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Tuesday, 23 July 2013

PUSHER [2012]

The Pip-pips adapt Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher into something glossy, fast-paced & loud, thereby neutering it of the realistic tension of the original Danish film.
Richard Coyle (from Grabbers) does a fine job at filling the shoes of Kim Bodnia although it never felt quite as real and was constantly reminded that I was watching a movie.  It's not a particularly offensive retelling of a far superior product but more or less completely pointless and watered down.  It's almost as if it's trying to remake the original film in the style of Danny Boyle and fails at that as well.  Oh well.  Perhaps the Hindi remake is better?

2 bloody bunnies out of 5

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