Still, Bronson offers something different. Things very much associated with Kubrick's masterpiece. It has similar accents, violent images, an insight into the criminal mind. I can see a lot of similarities to A Clockwork Orange. He never falters and gives 100 percent in every scene. It's hard to imagine playing someone as energized and mentally perturbed as Bronson, who gets his jollies from beating up innocent prison guards and inmates, but Hardy does just that in style. He has the right edge to let us know how intelligent and hostile Charlie Bronson can be. He fits the part both physically and mentally. That said, it was something else to watch. Then again, I can't see the pleasure in pummeling prison guards, bare knuckle fighting, fighting dogs, and bringing others close to death. I was never really convinced that Bronson truly enjoyed what he did. At least that what he wants us to believe. Bronson, played wonderfully by Tom Hardy, loves what he does. What Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn gives us is a stylized version of one of the most bizarre and intoxicating stories I've seen in a long time. Since that sentencing in 1974, Bronson has seen a little over a few months as a free man. After robbing a post office for what can be only described as "chump change," he was given a seven year sentence. He had a normal upbringing, a nice home, good parents, yet he just liked to fight. It is unclear why he chose the path he did. Born Michael Peterson, he quickly realized that he wanted to make a name for himself. This is the story of England's most violent prisoner. Not the actor from Death Wish, The Great Escape, and The Dirty Dozen. Bronson is the dramatized story of Charlie Bronson.
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