Instead of being as frantic and loud as Pusher, this film is a little more subtle and more thoughtful but just as starkly realistic and disturbingly violent. At times it made me think that this is what you might get had Kevin Smith's Clerks been made in Denmark by Martin Scorsese. Kim Bodnia is effectively frightening as he keeps you on edge whenever he's on screen, while Mads Mikkelsen is a joy to watch as a quiet movie nerd who has no idea how to interact with people outside of his video store comfort zone. In the end it's pretty much Refn on auto-pilot but still a refreshing change from most thriller/dramas you'll see these days.
3 Last Exits To Brooklyn out of 5
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