![]() ![]() Reviewed by Prichards12345 4 / 10 Bet this one pulled the crowds in However it is perhaps too loose on story, and too weakly structured for a casual viewing, and more one for those with a deeper interest in Britain's 'most expensive inmate'. A haunting ambient music strikes the audience,and inter cut with Hardy's surreal pantomine-type interactions with an (imaginary?) audience, the film will chill to the bone. Like in most Winding Refn films the music is amazing. His insane outbursts bring a certain perverse glee to the viewer, yet it is a glee that is severely stricken off when he calms down, and becomes a dull narrator for the parts of his life that no one cares about. Tom Hardy is outstanding in this role, he perfectly portrays the maniacal and incredibly unhinged Charles Bronson, a man who has infamously been incarcerated for life in prison, despite not officially murdering a single soul, as the film may make you think. Four of my stars are for the main man here. He is the glue that holds this poorly structured, weakly written film together. After watching Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Taxi Driver'-esque neon infused drama 'Drive', I decided to watch this film, one which I had been told a lot about. This is a film for which I can only describe as a let down. Reviewed by benwoodard-23808 5 / 10 Tom Hardy, the role of a lifetime, the direction of a day.įor my first review on IMDb I thought it would be for a film I truly loved, instead it is for this film. ![]() ![]() Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to seven years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. ![]()
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