{"id":41274,"date":"2026-03-15T13:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41274"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:35:48","slug":"bronson-2008-directed-by-nicolas-winding-refn-starring-tom-hardy-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41274","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bronson&#8221; (2008) directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Tom Hardy \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z031526zview_bronson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"709\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bronson <\/strong><\/em>(2008)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:<strong> Nicolas Winding Refn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Brock Norman Brock, Nicolas Winding Refn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Tom Hardy<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em> The Man. The Myth. The Celebrity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since he was a small boy, Michael Peterson got into trouble.\u00a0 In 1974, at the age of 19, Peterson took a sawed-off shotgun and attempted to rob a post office.\u00a0 He was caught and sentenced to seven years in prison.\u00a0 His mother hoped he&#8217;d be out in four.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael Peterson is still in prison.\u00a0 Peterson&#8217;s continued savage acts of violence repeatedly added years to his sentence.\u00a0 He was sent to a psychiatric hospital, but the violence continued, so he returned to regular prison.\u00a0 Peterson has served over 50 years with the majority of them spent in solitary confinement.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way Peterson changed his name to Charles Bronson and took pride in his notoriety.<\/p>\n<p>This is his story.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tom Hardy met with Charles Bronson several times prior to filming.\u00a0 After seeing the film, Bronson said that Hardy had his mannerisms, voice and personaity down pat.<\/p>\n<p>If male frontal nudity offends you, avoid this film.<\/p>\n<p>One of <em>Bronson<\/em>&#8216;s taglines called it &#8220;<em>A Clockwork Orange for the 21st Century<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0 I agree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Bronson <\/strong><\/em>(2008) rates3 of 5 stars.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z031526zview_bronson2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bronson (2008) Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Screenplay: Brock Norman Brock, Nicolas Winding Refn Stars: Tom Hardy. 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