in front of a bus

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 08:29
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My advice. Watch the first minute of the movie, find a 90 minute movie and sneak into that theater, and go back to catch the last 30 minutes of "Push."
Since WWII, governments of numerous nations have been doing human experiments in an attempt to create super soldiers. They've created "pushers" that can move things with their minds, "watchers" that can draw the future (but, everything that happens changes their visions, so they're constantly scribbling new pictures), "sniffers" that can find people by their scent, and the list goes on. For some reason, the American government has decided to create a serum to turn these enhanced beings into super duper soldiers. The only problem is it kills each subject immediately when they're injected... until Kira (Camilla Belle) is injected. She doesn't seem to get any more powerful, but she at least survives and then goes on the run with the last vial of the super duper serum. At that point the movie loses all direction.
So, the American government doesn't want other governments to get the serum. But, why does it matter? It's killed every other test subject. Why did Kira hold onto the vial and not just pour it down the drain? How did everyone end up in Hong Kong!? Why have all these governments had super soldiers for almost 70 years and never done anything with them? How is Dakota Fanning, at 13 years old, surviving on her own in Hong Kong? And the questions go on...
Then there's the creepy factor. Dakota Fanning puts in a good performance, but she spends the movie running around in hooker boots. Then there's the "sniffers," who instead of picking up scents from clothes or other similar things as you would expect, seem to have a penchant for sniffing toothbrushes and old lipstick.
At the end of the movie, you're left wondering why everyone was running around for the last 111 minutes. Best of all, they leave it open for a sequel. Dakota Fanning's mom, the most powerful of them all, is still in captivity. So, see you in "Push 2." I have a feeling Dakota won't be there.