Review of Bronson (2009) by Ahmedaiman1999 — 20 Mar 2019

This is definitely a one-of-a-kind character study! Although our psychopathic protagonist narrates some of his own stories to the audience, he doesn't give any sort of an explanation to his deranged behavior and acts of violence., thus Refn assures us that the aim of his movie is not to provide us with the titular lunatic criminal's clear motives or even causes; but rather to tell us that humans can act in a most barbarous way with no reason, or at least with a reason we can't grasp at all.

Nicolas Winding Refn explored Bronson's baffling psyche through art, many sorts of art one of them is Tom Hardy's monumental acting abilities and tremendous range. I've always been a fan of this massively talented and charismatic British actor, and this is undisputedly one of his finest performances in his career, so far.

Sadly, I was never constantly invested in the movie. Honestly, the movie almost lost me completely after the first 25-30 minutes. Nevertheless, I found some moments to be highly entertaining and quite engaging; but that was only sporadically. I think Refn could have explored, or rather made us explore, Bronson in more aspects and with more creativity, which Refn, apparently, has no shortage of. Instead, 95% of Refn's artistry is at the very beginning and very the end. The remaining 5% could have been gone unnoticed if it wasn't for Hardy's mind-blowing performance.

(6.