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• A bit dull really... posted on 28 August 2009

  Phil's Quick Capsule Review: What starts off as an off the wall look at a truly scary/fascinating character becomes much like it's subject – unhinged, a bit dull and shallow under the surface leaving little more than an occasionally interesting curio. That said Tom Hardy is simply superb as the titular character but even he cant save this dull mess. IMDb Rating: 4/10Best Bit: Tom Hardy Buy, Rent or Borrow: BorrowIf you liked this try: Chopper (8/10); Bonnie & Clyde (7/10); Stander (5/10); Phil Hobden For more reviews like this check out:http://www.mod-life.net/modlife/index_ugly.htm

• Intense and brutal drama - makes Scum seem like a Disney movie. Jake the Muss would be proud. posted on 26 August 2009

  Saw this the other day at the Sydney Film Festival.I didn't know much about Bronson before the film, other than what I read on Wikipedia and after walking out of the cinema, I can't say I know any more about the man other than his inability to conform and his reliance on violence and abuse to deal with most situations.Unlike Korean movie Breathless which also screened at the festival and focused on violence but at least gave you an idea as to why the main character was so disturbed and messed up. Bronson doesn't give you any answers other than he was simply born that way, despite loving parents. His inability to deal with society starting as early as his school years.What I did enjoy was Hardy's performance. Sure to be compared to Bana's Chopper (which I think was far better - but I am an Aussie and therefore biased) and also A Clockwork Orange. Hardy is impressive as the hulking and impulsive brute. He occasionally shows us Bronson's vulnerable side but mostly it's about the rage that drives him from one prison to another.The prison system and Brit government are seemingly helpless to come up with solutions at dealing with Bronson's violence. The man himself also seems way beyond rehabilitation. That would be a big understatement.I thought it was a shame that Bronson didn't get into boxing or some other type of physical sport like Rugby league when he was younger as it might have given him an outlet for his anger.Anyways, it's ultimately pretty grim viewing but certainly packs a punch (no pun intended). I would have like to see Winding Refn offer us a little more insight into the man.

• Weird posted on 22 August 2009

  Michael Peterson. A boy who was a bully all his life. A story which is ridiculous from its backbone, painful for its context and wild for its savageness.I couldn't tell if this film is bad or good, decent or truly terrible, because it is exceptional. You have to see it and then judge for yourself. Personally, I found "Branson" a weird film. It remembered me that we all are animals, we do not know what we want very often, and if we want, we can't get it. For a story about criminal this is more than enough.For the scenery of "Branson", it is quite realistic. Switching between points of view and dirty cells made "Branson" quite a pale film, which it might have intended to be.Charles Bronson. If you ever thought about having an alter-ego, you can watch this film and see, how terrible alter ego is at some situations,

• All the world's a stage posted on 18 August 2009

  Bold, brutal, disturbing and funny in equal measure. This is a fascinating biopic of a man that was and still is a complete enigma. Central to the film's success is the performance of Tom Hardy in the lead role. Both fearless and chaotic in equal measure, he brings forth the menace and unpredictable nature of the character of Bronson inflicting it on the audience. Equally, the cinematography is high on perfect, drawing the viewer into the cell with Bronson. However, meaning and structure is imposed were it is unwanted. The film tries to draw meaning and conclusions about Bronson were there are none. Its ending is disjointed as a result. Its difficult to criticise a film for being a film thoughNevertheless it is endlessly entertaining, stylish and never, ever dull.

• Brilliant!! posted on 08 February 2009

  I did not know about this movie, but I am so glad I watched it. This is the true story of Michael Patterson, a petty crook, that likes to raise hell while incarcerated. He is arrested for stealing and due to his rambunctious nature, he tends to spend a lot of time alone. Upon his release, he takes up bare fisted boxing at the suggestion of a man he met in jail. He needs a fighting name, so he chose Charles Bronson because it is a name people associate with vengeance. The main actor is amazing!!! He has many monologues and pulls you in with his insanity. The real Bronson is still incarcerated and has written a few books. He is in great physical shape, so he wrote one about how he keeps in shape in prison. He seems a bit split personality and he switched between them with ease. When the movie ended, I wanted more, so I went on line to learn more. This is truly an entertaining movie and I'm glad I was made aware of it.

• It's a lock in you will remember posted on 29 July 2009

  I have to say I am a big fan of Bob Hoskins type Brit crime flicks of the 70s and 80s; this film fits right into this mould. It has the same feel as Long Good Friday and McVicar, both excellent pieces of work; however it has the soul of a much darker piece, like Henry portrait of a serial killer. The film tackles the life of Britain longest severing prisoner, Charlie Bronson. However, Charlie has been in solitary confinement for most of this time, which poses the problem of how do you film this; where's the story? The tackling of this key issue is at the heart of this films strength. Rather than visit his cell, we visit his mind, which is a much more interesting place. This is really a study of character and the proxies for Charlie's mind are gripping and disturbing all at once. We cut between the real world and the world inside his head. If the prison is like McVicar, inside his head he is definitely a few Mcvities short. For he is best described as a nutter in the real world, almost childlike in how he processes the world: eat, sleep, love, fright then create art!. I was gripped throughout; the scenes were tight and well constructed. The use of the abstract theatre sections really took this to a different level of film and the central performance by Tom Hardy was fantastic and worth a few award nods. You can really see the budget at work here. This should have been better financed, as it could have done with a few more quid. That said it's this lack of budget that give the film its strong sense of style, akin to a one man play. However this makes it feel like a 1980's film not a 2009 film. The only thing I would criticise about this film is that it isn't as advertised. The marketing of this film seems to be more targeted to those who like films like Rise of the foot soldier or Essex Boys, when it should be more at the Clockwork Orange, Wicker Man (the original) crowd. I sat in the cinema with some young lads who were mostly confused by a complex journey into Bronson's minds, as they wanted to enjoy the violence handed down at the end of his fists. This is a great British film

• Not really worth it posted on 17 July 2009

  The best way to describe this movie would be pseudo-artsy crapola of "Natural Born Killers" meets the social critique (albeit nowhere near as successful) of "A Clockwork Orange" meets the nonsensical, limp irrelevancy of "The Big Lebowski." The movie is shot in that dumb style some directors seem to think is "artsy," with random shots, stilted dialog, stupid "jokes," all interspersed with the main character speaking to an imaginary audience and acting like a very unfunny clown. I suppose the director thought this was going to be "deep." If you are expecting a halfway coherent movie where you see the "story of the life" of this guy, forget it.To make matters more annoying, even during the few parts of the film where we approach something vaguely resembling a logical narrative, the actor is still walking around talking like an idiot pothead, with stupidly exaggerated pronunciation of EVERYTHING he says, almost like he's retarded.It's a nice effort, I wouldn't call it worthless, but it's only for people who appreciate weird films. Everyone else will find it dull and dready.

• Bronson, the man with a movie posted on 07 September 2009

  I noticed this movie being accredited as 'A Clockwork Orange for the 21st Century'. This may leave you with a high expectation that leaves you thinking, 'Post-Modern linguistics, stylistic persona's, and a scarily surreal maddening plot'. Unfortunately this isn't the case with Bronson.I don't think I'm spoiling it for anyone to gather an idea of the true story dilemma of one man; a prisoner insisting to break the rules in any area he can (Thereby creating his alter ego, Charlie). However, personality alone cannot stretch into a wondrous piece of cinema. Most characters development beyond Mr. Bronson is fatigued with a sense of deja vu. The 'oh I figured this under the radar movie would excel against the Hollywood rubbish that we see today'. Far from it. Expect the expected, all dancing, all singing, slightly patronising imagery that is Bronson.Let's suggest for a moment that this piece was aimed at being a purely 'sudo-intellectual-entertainment' concept. Well, it pales as there is a very minimal story to uphold, it's difficult to grasp the solitary moments, as so quick as he is found in this confinement we are reminded of his future/past experiences. You're left with a grit like cinematic filming that has been seen in much better formats like 'Snatch'.However, their are some good moments within the movie that could've be condensed into a much better 30 minute short film piece, if they weren't so concerned with trying to achieve the big bucks.

