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Scotsman Paul McGuigan (WICKER PARK GANGSTER NO. 1) directs this high-energy sci-fi thriller set in Hong Kong. Nick (Chris Evans) is a mover meaning he can move objects with his mind. As a child he escaped from Special Agent Carver (Djimon Hounsou) of the Division a U.S. government operative who rounds up those with psychic gifts so that the government can perform experiments on them with the goal of creating a psychic army. Ten years later Chris is lying low in Hong Kong when 13-year old watcher Cassie (Dakota Fanning) who can see the future shows up on his doorstep. Together this odd couple sets off on an adventure that brings them to Kira (Camilla Belle) who has escaped the Division and is on the run. Kira possesses a dangerous gift she is a pusher who can plant ideas and make anyone believe anything she wants. Along with some other psychic friends Nick Cassie and Kira go on a frenetic quest that may bring down the shady Division and set its psychic captives free. BRBRBRBRBRPUSHs psychics are a bit closer to superheroes albeit without the costumes sniffers can see the recent past by smelling an object shadows can keep people and objects hidden shifters can temporarily change the appearance of an object and so on. The special effects in the fight scenes featuring Agent Victor Budarin (Neil Jackson) who can shield himself from bullets and send people flying across the room with a whisk of his hand are particularly well done. Evans holds his own as the reluctant hero and Fanning is as always a formidable presence on screen. Hong Kong itself is another character in the film providing a crowded fast-paced anonymous backdrop for the action.
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