Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kim Bodnia | ... | Frank | |
Zlatko Buric | ... | Milo | |
Laura Drasbæk | ... | Vic | |
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Slavko Labovic | ... | Radovan |
Mads Mikkelsen | ... | Tonny | |
Peter Andersson | ... | Hasse | |
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Vasilije Bojicic | ... | Branko (as Vanja Bajicic) |
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Lisbeth Rasmussen | ... | Rita |
Levino Jensen | ... | Mike | |
Thomas Bo Larsen | ... | Junkie | |
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Lars Bom | ... | Uro'er |
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Michael Hasselflug | ... | Uro'er |
Nicolas Winding Refn | ... | Brian (as Jang Go Star) | |
Jesper Lohmann | ... | Mikkel | |
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Steen Fridberg | ... | Lasse |
Frank is a drug pusher on the roll until he makes a huge deal with dope that he hasn't paid for and he gets busted by the police. He manages to dump the dope in a nearby lake but he owes his supplier a lot of money (not a nice guy to owe money to). Now we follow Frank in his quest to raise money in the underworld of Copenhagen. Written by S. Lasborg <Lasborg@dk-online.dk>
Quentin Tarantino fan?, Then watch this. Pusher has it all, drugs, violence, sex and great dialogue, it doesn't hold anything back. It's the first film by director Nicholas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive.) and arguably his best.
The film is shot in a documentary style, in this film we follow small time drug dealer frank who is busted by the cops for trying to sell drugs, as a result of losing his drugs franks is now in debt to a local gangster named Milo, he has one week to come up with Milos money, during this week we see the desperate levels Frank stoops to in order to secure the money. What makes the film is the interesting characters, Frank, Franks girlfriend Vic, Franks friend Tonny, gangster Milo and Milo's henchman Radovan, each character brings something completely different to the film, you will find yourself favouring one of them.
The dialogue contains a lot of extreme racial slurs, and brutal violence, it makes a Quentin Tarantino film look like a PG 13. Overall the film is a fantastic watch, Kim Bodnia (Frank), Laura Drasbaek (Vic), Zlatko Buric (Milo), Slavko Labovic (Radovan) and Mads Mikkelsen (Tonny) are brilliant in this film.
What I love about this film is that it has no good guy, some people will side with Frank, some will side with Milo. Pusher is raw, edgy and most of all, entertaining.