

Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
Acting
Mikkelsen's physicality—slouched, twitchy, desperate to be loved.
Direction
Handheld intimacy makes Copenhagen's criminal world feel suffocatingly real.

Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Refn shot this in chronological order so Mikkelsen could physically deteriorate; his weight gain and exhaustion are documented reality, not makeup.
The 'Pusher' trilogy made Mikkelsen a star in Denmark, but he nearly refused II—convinced only when Refn promised deeper character work over crime spectacle.
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