Film Review – Push (2025)

With “Push,” co-writers/directors David Charbonier and Justin Douglas Powell look to make something small-scale and frightening. It’s their third chiller in a row, and another picture that makes use of a single location, with previous endeavors “The Boy Behind the Door” and “The Djinn” also striving to create nail-biting tension around limited real estate. The team has their cinematic fixations, and they receive a healthy workout in their latest effort, which pits a pregnant real estate agent against the mentally unstable ways of a home invader during a particularly vicious night. “Push” doesn’t win with story, emerging as an exercise in suspense and shock, putting the helmers to work as they strive to squeeze as much tension as possible out of the premise. It’s debatable of there’s enough here to support a feature, but Charbonier and Powell show enthusiasm in their attempt, generating a steady pulse of unease in the offering, and a few explosive moments of conflict. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com