01-13-2018, 05:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2018, 05:01 PM by Kaltes-Herzeleid.)
Pusher III: I'm the Angel of Death (2005).
Hmmm, I'd say I think this movie is decent. I feel this whole story is held back by the emphasis on trying too hard to be like the first in the series, only without the same level of bite and intensity. The whole thing could be summed as a role swap between Milo and Frank. The first worked so well because it was gritty and was a vicious de-glamorization of the drug and crime lifestyle that built to a bleak finale.
The second was even better and was less of a drug movie and more of a somber, uncomfortable yet painfully understandable character study with a bloody conclusion.
This one...well there is a theme of an older man trying desperately to compete with the younger generation and I think I'd like this one a lot more if it went all out with that concept instead of just glossing over it. That and I just don't think Milo is anywhere near as engaging of a character as the sleazy Frank or the sympathetic Tonny. Milo is just sort of...there.
It picks up a bit during the end but alas, it just came too late for me. Not bad, but pales in contrast to its predecessors, especially in contrast to the second film.
Hmmm, I'd say I think this movie is decent. I feel this whole story is held back by the emphasis on trying too hard to be like the first in the series, only without the same level of bite and intensity. The whole thing could be summed as a role swap between Milo and Frank. The first worked so well because it was gritty and was a vicious de-glamorization of the drug and crime lifestyle that built to a bleak finale.
The second was even better and was less of a drug movie and more of a somber, uncomfortable yet painfully understandable character study with a bloody conclusion.
This one...well there is a theme of an older man trying desperately to compete with the younger generation and I think I'd like this one a lot more if it went all out with that concept instead of just glossing over it. That and I just don't think Milo is anywhere near as engaging of a character as the sleazy Frank or the sympathetic Tonny. Milo is just sort of...there.
It picks up a bit during the end but alas, it just came too late for me. Not bad, but pales in contrast to its predecessors, especially in contrast to the second film.