A
riveting action-thriller, 'Push' burrows deep into the deadly world of
psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives
have the ability to move objects with their minds, see the future,
create new realities and kill without ever touching their victims.
Against this setting, a young man and a teenage girl take on a
clandestine agency in a race against time that will determine the
future of civilization.
The Division, a shadowy government agency, is genetically transforming
citizens into an army of psychic warriors-and brutally disposing of
those unwilling to participate. Nick Gant (Chris Evans), a
second-generation telekinetic or "mover," has been in hiding since the
Division murdered his father more than a decade earlier. He has found
sanctuary in densely populated Hong Kong-the last safe place on earth
for fugitive psychics like him--but only if he can keep his gift a
secret.
Nick is forced out of hiding when Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning), a
13-year-old clairvoyant or "watcher," seeks his help in finding Kira,
(Camilla Belle), an escaped "pusher" who may hold the key to ending the
Division's program. Pushers possess the most dangerous of all psychic
powers: the ability to influence others' actions by implanting thoughts
in their minds. But Cassie's presence soon attracts the attention of
the Division's human bloodhounds, forcing Nick and Cassie to flee for
their lives.
With the help of a team of rogue psychics, the unlikely duo traverses
the seedy underbelly of the city, trying to stay one step ahead of the
authorities as they search for Kira. But they find themselves square in
the crosshairs of Division Agent Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou), a
pusher who will stop at nothing to keep them from achieving their goal.
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