1. PUSH Cast, Crew, Story, Theme, Review Muse-En-Scene, Life Connections

2. 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. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language, smoking and a scene of teen drinking) PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

3. DAKOTA FANNING (Cassie Holmes) DAKOTA FANNING (Cassie Holmes)  Previously seen in The Secret Life of Bees  Made her film debut as 'Lucy' in I Am Sam.  Came to public awareness in Uptown Girls and Sweet Home Alabama.. PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

4. CAMILLA BELLE (Kira) CAMILLA BELLE (Kira)  Her first lead role was in Rip Girls in 2000, a Disney Channel movie.  She came back with the lead role in the remake of When A Stranger Calls 2006 PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

5. CHRIS EVANS (Nick) CHRIS EVANS (Nick)  Evans is of Italian and Irish descent and was raised Catholic.  Featured in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Cellular and Not Another Teen Movie PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

6. PAUL MCGUIGAN A native of Scotland, he began his career as a photographer. Directed:  Four Knights (2010)  Lucky Number Slevin (2006)  Wicker Park (2004) PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

7. Screenplay by David Bourla Original Music by Neil Davidge Cinematography by Peter Sova Film Editing by Nicolas Trembasiewicz Production Design by François Séguin Art Direction by Michael N. Wong Costume Design by Laura Goldsmith and Nina Proctor PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

8. Prequel Wildstorm (an imprint of DC Comics) will be producing a comic book mini-series that acts as a prequel to the film. It will be written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman (who write The Highwaymen for Wildstorm) and Bruno Redondo will supply the art. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

9. It’s a 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. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

10. 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. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

11. 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. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

12. 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. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

13. 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. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

14. There is a keen focus on eyes in this film. Eyes = Window to inner powers (soul) PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

15. COLOR: There is an amazing use of high volume color in the film’s style. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

16. 30% Positive Consensus voice: "A weightless, style- driven thriller set in a photogenically chaotic Hong Kong." -- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

17. 1. PUSH YOUR LIFE FORWARD 2. PUSH YOUR GIFT TO HELP OTHERS Producer Glenn Williamson: "There's a real story that revolves around Nick and how he turned his back on the world. Cassie is the character that gets him out of it and it becomes a real human relationship.” PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

18. Although the film has been criticized for being incoherent, it does deliver a very important message: Despite difficulties, move forward with your life, even in the face of death. And that message is presented in a eye- popping cinematic style not often experienced. I like the style and I like the message. I only wish the delivery had been better. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

19. Ulysses S. Grant said something that really fits PUSH –and your life: “The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.” APPLICATION 1. Identify the enemies of your soul. 2. Do what you know you must to overcome. 3. Commit to moving on. PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce

20. PUSH ON “When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.” --George C. Marshall PUSH PUSH ©2009 Summit Entertainment. Review © David Bruce