Even though super hero movies are all the rage at the moment, you'd have thoght that it would be inadvisory to make a movie that closely follows the premise of TV series Heroes. However, when said TV series is tangled in its own web of covoluted storylines and over-complicated characterisations...it's just fine to make a movie like Push.
Its given an adult thriller, Euro-feel tone by director Paul (Lucky Number Slevin) McGuigan which sets it apart from other super-powered themed movies out there. He's not afraid to experiment with editing and montage techniques. Setting it in Japan gives the movie a lift and also help make the characters feel like outsiders they are (due to the gifts)...strangers in a strange land. McGuigan provides some nice action sequences paricularly a restaurant gunfight, where the weapons are telekinetcally controlled, not physically.
Chris Evans seems to be on auto pilot while love interest Camilla Belle gets the Jessica Alba role; supremely pretty...but vacant.AS usual a fast maturing Dakota Fanning delivers a performace you'd expect from a talented actress, twice her age.
The Fanning is still a freak. God help the competition when she matures into adult roles.
