Push

Key Words-

Watchers-have the ability to foresee the future to varying degrees. As knowledge of the future invariably causes that future to change.

Movers-are powerful telekinetics who are trained to identify the specific atomic frequency of a given material and alter the gravitational field around it, usually causing the nearby air to appear warped. This allows them to move both animate and inanimate objects.

Pushers-have the ability to implant memories, thoughts and emotions into the minds of other people in order to manipulate them. The skill level of the Pusher determines how many people the Pusher is able to control at one time, and how vivid the implanted memories are.

Wipers-are skilled at either temporarily or permanently erasing memory, an invaluable asset in espionage. Experience will dictate the accuracy of their wipes, though there is always the danger that they will eliminate a desired memory.

Today I watched the movie “Push.” Basically it is about people with different psychic abilities. The main character Nick Gant (played by Chris Evans) is known as a mover. He teams up with Cassie Holmes (played by Dakota Fanning), who is a watcher, to take down an organization called Division. Division is a top secret organization within different governments that uses these psychics for their own personal gain. The Division in the move is from America and they are after a drug they developed that enhances abilities. The whole movie is about Nick and Cassie along with a few others trying to stop the leader of Division Henry Carver, (played by Djimon Hounsou) who is a pusher, from getting the drug as well as avenging the death of Nick’s father. One of the best things about this movie to me was how the ending unfolded. Since watchers visions of the future depends on choices we make in life, they had had a wiper erase their memories so no one knew exactly what they were doing. Before they had their memories wiped Nick gave them all a red envelope with instructions on what their part was in the whole master plan. Even though this part is hard to explain in words, it was my favorite. I love movies with these elaborate endings that I can try to guess what is going to happen before it happens. They all had to accomplish task without knowing exactly why they were doing it. Most of the movie is straight forward until the end when they put this plan in to action. Even though I did like how they did the ending the rest of the movie was a little dull.

*I give “Push” a 6.5 out of 10*