• A wasted opportunity posted on 07 January 2009

  I've been looking forward to seeing this film for a long time. The UK press love Charles Bronson so i thought a film about his life, his story would be excellent. Instead of basing it all on fact and making a decent film out of it, the director and production team decided to take the "arty" route which in my opinion just doesn't work at all. The bizarre scenes where he's standing on a stage wearing clown makeup and speaking to a crowd actually annoyed me. This arty feel works for films like Clockwork Orange but not a film about a real life prisoner. They had the opportunity to make a cracking film but blew it. The real life Charlies Bronson is obviously a very eccentric man who loves the press attention but the film just takes it one step too far. I'm hoping that any future production about Charles Bronson will concentrate more on facts and less on the arty farty nonsense.

• Weak, Very Weak Movie posted on 13 June 2009

  Another major crap released. The atrocity of these filmmakers who would create sucky movie and then call it "art"."Well it's art, you can't argue with it, you either like it or not" Bulls***! It's crap dressed pretty. The fact that this movie has a very weak storyline, weak premise, trying too hard and very weak impression should tells us that the producer, director and whoever else involved in making Brunson is out of their mind.In no way this is a breakthrough. This must rank way way down in its own genre, which I'm sure will be called "crappy movies lacking imagination". Oh wait a minute, the music sucked too. I would think that's one of the area they could get right since, well, it's not so hard picking good music.All in all, they are trying to hard to make a certain kind of movie and it fails. A big, fat, major failure. If you ever had the misfortune of renting this, make sure you don't bring your loved ones to see it, they don't deserve it.

• Shorter than a 30-year stretch in solitary posted on 06 November 2009

  To be a performer, in British underworld slang, is to have a flair for violence; to be particularly skilled at putting on the frighteners. It's a term applied to James Fox's gangland enforcer in 'Performance' - and it could also be applied to Charles Bronson aka "Britain's most violent man" as portrayed by Tom Hardy in this bizarre and bracing character study.We know Bronson, if at all, through tabloid headlines, chronicling his hostage-taking, rooftop protests and distinction as Britain's 'longest serving prisoner'. But even those who thought they knew Bronson might be surprised to learn that the man born Michael Peterson couldn't have had a more respectable start. Born into an upper-middle class family in Aberystwyth, his uncle was mayor and his parents ran the local Conservative club.But the bright, gentle boy fell in with a bad lot; he became a bare-knuckle boxer; he robbed a post office for £26.18p. The bungled armed robbery put him in jail for seven years. Initially. For many, a lengthy prison stretch would be the undoing of life as they knew it. But it was the making of Bronson. In prison he discovered his calling: a gift for chaos.The opening scene, a tableau which will be repeated over and over again, features him spattered in blood, feral and naked, playing human pinball with terrified prison warders until he's eventually overpowered; a bound Promethean. He travels from prison to prison as if on eternal vacation. Parkhust is "well worth a visit". At Wormwood Scrubs, "the staff ensure your stay is as memorable as possible". Hostage-taking is just a prescription against boredom; although the matter of whether prolonged incarceration exacerbated his behaviour, institutionalised him, is never addressed.So far, so BritCrime. But anyone expecting another 'Rise Of The Footsoldier' - even 'McVicar' - will be in for a shock. Refn first came to prominence with the 'Pusher Trilogy', gritty and unflinching pseudo-documentaries focusing on the criminal underworld of not-so wonderful Copenhagen. Yet stylistically, Bronson is a universe away from those movies; it's far plainer to see the influence of DP Larry Smith, who also photographed Refn's hyper-real 'Fear X.' Refn has delivered a weird and wonderful anti-biopic that explodes the conventions of the genre; a fittingly anarchic approach to linear progression of which the eponymous jailbird would surely approve. Most of these scenes could be shuffled around any which way, which is appropriate: when you've been banged up for as long as Bronson has (34 years, 30 of them in solitary confinement), time probably ceases to have much meaning.With a classically-weighted score married to scenes of ultra-violence, this not only pays homage to Kubrick, but also to mavericks like Lindsay Anderson, Peter Greenaway and John Maybury ('Love Is The Devil') in its picaresque digressions and painterly aesthetics: a cinematic palate of reds and blacks. Hell colours. Compared with most of the wannabe bad-boys clogging up the arteries of British cinema, this is practically an art installation or contemporary performance piece.And Charles Bronson, of course, is a first-rate performer: from that attention-grabbing Hollywood-purloined name (actually foisted on him by a boxing promoter) to his way with his fists - and striking artworks, which bear comparison with those of that other outsider-artist Daniel Johnston, and which sell for small fortunes, Bronson has worked as tirelessly as Max Clifford to keep his reputation intact and name in the papers for decades.Refn even has him orating to us from an Edwardian music hall stage, and miming songs Dennis Potter-style while painted like a harlequin or moustache-twirling circus strongman. It's disturbing, and recalls Rupert Pupkin in 'The King Of Comedy' and Jonathan Pryce channeling Grock the clown in Trevor Griffiths' play 'Comedians'. Also, Freddie Starr in the infamous 2001 Channel 4 documentary 'Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster', in which Starr berated an empty auditorium and laid a wreath on-stage to symbolise 'British comedy's passing'.Starr came across as desperately unhappy, but also largely self-deluding. Bronson is equally deluded and naive. A prison governor tells him, "You're ridiculous". He is. But really, he's just a little boy incarcerated inside endlessly replicating walls of muscle, a self-made prison of gristle and bone.Hardy gets that, and his performance is astonishing; proper Stanislavski. Whether gazing into the distance with a thousand-yard stare, as if awaiting the muse of mayhem to tell him who to hit next, or gleefully cavorting in the theater of Bronson's imagination, the man's magnetic. 'Peep Show's' Matt King also lends sterling support as Bronson's comically seedy, upper-class boxing promoter Paul; a Withnail in the underworld sporting black leather gloves.In a movie filled with startling, near-hallucinatory moments - drugged, drooling asylum inmates dancing woozily to The Pet Shop Boys; Bronson caged in a tiny, medieval-like restricting device, like something from a Francis Bacon - there is a truly remarkable scene toward the end that attempts to throw speculative light on the man's motivations, what really makes him tick. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the filmmakers suggest the answer lies in the creative impulse.Having taken his prison art teacher hostage, Bronson demands to hear music. As Delibes' 'Lakmé' is piped over the Tannoy, a swooning naked Bronson, smeared in charcoal and grease, gently body paints Phil to resemble a living Magritte, with a bowler hat and apple in his mouth. Might Bronson's violence simply be misdirected creative passion? Is prison really an ersatz canvas, onto which he drips warders' blood like a sociopathic Jackson Pollock? Well, alright. There's probably an argument for suggesting Bronson's nothing more than a pretentious thriller kitted out with the greatest hits of Classic FM. You could say the same of 'A Clockwork Orange.' Detractors might say it appeals to those who hold that violence is art and vice-versa but would flee from a street fight. Which would be to truly underestimate such a smart, funny and stylish film. Bronson appeals to the anti-authoritarian in us all.

