LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

solefab-53302 Being from Denmark I was introduced to Pusher in a early stage. I have lived in pretty much all of the settings of the trilogy (Vesterbro, Nørrebro, Nordvest, Amager) I feel blessed by this movie by Winding Refn. He just captures some of most raw and realistic environments.The sequel is not as fast moving as the first but nonetheless still a top tier to me. The story of Tonny is so well portrayed, both by using a great cast of non professional actors and by the cinematography it self greatly inspired by the wave of Danish Dogma 95 - yet still very different. Tonny is one of my favorite movie characters. A life full of harshness, being constantly pushed down and on the lowest rank in his surroundings. I am one of the greatest domestic fans of Winding Refn and Mads Mikkelsen - happy to see they are doing so well at the international film scene. Would also recommend "Bleeder", also a great Winding Refn film with all three Pusher- stars of Mads Mikkelsen, Kim Bodnia and Zlatko Buric.

brchthethird PUSHER II: WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS is a sequel to the Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 feature debut, and this time the story follows Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen) who just got out of prison and is looking to straighten out his life. Of course with these types of movies, you can usually guess that it will be really difficult and the person will likely fail despite their best efforts. Without spoiling anything, I can say that the resolution to this oft-told story isn't as downbeat as you might think. Mads Mikkelsen, my favorite part of PUSHER, does an even better job this time around as his character is further developed and easier to root for. The filmmaking style is much the same also but doesn't have the quite the same narrative structure, which works a little better in my opinion. The strongest part of this film is the writing, which does a good job of setting Tonny apart from the filth that surround him. Sure, his hands aren't really clean, but he's pretty tame compared to the people around him. Even the tattoo on the back of his head ('Respect') gets some significance, as it's the one thing he never gets from anyone, not even his father. Respect is always beyond his reach and field of vision. And that's just a single example of how PUSHER II is thematically deeper than its predecessor. I do think the basic story it tells is one that, like PUSHER, has been done before and better, but a criminal/junkie trying to go straight is ultimately a more compelling story by default. From a technical standpoint, the cinematography, while still digital, is greatly improved and the hand-held camera-work feels more controlled. I didn't mention this with PUSHER, but with this film also the score and soundtrack are incredible. In this one particularly, there was some of the electronic-style music that would feature heavily in DRIVE and ONLY GOD FORGIVES. Overall, PUSHER II is a significant improvement over PUSHER that has a more sympathetic lead character, compelling story, and one of Mads Mikkelsen's best early performances. Even if you didn't care for PUSHER, I would still highly recommend seeing this sequel.

Jack Coen Tony 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 (plot).The movie is unusual in the crime movie genre, or at least in Hollywood versions. We usually see portrayals of the guy who comes from nothing, gets rich as a Mafia boss or drug dealer, and takes a fall in a big way. "With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II" is the more personal story of a big, sad kid trying to please his dad, who happens to be involved in the world of crime, Finally the actors (Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester and Zlatko Buric) do terrific jobs. They are (as usual) very professional and passionate actors.

thegreatdane1975 Pusher was a great movie no doubt so clearly i expected A lot from this one but i'm sorry to say that it does NOT and i repeat NOT at all reach the heights of the first one.it's generally boring and not so tuff and scary as the first one cause i can remember in some scenes from Pusher i was really frightened but not at all in this one.Mads Mikkelsen does a good job definitely but i really missed Kim Bodnia cause his role was far more intense and now i've heard that his not in pusher 3 neither is Mads! i hope pusher 3 goes back to the original environment from the first one and i'm glad to see that Zlatko Buric is back in this one cause he has only a very small role in pusher 2 and that sucks!!