Bronson Hollywood Movie 2009
Cast And Crew
Starring: Terry Stone, Amanda Burton
Kelly Adams, Tom Hardy, Matt King (III)
Produced by: Nick Love, Allan Niblo
James Richardson
Writers ,Brock Norman Brock Screenplay
Nicolas Winding Refn Screenplay
Brock Norman Brock Screenplay
Producers ,Nick Love Executive Producer
Allan Niblo Executive Producer
James Richardson Executive Producer
Paul Martin Executive Producer
Suzanne Alizart Executive Producer
Production Status: Released
Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Crime/Gangster and Biopic
Running Time: 1 hr. 32 min.
Release Date: October 9th, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for violent and disturbing content,
graphic nudity, sexuality and language.
Distributors: Magnet Releasing
Production Co.: Vertigo Films (UK), Str8jacket Productions,
Aramid Entertainment, EM Media
Financiers: Funding: European Regional Development Fund
EM Media
Produced in: United Kingdom
Plot
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 sawed-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. After making off with only £26.18, he was 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. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage.
Reviews
A man with such a notorious, almost mythical, persona as Charles Bronson requires as seriously full-on and committed performance. And looking at actor Tom Hardy you wouldn't think he'd end up being the guy, not least because he just doesn't look like the man. But Hardy is clearly determined to prove any naysayers wrong, as by gaining over three stone and putting on what seems like Bronson's actual skin and not just a costume, Hardy is as convincing and committed as one could hope for. He gives what you could fittingly describe as a force of nature performance, one which commands attention for every minute he appears on screen (which, thankfully, is almost the whole time), distracting the viewer from any flaws the film has. Whatever acting awards are nearest Bronson's release, Hardy definitely deserves them for this career-defining performance.
It's undoubtedly a violent film in a sardonic, Clockwork Orange way which could understandably be taken as a film that glorifies violence. Male viewers are more likely to get a kick out of the film in a Fight Club sort of way, but it is true to some extent that the violence is just there and nothing more. It's never really clear what director Nicholas Winding Refn wants to say about Bronson; is it bad he has spent 34 years of his life behind bars? Or does he deserve all that he gets? Is the violence he commits so prolifically something to be looked down on? Or it justified as some sort of release of male aggression? It's an entertaining tale but without much meaning to it, at least not a very clear one.
Most biopics adopt a style of showing the central figure grow up, go through whatever they did in their field, and by the end leave things either ambiguous (see, for example, Walk The Line) or close everything off (often with the person's death). But Bronson almost seems on a mission to be unique in the genre, and it succeeds almost on that note alone. It may not have the emotional resonance some biopics do, but that is an almost welcome sacrifice if what we get is so different from what we've seen before.
Bronson tells of the life of Michael "Charles Bronson" Petersen, a man described by the media as "the most violent prisoner in Britain." The film chronicles his 34 years in prison, showcasing various chunks throughout that time of the violence which has caused him such a long stay on the inside (he hasn't actually killed anyone), and even his brief brush with freedom partway into his sentence.
A man with such a notorious, almost mythical, persona as Charles Bronson requires as seriously full-on and committed performance. And looking at actor Tom Hardy you wouldn't think he'd end up being the guy, not least because he just doesn't look like the man. But Hardy is clearly determined to prove any naysayers wrong, as by gaining over three stone and putting on what seems like Bronson's actual skin and not just a costume, Hardy is as convincing and committed as one could hope for. He gives what you could fittingly describe as a force of nature performance, one which commands attention for every minute he appears on screen (which, thankfully, is almost the whole time), distracting the viewer from any flaws the film has. Whatever acting awards are nearest Bronson's release, Hardy definitely deserves them for this career-defining performance.
It's undoubtedly a violent film in a sardonic, Clockwork Orange way which could understandably be taken as a film that glorifies violence. Male viewers are more likely to get a kick out of the film in a Fight Club sort of way, but it is true to some extent that the violence is just there and nothing more. It's never really clear what director Nicholas Winding Refn wants to say about Bronson; is it bad he has spent 34 years of his life behind bars? Or does he deserve all that he gets? Is the violence he commits so prolifically something to be looked down on? Or it justified as some sort of release of male aggression? It's an entertaining tale but without much meaning to it, at least not a very clear one.
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