Review of Pusher (2012) by Brandon G — 02 Apr 2013

This remake of the 1996 Danish film of the same name by Nicholas Winding Refn can only be described as awful. This is a totally unnecessary carbon copy of the original, but it is retold in such an cliched and amateurish way.

Richard Coyle try's his best to carry the film but the constant gormless staring into the camera became visually depressing. The wrest of the cast is poor and completely unentertaining. However I did enjoy the minor involvement of unknown Agyness Deyn.

Her screen time and dialogue is minimal, but she was by far the most commanding and engaging performer. The story is pathetically wafer thin and uninteresting from the outset and throughout. For me this film has just misused Nicolas Winding Refn's name and has slapped it on the front of the dvd cover, in hope that people will pick up a copy.

And that is exactly what I regretfully did.