Pusher (1996)

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Synopsis

Crime/Drama. Based on ’Pusher’ (1996) by Nicolas Winding Refn and Jens Dahl. In London, a small-time drug dealer (Richard Coyle) has limited time to pay off a large debt to his supplier (Zlatko Buric).

Content elements

• Pervasive use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual or aggressive context; frequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions; infrequent use of profanity
• Frequent use of crude and descriptive sexual language and references
• Frequent hand-to-hand and weapons violence, some in a suicide or torture context – some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – breast and buttock nudity – some detail
• Brief breast nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent, detailed portrayals of illegal drug use

Thematic elements

• The ethics of crime
• Taking risks
• Trust and betrayal
• The struggle for survival

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for portrayals of sexual activity and illegal drug use

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