Bronson
2008 · Movie · R · 92 min · ★ 7.0 · 73% critics
After a post office robbery leads to a prison sentence, his time behind bars expands into decades of solitary confinement. Over those years, his identity is replaced by an alter ego, turning his inner life into the focus of the story as he reshapes who he becomes.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2009-03-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (2,683 votes)
- Box office
- $2,260,712
- Budget
- $230,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy Bronson if you want a gritty, brutal character study driven by a powerhouse performance and an increasingly bizarre tone, but Not for you if you want a feel-good story, or if A Prayer Before Dawn and Four Lions already feel too intense.
Pros: standout Tom Hardy; dark intensity; bold style | Cons: very violent; confusing framing; repeats scenes
Themes
- prison
- isolation
- biography
- based on true story
- solitary confinement
- cynical
Cast & crew
Tom Hardy
as Michael Peterson / Charles Bronson
Matt King
as Paul Daniels
James Lance
as Phil
Kelly Adams
as Irene
- KB
Katy Barker
as Julie
Amanda Burton
as Charlie's Mom
Andrew Forbes
as Charlie's Dad
- JH
Jon House
as Webber
- JO
Juliet Oldfield
as Alison
Mark Powley
as Andy Love / Friendly Screw
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn