Bronson

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Written by Brock Norman Brock and Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Tom Hardy, Matt King, and James Lance.

Vertigo Films - 2008

Three Stars of Review!

Bronson succeeds in being more like a music video than the one man stage show vibe it's going for, but, though I'm slightly ashamed to admit it, I enjoyed it. Tom Hardy's performance is first rate, but the director spends just a little too much time bogging things down with unnecessary vulgarity and predictable exercises in style. If you're offended by near constant violence, gentiles, and profanity then you better stay away, but considering that this is a biopic about the so called “Most violent prisoner in England” the majority of it hardly feels inappropriate. Sure, it never scratches too far below the surface, but I suppose that's only a legitimate complaint if its lead character had much below to scratch. I'm not convinced he did.