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Pusher

1996 · 110 min

A gritty, slow-burning descent into desperation, where every choice tightens the noose and hope feels like a distant memory.

Directed by
Nicolas Winding Refn
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Starring
Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Laura Drasbæk
Tagline
You don't have a chance. Seize it!
Overview
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

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Directed by
Nicolas Winding Refn
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Starring
Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Laura Drasbæk
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • greed
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
action, crime, drama
Directed by
Nicolas Winding Refn
Written by
Jens Dahl, Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring
Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Laura Drasbæk, Zlatko Burić, Slavko Labović, Peter Andersson, Vanja Bajicic, Lisbeth Rasmussen
Music
Peter Peter, Povl Kristian
Cinematography
Morten Søborg
Runtime
110 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish, Serbian, Swedish

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