Push
Push is a sci-fi story about individuals with paranormal powers trying to stay one step ahead of a shady agency that wants to use their powers for nefarious gain. Hey wait a minute, isn’t that the premise for TV’s Heroes? Well uh, yes it is. Anyway, here those with telekinetic powers are movers and watchers can see the future. There are even those who can scream so loud that they cause fatal bleeding from the ears. They don’t seem the have a nickname but Fran Dreschers sounds appropriate. The most dangerous of all are the Pushers who can control people’s thoughts and Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou) is one Pusher who long ago went to the dark side. Inspired by the Nazi’s who in the 1940’s tried to use these gifted souls to form a super army, other nations have had similar ideas. Henry is with a government body called The Division currently experimenting on captured paranormals aiming at chemically booting their abilities but few survive. When Kira Hudson (Camilla Belle) does survive and escapes with the bolstering serum The Division guys chase her to Hong Kong, the hiding place of Nick Grant (Chris Evans) whose father was a former Carver victim. He’s been avoiding The Division ever since but when a precocious thirteen year old watcher named Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning) talks him into finding Kira before Carver does it puts Nick on a collision course with his past. Action fans won’t be disappointed with Push and the unique Hong Kong settings are fascinating but it doesn’t take a clairvoyant to figure out where the final push ends up.