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Plot

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 to become famous. Surmising that the fastest means of accomplishing his goal with such limited opportunities was to cultivate a stylized persona as a hardened criminal, the ambitious do-badder embraced a desperate existence of extreme savagery. But who is the real man behind the warped persona? Seeing as how 28 of Bronson's 34 years behind bars were spent in solitary confinement, that's a difficult question to answer. The terror of the legend comes to vivid life, however, as director Refn explores the twisted alternate reality created by Bronson, and highlights precisely how the controversial criminal staged himself within that anarchistic world.
MPAA Rating:
R for violent and disturbing content, graphic nudity, sexuality and language.
Genre(s):
Action
Run Time:
92min.
Theatrical Release Date:
10/09/2009
DVD Release Date:
02/09/2010
Distributor(s):
Magnet Releasing
Director(s):
Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring:
Tom Hardy , Hugh Ross , Juliet Oldfield , Jonny Phillips , James Lance
Themes:
Misfits and Outsiders,Prison Life
Tone:
Angry,Harsh,Visceral,Stylized
Keywords:
alternate-reality,boxing,criminal,notoriety,poet,prison,sociopath,solitary-confinement,violence,writer
Country of Origin:
USA - Limited (09-25-2009),USA - Limi,USA - Limited (10-09-2009)