PUSHER III: I'M THE ANGEL OF DEATH [2005]

The final instalment in Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher series, I'm The Angel Of Death follows a day in the life of Zlatko Buric's character Milo, the aging drug lord who's the only character to appear in all three films.
It's probably the weakest of the series, seeing as Milo isn't even the least bit likeable, even when you do see where he's coming from.   Like Frank and Tonny before him, he has his minor and major problems but does nothing to fix them himself and really just comes off as a sociopathic old douche.  Still the attention to detail and the realism of it all is quite intriguing and makes for at least one decent viewing.

3 cases of the trots out of 5

PUSHER [1996]

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn's debut, Pusher is a tough-skinned glimpse into the world of a middle-man lowlife drug dealer and the hole he digs deeper & deeper for himself over a week.  

The first part of a trilogy is a tense thriller shot like a documentary that seethes with unsettling realism and somehow escapes all the usual trappings of the standard Hollywood crime drama.  Kim Bodnia does an excellent job as the criminal protagonist that you can't help but root for no matter how low he is in his desperate yet idiotic decisions.  A tale with no remorse, this is a film that is just a taste of what's to come in Refn's career.  

4 pussy fingers out of 5