Bronson
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- Synopsis
- The notorious life of the U.K.'s "most violent prisoner" serves as the subject of Pusher Trilogy director Nicolas Winding Refn's brutal biopic. Born Michael Peterson but later renamed by his fight promoter, Charles Bronson's sole ambition in life was ......
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- Starring
- Tom Hardy, Hugh Ross, Juliet Oldfield, Jonny Phillips, James Lance
- Director(s)
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Distributor(s)
- Magnet Releasing
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 92 min.
Critic Reviews
Bronson invites you to admire its protagonist as a pure, muscular embodiment of anarchy. And perhaps you will, but you may also be glad that he’s still behind bars.Read the full review
Whether it's Peterson/Bronson's more theatrical bits or his untamable character's many blood-spitting, knuckle-beating, explosions, Hardy chomps down on his once-in-a-career role with stunning ferocity and never lets go. He's extraordinary.Read the full review
There are two Bronsons on display here: the impossible thug that we don’t dare release into polite society, and the guy we enjoy watching do his terrible thing. The man and the movie are both living, punching contradictions.Read the full review
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