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Mar 13, 2009 · A biographical film about the notorious British prisoner who became a celebrity for his violent and bizarre behavior. Based on the true story of Michael Peterson, who changed his name to Charles Bronson and spent 34 years in solitary confinement.
- (141K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- 2009-03-13
Bronson is a 2008 British biographical black comedy prison-drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, based on a script written by Refn and Brock Norman Brock. The film stars Tom Hardy as Michael Peterson, known from 1987 as Charles Bronson.
Charles Arthur Salvador, formerly Charles Ali Ahmed, born Michael Gordon Peterson on 6 December 1952, better known by his professional name of Charles Bronson, is a British criminal, with a violent and notorious life as a prisoner. He has spent periods detained in the Rampton, Broadmoor, and Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospitals.
Bronson is a film based on the true story of Michael Peterson, a notorious British prisoner who adopted the name of the actor Charles Bronson. The film follows his violent and chaotic life in and out of prison, where he clashes with guards, inmates and animals.
- (80)
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- R
- Tom Hardy
A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
- 92 min
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Oct 27, 2009 · At an early age, after seeing "Death Wish," young Michael took the name of Charles Bronson. And as Bronson, he has become the U.K.'s most famous prisoner and without any doubt, its most violent. With a shaved head and a comic-opera mustache, he likes to strip naked and grease himself before going into action.
Sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office with a makeshift army, he ended up spending 34 years, including 30 in solitary confinement. He is now known as Charles Bronson, aka “Britain’s most violent prisoner”.
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