Pusher 3
| Movie | |
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| German title | Pusher 3 |
| Original title | Pusher 3 |
| Country of production | Denmark |
| original language | Danish , Serbo-Croatian , Albanian , Macedonian , Polish |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| script | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| production | Henrik Danstrup |
| music | Peter Peter |
| camera | Morten Søborg |
| cut | Anne Østerud |
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Pusher 3 is the third part of a Danish drug film - trilogy . The first two were Pusher and Pusher II . It's subtitled I'm the Angel of Death! . The main role is played by Zlatko Burić .
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Milo is a Serbian drug dealer from Copenhagen who owns a small restaurant. He hasn't used heroin for five days and visits a self-help group run by anonymous addicts. On this day his daughter Milena will be 25 years old and he will cook for the birthday party. He ordered heroin from Amsterdam through the Albanian Luan , which is said to be in a mobile home. Instead of heroin, however, he only finds ecstasy pills. He then visits Luan, who supposedly doesn't know anything about the ecstasy and assures him that a new car with heroin will soon be coming. However, after much deliberation, Milo does not want to give the drugs back to Luan, but rather sell them himself.
The young Turk Muhammed, who calls himself “King of Copenhagen” and sells drugs for Milo, comes to his restaurant. Milo orders him to find a buyer for the ecstasy. After a while, Muhammad returns and reports on someone who is interested. The catch: the drugs should be with the customer within an hour. Milo actually wants to send his henchman Branko along with Muhammad. But he suffered acute food poisoning from Milo's cooking skills and from then on spends his time on the toilet with stomach cramps. For the deal to come off at all, Milo has to let Muhammad go without surveillance. He should contact Milo within an hour. There is no news, but Milo has to go to his daughter's birthday party with dinner. When he notices that Branko has apparently gotten sick from the birthday meal, he throws the dish away and buys a substitute at a Chinese restaurant. There he meets Kurt, called "Die Möse" (plays in Pusher II: Respect ). Kurt gives him a little heroin, which Milo smokes stressed out on the toilet of the restaurant and thus becomes addicted again. He assigns a police officer who he has bribed to find Muhammad for him and brings the food to the party late, where the guests are already having dessert. Milo gives a speech in honor of his daughter and immediately leaves the birthday party to confess to Luan that he has neither the ecstasy nor the money from its sale. He asks the Albanian to solve the problem together, but Luan says that Milo should do him a favor because the broken deal is actually not his problem. Milo should wait for Rexho, another Albanian, in his restaurant.
After a while, Rexho comes by with an unnamed Pole and an equally unnamed young Pole. She is to be sold as a forced prostitute to a brothel owner who Milo has brought in. The deal does not come off, however, because Milo's acquaintances refuse because of the minority of the seriously disturbed girl. Rexho leaves the restaurant again. A short time later the young woman tries to flee. Milo prevents her, whereupon she is beaten and tortured by the Polish girl trafficker. Milo can't see it and kills the Pole with a hammer. When Rexho comes back a little later, Milo kills him too. Now he drives to his old friend Radovan, in the trunk of Muhammed, whom the bribed policeman handed over to him. Radovan, who has become honest and runs a snack bar himself, is supposed to help Milo for the sake of the old days. After some hesitation, he agrees to stand by his old friend one last time. Milo and Radovan torture Muhammed, who repeatedly asserts that the ecstasy pills are just candy and that he has therefore not contacted him again. When Muhammad eats a few of the pills and they don't work, Milo and Radovan believe him. They keep him tied up in Radovan's freezer - the film leaves the viewer in the dark about his future fate. Back in Milo's restaurant, the two dismantle and dispose of the bodies of the Pole and the Albanian. At dawn, Milo drives to his daughter's house, who serves him a coffee and thanks him for the nice party.
The most striking feature of this last part of the Pusher trilogy is the high proportion of subtitles, as the protagonists talk in their native languages for long periods.
Reviews
“PUSHER 3 is the most grueling film in the series. Here Milo's fatal downward spiral is emphasized by torn guitar chords and muffled droning organ points. But the restless hand-held camera always stays close to the action, an emphatically raw style that guarantees the enormous authenticity of the trilogy. The actors have visibly aged over the years and bring this process directly into the staging. In PUSHER 3 you can clearly see Milo's tiredness and years of heroin consumption. The 'business' pressure that weighs on him, the multiple excessive demands, makes the final rampage completely believable. The sequences of the removal of the corpses are of grueling intensity. Tormenting minutes pass before the entrails disappear into the garbage shredder. The stunned indifference of the actors makes this act all the more disturbing. "
“The third 'Pusher' part works excellently not only because Nicolas Winding Refn has chosen a new main character, but because the tough drug lord gets completely different sides from the first two parts. The very idea that Milo is dependent on his own material proves Refn's feeling for dramaturgical connections. Drug addiction makes Milo seem more human than ever before. As a viewer you are therefore ready to empathize with him, even though he was previously shown as a brutal gangster. The film does not follow the common cliché that a tough criminal also has a soft side and is, for example, a loyal family man. Milo's weaknesses have a different dimension compared to such a good human request. They don't show him as a lovable person, but rather point out his vulnerability. Throughout the entire film, Milo's position is constantly questioned. The drug king runs through his realm in which he discovers rebellious elements everywhere. His daughter pulls him across the table at a negotiation for future drug deals, aspiring dealers try to defraud him, and his own discipline in the fight against drug addiction becomes cracked. Only an old friend from the days of perfect power pays him one last honor. 'Pusher 3' is a royal drama that shows a ruler whom everyone wants to oust from the throne. But the tragedy is inherent in the king's personality. The whole vulnerability lies in himself. The empire has become fragile. "
“The final part of the pusher trilogy, which is characterized by realistic hardness, rough wit and weird types. The familiar characters also appear in this film, but the main role is transferred to a character who was seen as a minor character in the other parts. "
Web links
- Pusher 3 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pusher 3 at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Pusher 3 at Metacritic (English)
- Pusher 3 in the online film database
- Pusher 3 in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for pusher 3 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2006 (PDF; test number: 105 659 DVD).
- ↑ Marcus Stiglegger: Review: Pusher 1-3 Trilogie Box-Set. Retrieved October 8, 2009 .
- ↑ Stefan Dabrock: Pusher 3 - I'm the Angel of Death - In the realm of the drug king. Retrieved October 8, 2009 .
- ^ Pusher 3rd In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .