Pusher 3

2005

1h 47m

Crime

Drama

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93%

15 Reviews

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81%

2,500+ Ratings

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Milo (Zlatko Buric) is a drug dealer and recovering addict who's slowly coming unraveled. While trying to prepare for his daughter Milena's (Marinela Dekic) birthday party, he discovers the shipment of heroin he was expecting is actually Ecstasy. Milo gives the pills to small-fry dealer Mohammed (Ilyas Agac) and, as the party begins, starts using narcotics again. Things go from bad to worse when Mohammad doesn't return, and Milo's Albanian connection demands payment for the Ecstasy.

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Weakest of the three, for me. For large portions of 'Pusher 3' I was not truly feeling it as it was giving major 6/10 vibes, yet by the time it's gut-wrenching (pardon the pun?) final few scenes had concluded I actually wasn't unhappy with what I had just sat through. As noted, I do believe it's below the original two flicks but it kinda works still. The major reason for that is Zlatko Burić. I'm not sure what it is about his (relatively low-key) acting but I just really enjoy watching him perform. He's solid enough in the 1996 and 2004 flicks and I like him in 2012, so finally getting to see him in a lead role I was actually unsure if he was lead worthy - but he is, just about. Burić kept my interest in the film alive, that's a fact. I see he later 'reprised' the role of Milo in the 2012 remake... weirdly. I'll have to check it out one day. The rest of the film doesn't spring any major thoughts into my head, if I'm truthful. I will not forget that final act though - they sure went there!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/25/23

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claudiu s

Pusher 3 concluded with the perfect ending to probably my favorite trilogy of all time. In this movie, we get a glimpse into the same gritty Copenhagen underworld through the eyes of Zlatko Buric's great character Milo and the other Yugoslavians. Like in the first 2 parts, we are provided with an excellent character study through the plot, in which we see a more vulnerable part of the main character(Frank, Tonny, Milo) through the issues they are faced with. Another similarity of Pusher 3 with the first 2 movies of the trilogy is how the movie ends. The character is left at a crossroads and some questions are still left unanswered for the viewer to think out( Will Milo be pursued by the gangsters and the police? Will Tonny leave Copenhagen safely? How did Frank proceed and did he meet Milo?). This is brilliant storytelling and it adheres to Nicolas Winding Refn's great directing and screenwriting. A-class cinematography in my favorite movie of my favorite trilogy. Pusher trilogy-10/10 plot, cinematography, acting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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colin m

(The Pusher Trilogy, Part 3) Slice of life of a pusher.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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ari v

My favorite of the series, but probably wouldn't work nearly as well without the first one.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The weakest of the trilogy in part because the story of a crime lord is less interesting than the ones of the "street". Sopranos did it first. Winding Refn love for blood and violence is more in display here.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Pusher III: I Am The Angel of Death: Darkly comical and more violent than the previous installments. While Refn has a story to tell and takes the series to a new and unique perspective, Pusher III seems to fail and not click like the previous films and begs the question if maybe we’ve been in this series for too long...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/23/20

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Nicolas Winding Refn

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Zlatko Buric

Milo

Marinela Dekic

Milena

Ilyas Agac

Lille Mohammed

Slavko Labovic

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Expands [the trilogy's] overarching vision of underworld nastiness, the universal yearning for escape, and the cruel hand of fate.

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Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Robert Abele

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If Pusher III is the trilogy's least effective, that may be because the soured-deal plot line is by now a given, and its theme is the simplest.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 2, 2006

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For all the black comedy, and catharsis, in the script, there is still a fiendish evil lurking behind the story.

Rated: 5/5

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Pushes the admittedly tiny "life and times of bedraggled men in the drug industry" subgenre to a place that it had never before gone and will likely not return.

Rated: 8/10

Sep 18, 2011

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Dennis Schwartz

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It's a nasty film.

Rated: A-

Mar 5, 2009

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Synopsis

Milo (Zlatko Buric) is a drug dealer and recovering addict who's slowly coming unraveled. While trying to prepare for his daughter Milena's (Marinela Dekic) birthday party, he discovers the shipment of heroin he was expecting is actually Ecstasy. Milo gives the pills to small-fry dealer Mohammed (Ilyas Agac) and, as the party begins, starts using narcotics again. Things go from bad to worse when Mohammad doesn't return, and Milo's Albanian connection demands payment for the Ecstasy.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Screenwriter: Nicolas Winding Refn
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: Serbian
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.0K
Runtime: 1h 47m

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