with this film come out several year after pusher and give nicolas wind refn plenty of time to work on it and with basically the same cast a pusher and apparently a big budget and i guess i expect more than this . while pusher be an impressive and gritty look at the underground of copenhagen and this be just a slightly unrealistic psychological profile of a loser who find his wife have a baby to be the final straw . the film be about leo and who hat almost everything about his life . when he find himself push in the background for the baby his wife be to give birth to soon and he flip out and set a load of bad stuff come his way in motion . the plot be pretty good and i guess and but it just do not seem as good a the plot of pusher . the pacing be fair and but the film too often seem to stand still . the acting be mostly great . the character be somewhat interesting and credible and but they be too underdeveloped ( even more so than those of pusher ) and so we rarely understand why they do what they do . the score be great and though it be overly noisy and annoying at time and most of the time it fit in well with the character be watch and his or her state of mind . the cinematography be less interesting and involve than that of pusher . less movement and and when there finally be movement and it seem off . the directorial style of pusher be still there and and this be what make the film enjoyable and watchable . however and too much time be spend wonder why him or her be do this and that and and in the end i find that even with a fair bit of analyze and i can not make head or tail of the film . i do not know . maybe my expectation be too high . i recommend this to very big fan of director nicolas w. refn and or or pusher . positive .