Pusher (2012)

Name: Pusher (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 26, 2012
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Agyness Deyn, Bronson Webb, Richard Coyle, Zlatko Buric

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RADiUS-TWC | Release Date: October 26, 2012 | R

Starring: Agyness Deyn, Bronson Webb, Richard Coyle, Zlatko Buric

Summary: As edgy and explosive as Nicolas Winding Refn’s 1996 cult classic, this English language remake tells the story of a week in the life of Frank, a big time drug pusher in London. Frank’s life is a fun-filled rollercoaster of a ride that soon spins out of control. Friendships start to vanish, there is no longer room for love within his life,As edgy and explosive as Nicolas Winding Refn’s 1996 cult classic, this English language remake tells the story of a week in the life of Frank, a big time drug pusher in London. Frank’s life is a fun-filled rollercoaster of a ride that soon spins out of control. Friendships start to vanish, there is no longer room for love within his life, and violence takes over. Danger and chaos are all around
and he becomes a man trapped in his own world. Eventually Frank is left with no one to turn to and nowhere to go, becoming a man paralysed with the fear of knowing there is no way of preventing his inevitable fate. Fast-paced, visually striking, witty and with some of acting’s finest talents, Pusher will have you gripped from beginning to end. [Vertigo Films]… Expand

Director: Luis Prieto

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 89 min

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Roger Ebert

Oct 24, 2012

If we haven't caught on from earlier films that drug pushing is a thankless persuasion, maybe this is the movie that will pound in the lesson. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Oct 26, 2012

There's an ugly, jittery beauty to Pusher, a very fine British redo of a 1996 Danish movie of the same title. Read full review

Joel Arnold

Oct 25, 2012

Coyle's vulnerable performance as Frank undermines the film's goal. Coyle expresses the weight of his exhaustion and the incredible debt hanging over him with a closed-off physicality and haunted eyes that prevent him from becoming a flat character. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Oct 24, 2012

Luis Prieto's remake capably mimics the original's breakneck energy without adding a single thing. It seems to exist mostly to stuff more violence into Britain's insatiable maw for crime pictures. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Oct 25, 2012

Prieto does what he can to keep things roaring along, but the overall effect is not a lot more stimulating than your average diet cola. Read full review

Nick Schager

Oct 23, 2012

Pusher faithfully mimics Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 Danish crime saga while missing its nasty, grungy spirit. Read full review

The Playlist Edward Davis

Oct 27, 2012

Uninventive and unimaginative. Read full review

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geedup

Dec 19, 2012

Read some good things about this one when it was released although most "critics" destroyed it. Watching it seemed to re-tread past tracks of movies like this. Drug dealer gone too far and gets caught between choices/rock-and-a-hard-place. Lacked action, originality and quality characters.Read some good things about this one when it was released although most "critics" destroyed it. Watching it seemed to re-tread past tracks of movies like this. Drug dealer gone too far and gets caught between choices/rock-and-a-hard-place. Lacked action, originality and quality characters. Even the end leaves the movie unresolved. Question is, how can I get back the time I spent to watch this movie?… Expand

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rocketpackpanda

Jan 14, 2013

Flashy, energetic and stylish and yet somehow empty. It looks super cool and has a great soundtrack if you like techno, but beyond that the film never really goes anywhere. Kind of like a poor man's Layer Cake.

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