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Bronson (2009) — Stream on Prime Video · CriticCrunch

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Bronson

Movie2009·92 min

Bronson

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Drama Action Crime

A drama action film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 40%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.0/10

3K ratings

About Bronson

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.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Unsettling
Story Tags: isolation loneliness, identity self discovery, obsession, late 20th century, action combat, prison, strangers forced together, anti hero, villain protagonist, rise and fall, nonlinear flashback, true crime

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Details

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Language: English

Cast

Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance

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How Bronson Ranks

All movies

Top 40%

2000s movies

Top 34%

Drama movies

Top 42%

2000s Drama movies

Top 37%

Nicolas Winding Refn films#6 of 10

Top 40% All movies.

the vibe

Bronson Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredlight-touchpersonalhaunting

stylized

unsettling

What it's about

rise & fallnonlinear flashbackisolation lonelinessidentity self discoveryobsessionanti-herovillain protagoniststrangers forced togetheraction combattrue crimeprisonlate 20th century

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

stylizedstyled