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When trying to sum up director Nicolas Winding Refn's latest work, Copenhagen Cowboy, it would be a serious mistake to focus too much on its plot. This is because, up to a point, what is happening matters much less than how it all plays out. One could describe how it follows a young woman named Miu who is on a revenge journey in the seedy underbelly of Copenhagen, where Refn himself is from, and it would sound like another generic action thriller. The same could be said of the director's other recent series, Too Old to Die Young, which twisted the genre beats of a crime drama in ways that were both macabre and riveting. While each has a similar quality due to Refn's consistent visual and tonal control, they also remain distinct works that play more as complementary pieces to the others that see him continue to experiment. Though Copenhagen Cowboy tends to be more restrained in its violence and gore, it's still a dynamic and haunting experience that's less concerned ...