Prismark10 Based on the original Danish film by Nicolas Winding Refn.The English language version of Pusher stars Richard Coyle as Frank as drug dealer who has borrowed money from an East European gangster for a big deal that has gone wrong. Worse his dim sidekick has grassed him up. Now with no drugs, no money, he has to pay his debt. Frank is having a desperate week as the gangster's henchmen are on to him.The film wants to have a flash kinetic energy with an electronic dance beat soundtrack. Coyle gives a convincing performance as a man who is getting increasingly desperate. However Frank is not likable nor that bright. His mouthy sidekick is even worse, you are glad he ends up in hospital with a broken jaw so the audience does not have hear any more from him.It is a druggy grimy cockney gangster cliched drama with wacky characters. Not original and not that good.

carbuff Grim, grim, grim. Wow. Grim, grim, grim. Basic plot synopsis: Extremely unsavory characters having their lives implode. I'm giving it a six, because, while it is trash, I have to acknowledge that as far as trash goes, it is slick trash with pretty high production values; however, I really wish I had spent my 89 minutes on something else. I can't imagine anyone who would benefit from watching this. Maybe as part of a "Scared Straight" program? Now I have to go take a really long hot shower with a lot of soap and shampoo. Maybe I can get some of this off of me.

siderite I wanted to say that this film didn't really have a point before I knew it was a remake after a Danish movie. I mean, I get what the story is supposed to be: a week in the life of a small time drug dealer. The inevitable downward spiral and tense attempts to keep floating do not fill the one hour and a half of the movie, though, making it feel unnecessarily long and boring.Maybe you need a specific mood to feel enough sympathy for the character that his plight might move you emotionally. I wasn't in that mood, however. To me it felt like a really predictable story with nothing new to bring to the table. I kept watching through the scenes I had predicted tens of minutes before, waiting for a big finale, something to warrant all of the non action and unoriginal plot. But nothing happened. The film just ended abruptly.Bottom line: I would guess that the original was better, for the reason that someone considered remaking it for an English audience and because Danish films are pretty good anyway. Even so, knowing the subject, I wouldn't want to watch a presumably better version of this film. It's just a show about nothing.

scary_name I was thrilled when I first saw that a remake (and an English one at that!) was being mad. After watching the result I can only say that I wished I never watched it. The original is so much better that I am at a loss for words.The plot is still the same, and even though Milo is played by Zlatko he seem to have lost some of his original...zest.This might have been a descent remake if the casting had been better.For starters: Kim Bodnia played the original Frank, his alter ego in this one is not even a distant shadow of the same character. Tony comes across like some dweeb...Sorry but this is not good.