Push is a 2009 American science fiction thriller film directed by Paul McGuigan. The film stars Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Joel Gretsch and Djimon Hounsou. The film centers on a group of people born with various superhuman abilities who band together in order to take down a government agency that is using a dangerous drug to enhance their powers in hopes of creating an army of super soldiers. A narrator describes how people with psychic abilities have been involved with the United States government since 1945. Two "Movers", Nick Gant and his father, are on the... run from the "Division". Realizing that escape is impossible, Nick's father tells him of a vision he received from a "Watcher"; a girl will give him a flower and he is to help her in order to help all the people with powers. Nick's father throws Nick into an air vent as Agent Henry Carver of the Division arrives. Nick's father is killed. 10 years later, the American Division tests a power boosting drug on a "Pusher" , named Kira. Hundreds of subjects died from the drug before her; she is the first to survive.
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| Release date: | January 29, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Paul McGuigan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | William Vince, Bruce Davey, Glenn Williamson |
| Editor: | Nicolas Trembasiewicz |
| Music by: | Neil Davidge |
| Cinematography: | Peter Sova |
| Screenplay by: | David Bourla |
| Estimated budget: | $38,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction, Action |