• Doesn't glorify violence. posted on 06 March 2009

  Saw this last night, very impressed with the the performances and the structure of the film. Many comments say this glorifies violence whereas it does the opposite, I was left thinking what a waste of a life, if you want to spend the majority of your days sitting alone in a pigpen or drugged up in an asylum then this will inspire you as the means to get there. The audience I saw it with consisted mainly of males in their early 20s, I think they were disappointed because they had gone expecting a knockabout tongue in cheek film about one man's misguided fight against authority and they got a very dark film about the consequences of violence. Bronson didn't come out of this a hero at all.Throughout the film the audience was silent,the only time there was a reaction was a scene at the beginning of the asylum sequence involving a act by a patient which seemed to provoke an embarrassed titter from some people because they didn't know how else to react. Neither was this film homophobic, I'm gay, I thought Bronson came across as tolerant of "alternative " lifestyles, the fight promoter,the art teacher and his uncle who seemed to live with a bunch of trannies were all accepted by him.He did call the guard he took hostage a "homo" but that was to intimidate him. Tom Hardy's performance was fantastic,vulnerable(seeing his mum out of prison),tough,confused(the reaction to the gay prisoner who fancies him), he was a character out of his time line, an eccentric that can't cope with normal society's rules.Oh and I have no complaints about the size of his willy, what would your's do surrounded by a film crew?

• your just in time for cocktails.... posted on 22 May 2009

  In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office.Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement.During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took centre stage.Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture...if you have seen Hardy in his other movies, you would not believe the transformation and commitment to his role, he looks just like Bronson, and he is as scary as hell.it's a very arty movie for such a strange subject (no offence Charlie) with stage scenarios and in depth narration which seem very bizarre and almost make the film psychedelic.it's an amazing film though and to think that Statham nearly bagged the role, would have probably shot the film in a totally different direction to attract the mainstream.it's never dull, but always bizarre, and such an impressive film.but listen to the audio introduction from the man himself first, it makes the film that little more intense.

