A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Acting
Hardy's physical transformation—60 pounds of pure menace.
Direction
Refn turns a prison cell into a surrealist stage.
Sound
Pet Shop Boys and opera? Unhinged genius pairing.
Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Charles Bronson sent Tom Hardy his own mustache hair to wear in the film. Hardy ate it.
Refn shot the film in 19 days with almost no budget, forcing the theatrical, single-location structure that mirrors Bronson's boxed-in existence.
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