STORY STUDY - MEDIUM: FILM - “Push”

I never noticed until now that I realized that this was the third post in November did I post something superhero related. So, you know what? Let’s go all out for this month with this genre.

Push revolves around a world where Psychics, the term used to describe people who are born with abilities, and a secret (American) government organization called Division who experiment on these people hoping to create an army of them.

The types of psychics portrayed in the film are:

WATCHERS: those with the ability to see the future, which can constantly change if they choose to act on the knowledge or not.

MOVERS: those with the ability to move things with their mind. The most experienced ones can create invisible shields.

PUSHERS: those with the ability to implant memories. Skilled Pushers can manipulate people into doing whatever they want.

SNIFFS: those with the ability to find people and items.

SHIFTERS: those with the ability to manipulate the appearance of an object for an amount of time.

WIPERS: those with the ability to temporarily or permanently erase memories.

SHADOWS: those with the ability to block the visions of other Psychics.

STICHES: those with the ability to heal cells to their previous or healthy state. They can even undo their work.

Directed by Paul McGuigan and written by David Bourla, Push is about a Mover named Nick living in Hong Kong.

One day, he encounters a little girl named Cassie, a Watcher. She tells Nick of a briefcase that will take down Division, and they need to find it.

Division agent Carver, a Pusher, has successfully created a power boosting drug on another Pusher, Kira.

Kira escapes with a syringe containing the drug. Kira hides the syringe in the briefcase.

Another group hunting the briefcase is the Pop Family, a Triad comprised of Psychics.

Push was unique in that it didn’t involve a supervillain wanted to do something devastating to a city, and a group of heroes had to go stop them. If anything, all the heroes have their own reasons for wanting something the villain wants back. Though, you could say if Division continued with their plans, the result would’ve been deadly for everyone.

The scene that stands out to me is the shootout in the restaurant between Nick and a Division Mover which involves them using guns, but also uses their telekinesis holding the guns and shooting while they hide behind the pillar. This is also the scene where we see Nick using forming invisible shields to block bullets.