Pusher (1996)
First screened in May 2020
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn. Cast: Kim Bodnia, Laura Drasbæk, Zlatko Buric, Mads Mikkelsen, Slavko Labovic, Peter Andersson, Lisbeth Rasmussen, Vasilije Bojicic, Thomas Bo Larsen, Levino Jensen, Coco C.P. Dalbert, Karsten Schrøder, Thomas Aagren, Lisa Lach-Nielsen, Steen Fridberg, Gordon Kennedy, Jesper Lohmann, Nicolas Winding Refn. Screenplay: Nicolas Winding Refn and Jens Dahl. Twitter Capsule:
Grubby energy, muscular compaction. Still, colors none too far outside the cocaine lines. Fund of human wisdom is unraised.
VOR:③
Mostly well-trod ground, narratively and stylistically, though it's an efficient machine for generating familiar tensions. Some viewers will cleave to it.
