Pusher II

My Favorite Films of 2004 (25 movies items)

" "You don't steal a fucking Ferrari, unless someone's ordered it!" Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Written by Nicolas Winding Refn Music by Peter Peter Cinematography by Morten Søborg Editing by Janus Billeskov Jansen and Anne Østerud"

Watched in 2022 (73 movies items)

"17.12 DVD rewatch"

My favorite Scandinavian movies (38 movies items)

"Original Title: 'Pusher II' Country: Denmark Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn With: Mads Mikkelsen Plot: Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done. Note: Well, to be honest, even though I had some high expectations and even expected this movie to be an improvement on its predecessor, I thought it turned out to be actually a slight step down. It was still pretty good though thanks to some solid d"

A good movie

“Since I really enjoyed ‘Pusher’, I was quite eager to check this follow-up. Apparently, after his 2 next directing efforts turned out to be some failures, especially ‘Fear X’ which made his film company go bankrupt, Winding Refn did pretty much the same thing Sam Raimi did with 'Evil Dead II' and came back to his directing debut in order to relaunch his career.  Well, to be honest, even though I had some high expectations and even expected this movie to be an improvement on its predecessor,  I thought it turned out to be actually a slight step down. I mean, the directing was again solid and I really liked the same dark and gloomy mood. However, if I thought that the story in ‘Pusher' was too generic and predictable, here, it was the other way around. Indeed, there was no real p” read more

Watched films in 2017 (64 movies items)

"20.6. Netflix Hyvin pitkälti kaikessa edeltäjäänsä parempi. Äärimmäinen realismiin pyrkiminen on vieläkin läsnä, kaikkinensa vain vaikuttavammin."

Watched in 2016 (161 movies items)

"25.9"

Films watched - Katselut 2016 (220 movies items)

"Pusher-trilogian lainasin eräiltä jatkoilta saadakseni nämäkin pois alta. Refnin tunnistaa kyllä jo näistäkin, etenkin briljanttien musiikkien ansiosta. Jokainen näistä kolmesta sisälsi paljon hyvää, mutta aikoinaan saamaansa ylettömään hehkutukseen nähden odotin jotain aivan muuta. Mutta yllätyksetkin ovat toisaalta ihan kivoja."