Push is a 2009 American superhero thriller film directed by Paul McGuigan and written by David Bourla.

Starring Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, and Djimon Hounsou, the film centers on people with superhuman abilities who band together to take down a government agency that is using a dangerous drug to enhance their powers in the hope of creating an army of super soldiers.

Since 1945, various countries have set up Divisions to track, categorize and experiment on people with psychic abilities to turn them into soldiers.

In the present, the U.S. Division has developed a drug that can boost psychic abilities, but all test subjects died until Pusher Kira Hudson successfully adapted to it.

Kira has hidden the syringe and had Wiper Wo Chiang erase her memory of its location, protecting it from Division agents.

However, Cassie convinces Carver to spare Nick, then finds a key in Kira's shoe which unlocks the locker containing the syringe.

Later, Kira discovers her unopened envelope, which contains a photograph proving her relationship with Nick was real, with the instruction to kill Carver.

The site's critical consensus reads, "The sci-fi thriller Push is visually flashy but hyperkinetic and convoluted.

[5] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one and a half stars out of four stating: ""Push" has vibrant cinematography and decent acting, but I'm blasted if I know what it's about.

"[6] Robert Koehler of Variety called the film "a confused jumble of parts in search of a whole", and said it "plays like a mix-tape sample of scenes from Heroes, Fringe, Alias and The X-Files.

"[7] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter said "While the concept of corralling assorted [Movers, Watchers, and Pushers] and placing them against a stylish Asian backdrop is intriguing, the picture seldom rises to the occasion.

It was written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman (who wrote The Highwaymen for Wildstorm) and Bruno Redondo supplied the art.