Hundreds of people were visibly shrugging emerging from the Palladium advance screening for this JUMPER wannabe. Who cares if there are a zillion fan-boys out somewhere who have an explanation for all the plot holes in this yawner? The fact is, you must judge a movie by what's on the screen, and what PUSH presents is little chemistry between the leads, little relevance of the portrayed mutant wars to the rest of the world, and little in the way of a story to keep minds engaged. Filming the whole thing in Hong Kong serves only to alienate the viewer further from anything with which to identify, as the locales are presented more as an alien nightmare realm (per AEON FLUX) than an actual tourist destination (per NORTH BY NORTHWEST). Like always, I attended with my 8 1/2 X 11-inch notepad. Normal movies of all genres generate anywhere from 8 to 20 pages of details, but this ill-thought mishmash produced just four (translation: PUSH might put you to sleep, but it won't make your brain cells fire).
Review of Push
