Review: PUSH (2009)
It was a strange weekend. I went to see PUSH starring Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou, Maggie Siff, and directed by Paul McGuigan. I have to say that I am on the fence about this movie.
Let me first tell you what I expected to see. I expected PUSH to be a regular sci-fi action movie with cool special effects and an accessible plotline to follow.
What I got was a regular sci-fi action movie with cool special effects and an accessible plotline to follow.
So what was my problem you might ask? Well, this almost never happens to me. It usually goes one way or another. Either the movie is even a bigger stinker than I expected (Transporter 3) or it really exceeds my expectations (Taken).
It is rare that a movie lives up to what I expect of it and when my expectations are already low, it is kind of sad that said movie does nothing more than meet them.
So what is my beef with the movie?
The overall flow of the movie was choppy.
The story had very few highs and very very long lows.
The characters were piecemealed together but you can tell some of the actors tried hard to make this look good. (Trying being the operating word here)
The premise was interesting but the execution was flawed to say the least.
All and all, don’t waste your money at the movies for this one. Wait for it on HBO or Showtime and Tivo that puppy. It will make a saturday afternoon go faster.
Woah, woah, woah! “FLAWED”?! (Ha, The Dark Knight was flawed, but because one of the actors in the movie dies, everyone rushes to see it. )”PUSH” was not just a “regular sci-fi action movie”; it is a super-hero thriller that seems to be more like an action flick, such as the Bourne series. I don’t know anyone else who likes super-hero movies, yet I don’t know anyone who didn’t like this movie! And the acting was performed very well, by most; admitted, Fanning needs a LOT of work(but perhaps if she had died(in real life) then everyone would flock to see “PUSH”). If they had cast a stronger actress for the leading-role, then this movie would have been near to perfection.
The only thing that was poorly done for this movie was the advertising. I heard nothing about it until the day it came out.
I’m proud to state– I didn’t wait for it on HBO; I did “waste (my) money at the movies for this one”— and I am glad I did.