Fanning plays a 13-year-old clairvoyant, part of a special class of paranormals whose origins go back to government experiments from 1945. The plan was to use them as surveillance weapons. But the children of these original human weapons aren't so willing to comply.
They live among us, the narration says, and they look like us, but they have special powers like telekinesis and telepathy. Then there are some whose skills are truly creepy, like the family that can shatter glass and pop blood vessels by screeching at the top of their lungs.
Yes, this is a silly movie that is partially engrossing and plenty convoluted.
The categories of paranormals have names such as "watchers" (who see the future) and "shadows," who use their minds to hide things from "sniffs," who can track their quarry like human bloodhounds. "Movers," as one might imagine, transport objects. What, no shakers? If only the "stitches" had been comedians who could bend wills with their humor, the film might have been more fun. But they're merely psychic healers.
Fanning plays a watcher named Cassie. With her blond hair streaked with pink, shorts and knee-high boots, she looks like an Olsen twin. She's gone rogue, on the run from The Division, which monitors and controls paranormal operatives.
Traveling solo across the globe, Cassie goes in search of Nick (Chris Evans). They go in search of a mysterious suitcase that The Division, represented by a malevolent Djimon Hounsou, also seeks. Along the way, they encounter Kira (Camilla Belle), who can plant thoughts in people's brains.
The title refers to the act of using special powers, but it might as well refer to the jerky movement of the camera. And some of the fights — which should have earned an R rating — are enhanced by the shots.
Director Paul McGuigan, whose Lucky Number Slevin was more clever and fun, uses this hyperkinetic approach presumably to enhance this dull story. But he only makes it disorienting.
Push
* * (out of four)
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis
Director: Paul McGuigan
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language, smoking and a scene of teen drinking
Running time: 2 hours, 1 minute
Opens today nationwide
http://chitika.com/publishers.php?refid=almosthuman99
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