A teaser trailer for upcoming crime actioner BRONSON is now available. Based on the life of notorious British career prisoner Charles Bronson (not to be confused with the deceased action film star), this latest film from Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn features highly stylized yet grounded and unflinching screen violence in keeping with the filmmaker’s previous PUSHER trilogy.
The film stars Tom Hardy, an actor I last saw in Matthew Vaughn’s excellent crime thriller LAYER CAKE (2004). He plays Charles Bronson, a real-life tough guy who was arrested for robbery at the age of 19 and has since spent 33 years of his life in British prisons for repeated violent behavior that included assaults on prison guards and a hostage-taking incident. While in prison, much of it confined to solitary, Bronson has developed an extreme fitness program to make the most of his limited space.
The teaser looks extremely good and I can say I am very much looking forward to seeking this film. It appears to take prison actioners like CHOPPER and UNDISPUTED 2 to a whole new level of artistry and brutality.
A word of caution: the teaser includes scenes of extreme violence, some sexuality and brief nudity.
Teaser trailer for BRONSON (2009).
For those unfamiliar with Refn’s previous work, here is a trailer for his PUSHER trilogy. It is available in the U.S. on DVD from Magnolia Pictures.
Trailer for the PUSHER TRILOGY.
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- Peter
