What a nutter.

Great soundtrack and a true animalistic performance from Hardy in an otherwise repetitive film. While I appreciate many of the creative touches from the director, there just isn't a whole lot of substance here.

Sure, I looked at Tom Hardy's penis. The movie reminded me a lot of A Clockwork Orange, half because of the accent and half because of the senseless lust for violence. The comparison is kind of unfair though, since Bronson tries so hard to be different, and succeeds in doing so. The movie threatened to be boring at times from an apparent lack or purpose or direction, but what saved it was those crazy awesome one man shows.

Strong lead performance in a zany movie that just doesn't do a lot entertainment-wise.

25 Temmuz 2011 & bicim, yonetmenlik, oyunculuk olarak hepsi olmasi gerektigi gibi. mizahi elden birakmadan, kendi stilinden odun vermeden, ozgun bir siddeti, ozgun bir dille ortaya koyabilmis. izlemesi zevkli bir film, seyirciyi bir an olsun sikmiyor.

This is a good idea and I definitely like the fact that there is an ethical relativism throughout the whole movie, but I just can't believe that the director who had such interesting material to make a great biopic turned it into a mere and repetitive game consisting of showing his very nice editing abilities again and again. In the end, what matters, the character and his motivation, is totally devoid of any development, Refn only focuses on his flashy violence and doesn't care to look deeper.

Hardy's portrayal is more than a real-life impersonation of Bronson; it realizes the Stunt Movie opportunity to present an actor's thoroughly romantic admiration of force.

Tom Hardy got huge.

A heart jerking tale of a beautiful anti-hero clawing his way to stardom.... Via the British penal system. Fantastic acting, plotline, character development, and gypsy beating. A tender-footed aquantence turned me on to this film by saying "I couldn't sit through this movie, it was too violent." fuck yes. Charlie bronson is a true hero, Eff anyone who disagrees.

Not even Tom Hardy's brilliant take on the character can change the fact that it's all rather pointless and tedious to watch.

Felt sort of cheap and a little dumb. Tom Hardy is good though, but I think this is a very flashy "easy" role - in my opinion he's better in The Take, in a role that is again quite flashy. A mixed bag but worth watching I guess.

What a weird movie.

-2 points for excessive male nudity ha

There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this film; perhaps that's why I enjoyed it so much. Tom Hardy does a simply spectacular job as the completely insane Michael Peterson, a.k.a. the titular Charles Bronson - "The most violent criminal in England". The film is darkly comedic, as Hardy relays Peterson's apparent detachment from the consequences of his violent and, most of the time, completely pointless actions. Personal favorite bit: "PUT ON MY BODY ARMOR."

Part literate black comedy, part surrealistic character study, part horror movie, Bronson is a sophisticated confection, rich and dark, sprinkled with bitter little jokes.

Absolutely pointless and nihilistic, but goddamn if I couldn't watch Tom Hardy do an insane Victorian muscleman forever. And if that isn't enough you get gay Super Hans and a great soundtrack. Go watch it.

It's a movie some people are going to love. I didn't hate it, but the style kept me from getting absorbed at all. I had a hard time getting over the style of acting (quite over the top) and the pointlessness of the actual story. The fact that the character is an unlikable sociopath didn't help much either.

Sopho' shite.. with muscles.

Comparisons with A Clockwork Orange abound, but at least A Clockwork Orange was attempting to make a point. This is just utterly nihilistic. A character completely consumed by his own rage, Bronson is about nothing other than violence. No justification, no excuses, no empathy, nothing. Tom Hardy gives an amazing performance, and the stylized direction by Refn adds an exaggerated, absurdly cool, veneer to a film that is essentially quite shallow. But, man, I had fun watching it.

Doesn't have much of a message, but it is entertaining nonetheless.

A tastefully stylish, if a bit one-track character study of an infamous prison inmate. There's little attempt to tackle the high hurdle of conveying solitary confinement, the crux of the guy's life. The focus seems to be on him beating up prison guards and scaring people, and in that sense it doesn't get much deeper than the opening scene. His violence is shamelessly glorified, to channel his own mindset, but as one warden calls it, Bronson's "ridiculousness" and "pitifulness" remains apparent.

Solidifies Tom Hardy as one of the best actors his generation has produced. Can't wait to see him as Bane.

bronson is a mixed bag. it's stylish, the photography is good and refn's trademark use of synth pop fits here as well. but the script is loose, relies too heavily on the performance of hardy, and the plot avails to nothing in the end. somewhat of a wasted potential.

Tom Hardy is awesome in this! And I think I've found a new director to follow in Nicolas Winding Refin, as Drive is easily my fave film of 2011.

Bronson doesn't know what he wants but he sure as hell doesn't lie about who he is.

Awesome stylised visuals, great soundtrack, and a fantastic lead performance, all of which do a great job of distracting us from the fact that there isn't really all that much to this film besides awesome stylised visuals, a great soundtrack, and a fantastic lead performance.

Stylized, theatrical, clinical, with a stellar peformance of rage by Hardy, and yet, in the end a bit boring.

It's a strange movie and I'm not a huge fan of Refn (based on his work with Drive and this) but it features a great performance by one of the most promising younger actors today, Tom Hardy, and has some scenes and visuals that stay with you for some time after watching. Very worth a watch.

Very surreal and interesting!