Bronson

This movie is absolutely insane. I love it. Tom Hardy is a fantastic actor. He's probably my favorite actor along with Christian Bale.

What a treat this film was. Britains most noturious prisoner story told in rock n roll style. No downtime, no boredom. The spazzes dacing to pet shop boys is worth price of admission alone.

Recommended.

Haha yes what a brilliant movie! Tom Hardy was hilarious in this role. Also absolutely loved the music

It's official: Tom Hardy is now my most favorite actor!

The performance her delivered in this movie is absolutely incredible..... I mean "OH MY GOD" :O
To me this is on one level with what Heath Ledger did with the Joker in "The Dark Knight" if not even better.
Both came out in the same year, but "Bronson" didn't get nearly as much attention as TDK. Probably because this movie is from a british, with a british, about british, in ... quess what.... jap damn right in Britain.
Honestly in my opinion Tom Hardy should've gotten more then just 2 slappy awards. What he did was crazy!
The scene where he's standing on the stage with the two-face makeup - having a dialog with himself like he has a split personality... maaaaan - I said it before and I'll say it again: Oh my God!
And that's just one scene.
All the way through he delivers a shocking convincing personification of a brutal fellon.
Brilliant, just brilliant.

On the other hand I have to say: This movie is the oposite of a "feel good movie". It's full of aggression, brutality and hate - sooo yeah... not very uplifting. I had to watch a comedy right afterwards to get relief of it :)

Anyways, I've got to known Tom Hardy for the first time in 2010 "Inception", after that "Warrior", then "TDKR", "Lawless" and now "Broson".
He's always killing it - but this is without a doubt the best I've seen, from him OR any actor so far!
Hands down.

Brutal, rough, great.

Here it is, another proof of how Tom Hardy is one of the best actors of his generation. In Bronson he is absolutely magnificent! This film is Tom Hardy. Without his amazing performance this film wouldn't have been so good as it is.

What is more amazing about the story of this film is that is actually a true story. The story of a man born by the name of Michael Peterson, that later chooses to be entitled as Charles Bronson. He is considered one of the most violent English prisoners ever.

In the film we can see two different types of man. The man who has a more soft side, the guy that can deceive you showing what apparently seems to be a calm man even behind his robust and muscular figure. And the violent and angry man that is able to transform himself into a lunatic. Tom Hardy was able to portray this two sides in such an excellent way! We can totally feel through him the character's anger but also the character's emotional side just by the look of his eyes. See a vulnerable side of such a tough man was what I think it was more interesting in the film, I liked that.

Doing a film about a man who constantly beats up prison guards with no apparent reason might be very difficult because we definitely can't understand why he grew up with such anger inside of him, of course we can take our own conclusions and after all there's a lot of violent people in the world with no reason for it, but there is no big resolution for this story actually if you research about the real Charles Bronson he continues to be in prison, so my main complaint about the film might be the repetition of some scenes. Scenes that you already know how will end but that will not prevent you to be entertained all over the way and with Tom Hardy's fantastic performance it is completely impossible not to like what you are watching!

Nicolas Winding Refn is definitely a very stylish director that likes interesting and bizarre stories. Bronson is a "one man show" film with a very strong direction.

Great performance by Tom Hardy!

A poster quote proclaims "A Clockwork Orange for the 21st Century"; a big call. I totally understand where they are coming from, right from the get go it has a feel to it that is reminiscent, but it lacks the wider social commentary.

Tom Hardy is Michael Gordon Peterson, the most notorious and violent prisoner in England. The film follows his calculated rise to infamy, along the way taking the moniker “Charles Bronson”. For as long as he could remember he wanted to be famous; he couldn’t sing, couldn’t act, but he sure could fight. At 19 he was sentenced to 7 years for robbing a post office, but his actions inside led to him being confined in a succession of prisons and institutions for 34 years, 30 in solitary. He saw prison as his hotel and he flourished.

Hardy is remarkable, bringing gravity to both the role of Bronson the prisoner and the Bronson the narrator. As the narrator he stands on a stage before a black tie audience. I found this aspect fascinating, with insight to his mental state. He is theatrical and funny, but unhinged and can turn in a heartbeat.

The sense of A Clockwork Orange sits firmly with Director of Photography Larry Smith who cut his teeth working on Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut (too often overlooked). It is a dark film, but skilfully Smith never lets anything get lost into the murk; he frames shots with deep black, particularly the narration, which draw you close and puts you in the room with the increasingly unstable Bronson.

Remarkable.

Totally Convicted!

I liked it. Started off really well, died down a bit mid way but then ramped up before it got bad. Would have preferred it to end on his smile though, the extra scene in the tiny cage should have been dropped or added before the smile.

amazing performance by tom hardy even if i would have liked to see his penis a little bit less

I've not seen this film in awhile, still a mad film and good performance from Tom Handy.