Pusher (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #13 extract: Pusher (1996)



This is, in essence, a story about a rat, one that is constantly backed into a corner, yet never stops fighting to remain in his sewer. Pusher is then a dark crime thriller, but could also be considered a neo-noir, and it fully embraces some of the worst human attributes possible, depicting a man who has nothing to live for but his own momentary self-satisfaction. 
Whilst I somewhat enjoyed this narrative as it is well acted by the entirety of the cast and competently directed by Refn, it doesn't bare too much depth, nor does it try to entertain. Refn then has designed a strange picture, one that is almost a noir for the sake of being a noir, a film for the sake of being a film, one that doesn't have much meaning, nor spectacle. 
Many people will then despise this picture, but I was immersed into this world with its entirely corrupt characters and so have to say the opposite. It's not a masterpiece, but it's certainly good.

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