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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.
May 7, 1999 Limited
Nov 7, 2006
First Run Features
All Critics (22) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (3) | DVD (9)
The film practically vibrates with youthful aggression, sly humor and gathering tension, hurling itself forward like a junkie toward the next fix.
Outstandingly well-done for a first-time director with no formal training on a shoestring budget, but something about it is unappealingly typical.
Refn's electrifying debut soon morphs into something far more opaque and unsettling than a mere genre retread.
First in a series of 3 films about Copenhagen drug dealers. Sardonic comedy in the "Goodfellas" vein.
The biggest surprise is how you give a damn about what happens to Refn's bad guy--a testament to Bodnia's native likeability.
...like a Copenhagen cinema verité edition of Mean Streets
A pulpy, twisty crime story
The best asset of the film is Kim Bodnia
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
Super Reviewer
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
Super Reviewer
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