Pusher (1999)

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Rating: NONE

Release Date: May 7, 1999

Running Time: 106 mins. (V)

Additional Notes: dialogue Danish, subtitled English

Country Of Origin: Denmark

starring: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek, Slavko Labovic, Mads Mikkelsen, Peter Anderson, Anja Bajicic, Lisbeth Rasmussen, Levino Jensen, Thomas Bo Larsen

director: Nicolas Winding Refn

A gritty thriller about a successful pusher and his downfall: Frank likes his job, beautiful women and the fast cars that go with it. One day, he is caught by the police while in possession of a bag of heroin. He's set free but the heroin's owner wants his money--suddenly Frank becomes a hunted man.

Forget pimps. It's hard out there for a Pusher.

Story

Frank the drug dealer (Kim Bodnia) works the streets selling his wares. His friend Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen) is kind of the muscle, but mainly the two just talk about sex while they wait for clients. This isn't the eloquent, funny sex talk of a Pulp Fiction. It's the crude, blatant lingo of real street thugs. No pop culture in this dialogue, unless there's a lot of Danish references we don't get. Frank's girlfriend, Vic (Laura Drasbaek), is…