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1999 Certificate 18
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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 .. Read more

Starring Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Mads Mikkelsen, Laura Drasbaek
Director Nikolas Winding Refn
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Pusher

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.

Starring Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Mads Mikkelsen, Laura Drasbaek, Slavko Labovic
Director Nikolas Winding Refn
Studio METRODOME DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 45 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: Danish
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 24 Jul 2000
Production year: 1999
Format DVD

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  • This is the worst week in Frank's life - and very possibly the last. Deep in debt, he fixes up a complicated heroin... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • "...A legitimately gritty thriller..." -- Rating: B+

    • Entertainment Weekly
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Grim,bleak and heartless

    'Trainspotting' for those who like their urban squalor undiluted. You won't find any cathartic laughs here, no light moments, no comfort zones, no redemption. It's betrayal all the way... a loveless, self obsessed,cruel yet passionless canvas of sheer human degradation. No heroes here as none of the characters have any greatness in them.

    Why watch it? Because this gets into the grime of the disposed and unloved and weak... and we ordinary folk can identify with that. Powerful stuff.

      • yugback from Norfolk
      • Posted 14 May 2005 06:37

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Tense thriller with the threat of violence at all times but rarely visible.

    Mean, moody, attractive main character carries the film on his own but the supporting cast are excellent too.

    Set in the seedy underworld this shows the underbelly of Wonderful Copenhagen.

    I loved this film and can't wait to see the follow up, "Bleeder".

      • A customer from GLASGOW
      • Posted 03 Oct 2004 21:43

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      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, ...