This is an excellent remake (of sorts) of Nicholas Winding Refn's original but is also heavily influenced by the Harvey Keitel starring, Abel Ferrara film Bad Lieutenant (1992). This adds excellent psychological layers not found in the Refn original, though it is not an improvement, merely different and less predictable than a shot for shot remake would have been.The main additions are the cricket/gambling sub-plot that Salim is embroiled in and the hallucinatory religious overtones that emerge toward the end, as well as the tragic but inevitable denouement. Filmed in London and Leicester. Highly recommended.
Review of Pusher
