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Pusher (1999)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:10
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.7/10
Synopsis: This film has all the necessary elements of an independent feature; drugs, sex, drugs, jail, drugs, impending doom, and of course drugs. Frank (the heroin pusher), Milo (the smack supplier), and... This film has all the necessary elements of an independent feature; drugs, sex, drugs, jail, drugs, impending doom, and of course drugs. Frank (the heroin pusher), Milo (the smack supplier), and Frank's girlfriend (the prostitute) experience a series of ups and downs as Frank gets busted, released, and then is given 2 days to pay back debts or be introduced to a 9mm bullet. [More]
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek, Slavko Labovic
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek, Slavko Labovic, Mads Mikkelsen
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn
Screenwriter: Nicholas Winding Refn, Jens Dahl
Reviews for Pusher
First in a series of 3 films about Copenhagen drug dealers. Sardonic comedy in the "Goodfellas" vein.
The film practically vibrates with youthful aggression, sly humor and gathering tension, hurling itself forward like a junkie toward the next fix.
The biggest surprise is how you give a damn about what happens to Refn's bad guy--a testament to Bodnia's native likeability.
The director has cooked up a very disturbing film, that is derivative of Pulp Fiction.
Cinematographer Morten Søberg's visuals have a crisp documentary look that interlocks nicely with Frank's ongoing decline.
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