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Friday 28 June 2013

PUSHER II: WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS [2004]

Director Nicolas Winding Refn continues his abrasive Danish crime series with Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands.
This time around he focuses on the first film's supporting character Tonny, brilliantly played by Mads Mikkelsen.  Just coming out of prison, Tonny is a little brain damaged now (after his altercation with Frank in the first film) and he sets out to fuck up again because it's all he knows.  Tonny isn't as likeable as Frank at first but once you begin to understand him, one can't help but feel sympathetic for this lost in life thug.  It might be shot with grainy hand held cameras but it never feels cheap or forced and instead pushes the realism and intensity to another level that is complimentary of the violent and depressing narrative.

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