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Pusher (1999)

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Frank is a small-time pusher who sells heroin together with his friend Tony. The heroin is supplied by an ex-Yugoslav dealer, Milo, and safely kept at his hooker girlfriend Vic's apartment. When a heroin deal goes wrong and Frank is busted by the police, he is released because of a lack of evidence, but only to find that he owes a very big debt to Milo who has given him two days to collect the money that will save him from a 9mm bullet.

Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn

Written By: Nicolas Winding Refn, Jens Dahl

In Theaters: May 7, 1999 Limited

On DVD: Nov 7, 2006

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The film practically vibrates with youthful aggression, sly humor and gathering tension, hurling itself forward like a junkie toward the next fix.

November 2, 2006 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

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Outstandingly well-done for a first-time director with no formal training on a shoestring budget, but something about it is unappealingly typical.

September 18, 2011 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Refn's electrifying debut soon morphs into something far more opaque and unsettling than a mere genre retread.

June 9, 2011 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

First in a series of 3 films about Copenhagen drug dealers. Sardonic comedy in the "Goodfellas" vein.

February 13, 2007 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Louis Proyect

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The biggest surprise is how you give a damn about what happens to Refn's bad guy--a testament to Bodnia's native likeability.

October 18, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals

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Jules Brenner

Cinema Signals

...like a Copenhagen cinema verit� edition of Mean Streets

October 15, 2006 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

A pulpy, twisty crime story

August 25, 2006 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Noel Murray

AV Club

The best asset of the film is Kim Bodnia

October 31, 2005 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews

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Dragan Antulov

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I liked it but seemed so simple and not as fast paced as I expected. He lost drugs and is screwed...thats about it? I mean theres nothing deep about a drug dealer and the violence wasn't the most brutal thing in the film. Either way, a good entry for Nicholas Winding Refn because years later in 2011 Drive came out!

October 25, 2011

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A day by day account of a week in the life of Copenhagen drug dealer Frank whose life falls apart when a deal goes bad. Pusher is the portrait of a small time criminal filmed in documentary style that reminded me a lot of Shane Meadows in it's unflinchingly realistic approach. The camera follows Frank wherever he goes

November 16, 2007