Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
Refn concludes his Pusher trilogy with a day in the life of Milo, played by Zlatko Buric, the drug lord from the first film.
Though I still enjoyed this film I thought it was the most needless of the trilogy and could see why Refn didn’t really want to make sequels, this one felt the most stagnate and time killy. Whilst the other films had an ever increasing sense of tension and claustrophobia this film feels decidedly smaller in scale and in stakes. Though for the most part this leads the film to feel less enthralling it also gives us a more intimate look at this character and their mentality which is nice and leads to a number of good character moments.
I think Buric does a good job here and keeps the film trucking along nicely, of the series characters I feel like he was the only one other than the two already used interesting enough to justify there own film and it was intriguing to see his own little slice of the underworld.
I would say this film struggled with its pace as unlike the others it did have moments that drastically slowed down and in doing so lost your attention.
Overall, a good but not great ending to the trilogy.
Pros.
Buric
The intimacy
A deeper look at Milo’s slice of the underworld
Cons.
Pacing issues
Weaker stakes
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