Pusher 4K 1996

Vic: What are you watching?
Frank: Just some stupid movie with Johnny Depp.
Vic: Who's that?

The Danish “Pusher” turned out to be a pretty powerful crime movie with a bunch of small bonuses, which are described below. The plot, if you don't go into too much detail, is pretty simple. Behind 105 minutes of the movie there is a whole week in the life of an ordinary drug dealer Frank: on Monday we are introduced to the main characters in a rather relaxed manner, and by Friday there is a real apocalypse in the life of a beefy big guy in a tracksuit. Frank, who looks like a young Tony Soprano and actor Sergey Veksler at the same time, first gets into dough, then gets into even bigger dough. He tries to get out of this situation with all his might, but the law of criminal life easily puts everything in its place. It is unlikely that anyone will help you to climb even a small throne, but as soon as you roll down, the creatures and friends from all around will gather to give you a noble acceleration. Reminiscent of the brilliant “The Long Good Friday” (more on that in the coming days), but only on a pusher level.

Such an entertaining story and sturdy dramaturgy aside, the movie is interesting in a pinch of deliciousness. First of all, “Drug Dealer” was filmed in the faraway year of '96, but it was shot with the now-fashionable pseudo-documentary carelessness of a hand-held camera, without finesse like artificial lighting. Even if you don't rely on the average quality of the found rip, you'll have to look for really beautiful shots, which is only good for the movie - the dirty palette of streets and rooms perfectly coexist with evil gangsters, square mobiles from the 90s and Frank's plight. Plus, here the usual running really looks like running, and from the banal 360-degree camera turns the feeling of real Denmark is amazing. Secondly, the friend and assistant of the main character is played by Mads Mikkelsen (Le Chiffre from “Casino Royale”), who appears in the unusual image of a bald gopnik with dumb humor, nasty stories and a tattoo of “Respect” on the back of his head. Thirdly, even in the mid-level Danish drug dealers there are some good dialogues. In one of them, Frank and Tony argue over the choice of where to watch a movie - at home or in a theater. In the end, Frank remarks that videos make people dumber, a big screen is preferable...