Charles Bronson

Official Synopsis "In 1974, a misguided 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. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. With an intelligent, provocative and stylized approach, Bronson (based on a true story) follows the metamorphosis of Mickey Peterson into Britain’s most dangerous prisoner, Charles Bronson. " Bronson is the first film in Magnet Releasing’s ... Read Full Story

Bronson RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Black comedy. Co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. With Tom Hardy, Matt King, Juliet Oldfield. (Rated R. 92 minutes. At the Lumiere.) “Bronson” portrays a real-life British bruiser as a psychotic… More: continued here Read Full Story

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The Man. The Myth. The Celebrity. Based on the true story of prisoner, Michael Peterson, the infamous Britain’s most dangerous prisoner incorporates the alter ego of Charlie Bronson. Bronson has been traveling the film festival circuits for over a year and now it is opening in limited release. All I say is, “who cares?” Director Nicolas Winding Refn recounts the life story of Peterson (Tom Hardy) that has a violent streak with his temper and his fists. Starting out with his boyhood when he was a petty criminal and he was sent to jail. Being a loose cannon, he hops from jail to jail ... Read Full Story

Tom Hardy in Bronson Photo: Magnet Releasing He was born Michael Peterson, adopted the "fighting name" Charles Bronson, is known as Britain's most famous prisoner and with Bronson director Nicolas Winding Refn has turned him into an entertaining one man show. To that effect, I am sure many will take offense to what is sure to be perceived as the glorification of a notoriously violent criminal and I can't necessarily argue against that opinion. But I enjoyed it nevertheless. Introducing the audience to various moments of his life, Tom Hardy plays the titular bald brute as we become witness to his time as a ... Read Full Story