Pusher (I) (2012)

In London, a street dealer's life spins out of control over the course of one week after he borrows money from his supplier on what's supposed to be a sure thing.

Director:

Luis Prieto

Writer:

Matthew Read

Stars:

Richard Coyle, Bronson Webb, Agyness Deyn

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Coyle	...	Frank
Bronson Webb	...	Tony
Agyness Deyn	...	Flo
Mem Ferda	...	Hakan
Zlatko Buric	...	Milo
Paul Kaye	...	Fitz
Bill Thomas	...	Jack
Neil Maskell	...	Marlon
Daisy Lewis	...	Danaka
Ray Callaghan	...	Maurice
Badria Timimi	...	Senior Officer
Adam Foster	...	Zack
Richard Shanks	...	Junior Officer
Shend	...	Meten
Joanna Hole	...	Frank's Mum

Storyline

In London, a street dealer's life spins out of control over the course of one week after he borrows money from his supplier on what's supposed to be a sure thing.

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Plot Keywords:

rear entry sex | gun in mouth | hit with a baseball bat | bare breasts | profanity | 

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Taglines:

Never cross the line.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive drug content and language, some strong sexuality, nudity and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

UK

Language:

English Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

12 October 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Pušer

Filming Locations:

Tyers Street, Lambeth, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vertigo Films, Embargo Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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User Reviews

Lazy Filmmaking of an already remade film

For some strange reason, I thought this film being executive produced by NWR would render better results. Alas, I was duped again by marketing.

I should have known. After all, what made the original Pusher (and it's two sequels) great was not the very basic, over told story, but rather the style of NWR's direction, the performances of the actors and the very real time nature of the film.

The directing here is quite pedestrian and downright lazy, bringing nothing of the style of the original. The acting is decent, but again we've already seen this done better.

And by the way, this film was already remade two years ago in India.

Every director has movies they just LOVE and would want to emulate. For such a basic story, this director could have come up with any one of many basic "drug deal gone bad" stories and used his style to tell it. Unfortunately, this film takes the easy way out, trying to simply capitalize on the name of the original, without elevating it.