PUSHER Trilogy - Opening Titles

The Pusher trilogy is a series of three films by Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn. They illustrate and explore the criminal underworld of Copenhagen. The trilogy is comprised of Pusher (1996), Pusher II (2004) and Pusher III (2005).




Pusher

The first part of the trilogy follows Frank, a mid-level drug dealer, for a week. It depicts his depravity, how his actions forces him further and further out on thin ice and the bittersweet relationship he has with his girlfriend, Vic.

The movie was a blockbuster, not only in Denmark, but internationally. It was also the movie that launched both Refn's and Mads Mikkelsen's careers.


Pusher II: With Blood on my Hands

The second part of Refn's trilogy, which was made to save his company, Jango Star, from bankruptcy, follow Frank's low-level criminal sidekick, Tonny.

It illustrates how Tonny is rooted in an evil spiral of crime and drugs, his relationship towards his notorious, cynical father and how he adapts to the consequence of being a father himself.


Pusher 3: I Am the Angel of Death

The third and last part of the trilogy, depicts a day in the life of Serbian drug lord Milo.

Milo, who was a feared and respected man in the first two movies, has since aged. He does not have the same grip on the underworld that he used to and is now slowly losing the battle against a younger generation of immigrants, who now want a piece of the action. The film shows Milo's downfall and his desperate attempt to reclaim the throne.


Reviews

Nathan Lee of The New York Times said of the trilogy:

From the mean streets of Copenhagen—they evidently exist—comes the Pusher trilogy, a pungent dose of Denmark rot. Written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, this tough trio of underworld thrillers sticks so close to its rogues' gallery of gangsters, suckers and murderous megalomaniacs that you can almost taste the hate and smell the stomach wounds. Given an appetite for grisly crime flicks, they make for a delectably nasty epic.

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[Oliisblonde]

the best trilogy scorsesienne-tarentinesque since...euh...ever!

[NahitsuVideos]

Tiens, une frenchie ^^

J'avoue que j'ai du mal à associer le style de Winding Refn à ses références américaines, je suis d'accord qu'il y ait eu influence, mais de film en film il s'affirme comme parfaitement original, selon moi. Et Greta Garbo. : )

[Myspacegigolo]

I love the intro's but what's the name of the song?

[NahitsuVideos]

I think the songs were specially composed for the movies, the name should be "Pusher Theme" : )

[liarbot13]

best intro to a film ever

[briancogdell]

better than any gangster flicks made since the first one

Refns the man

[Krowsnose]

I wonder if one of the prerequisites to getting cast in these movies was to have sunken eyes to make these intros work. :P

[rudymuaythai]

I loved all 3 movies

[fdesouchecom]

@Oliisblonde please don't include Tarantino, he's way over-rated. He steals good scenes from old foreign movies and puts them in his movies...nothing original.

[GuerreroBestEver]

This is great!

After Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Godfather 1-2, La Haine and Cidade de Deus, its my favorite gangster movie. Better than Lock,Stock2smokings barrels, carlito's way, donnie brasco, white heat, dead man shoes, american x history, Gomorra, reservoir dogs etc etc... Really liked those three movies and I,m a big buff of gangster/organized crime movies.

[GuerreroBestEver]

C'est quoi le titre de l'intro?

What is the title of the song of the trilogy?

[BloodyMrRaven]

I want to Set Pusher 2 Theme as a ringtone .D

[MrJackOrabbit]

@spmcinerney

"a fresh raw European Scorsese..."? Not really. Even Scorsese is a movie God, Refn is an original creator. He has influences, yes (who does not?!) BUT this director is the best director-creator in movies today!

[MrJackOrabbit]

@BloodyMrRaven

Good luck to find them. Almost impossible. I found Pusher 1 soundtrack CD in Denmark. Try to get this cd in a danish record shop somewhere on internet ;)

[BloodyMrRaven]

God damned where can i get the whole soundtrack?