• Don't believe the hype posted on 05 June 2009

  Where do I start? The film itself is quite entertaining, but when you add the "based on a true story" it becomes a twisted mockery.This was a great chance wasted, did the director really think people would swallow this sanitised Bronson? Take the hostage scene at HMP Hull.Read the reports, the court findings, even Bronson's own website. There was no paint, no apple,but there was a very frightened teacher who for 44 hrs thought he could die, threatened with a knife and led round like a dog on an improvised lead.As for the so called Asylum scenes I haven't laughed out loud so much in years. It takes the worst of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, adds every schoolboy idea of a mental unit and again tries to pass this off as "partially" true.Well all I can say of this film is that if the aim was to massage Bronson's ego then job well done, but to do it at the expense of the victims of his violence is criminal in itself.

• Bronson: An epic movie posted on 05 April 2009

  Nicolas Winding Refn's best work since Pusher. No doubt.This is just as well done, but in it's own rights. The actor goes out of his way to adapt the mind and the physique of the character he is portraying. And the director goes out of his way to setup a scenery that makes Hardy's performance even more credible.I love this movie, particularly because of the intense feel of the story and the actor who portrays it. Tom Hardy delivers the performance of his career and so does Refn. A big kudos to them both.This is one of those movies, where those who get the point won't be hesitating to give it a 5/5 or a 10/10.

• One of the Best British Films I've seen! posted on 30 April 2009

  Having known a minimal amount of the actual Charlie Bronson and his life in and out of prison didn't put me off seeing this film. Im not gonna bore you by telling you the complete story before I write anything like everyone else seems to think is 'the thing to do' so I'll get down to it.When watching Bronson at the Duke of Yorks cinema with the director coming down for a QnA my expectations were neutral. The film for me blew me away, it was gritty, violent, extreme and over the top which are all good things expressed in a story such as this. The visual elements of the film were both entertaining and approachable for analysing. The acting of Tom Hardy was astounding both through his performance and physical transformation he undertook.To see Bronson you will see an extreme story told within the psychological perspective of Bronson, the grit and drama of such a notorious inmate of his time the film is cinematically entertaining and a film well worth watching, as all he wants to do 'is be famous'.I would highly recommend the film to all but to be careful as the violence and other explicit nature isn't for the faint hearted or boring person.

• A true character study. posted on 26 April 2009

  Going into 'Bronson' I think it will help your viewing experience to know what to expect beforehand, so the shock of what you're seeing doesn't cloud the reason for why your seeing it.So, based on that idea you should know there is a lot of graphic violence, constant swearing, nudity, obscenity and its all completely unapologetic. Some have confused this with glamorisation when instead 'Bronson' is as pure of a character study you will find and due to this the film, not only uses the character as a subject, but the film becomes the subject through replicating Bronson's world. When the camera 'glamorises' the violence Bronson is committing, it is mirroring the way he sees it, as fun, necessary and rewarding. We are reminded of this disturbed reality when at intervals the film will revert into Bronson's head, where he is on stage in front of an appreciative audience who understand and empathise with everything he says.This intricate, intelligent and highly effective way of film-making is one of the elements, which makes it one of the best films of the year so far. As a character study, there are few other films that I can recall which show such dedication in trying to understand the character. Most will take either a positive or negative approach and try to influence the viewer, but because the film decides to show him in both objective states (locked in a tiny cell and completely dehumanised) and subjective states (Bronson's reality) the audience can decide on their own picture of the man through both from the factual resource of what he's done, and his view on reality.The second element, which makes this film successful, is the consistently impressive Tom Hardy. He gives himself to this role completely and makes the character intense, funny, scary and totally believable, sometimes all at the same time. I highly doubt there will be a better performance this year and unfortunately I also doubt he won't receive the accolades he deserves for it.If you're interested in character studies or intimate films I strongly recommend 'Bronson'. It shows a version of reality distorted yet validated and contains a performance by Hardy that makes you believe in it.

• Sad really posted on 24 April 2009

  Interesting movie, very charismatic, probably Bronson had too much personality for the law to handle.Am not exactly sure why Bronson is considered so DANGEROUS! Has he ever killed anyone? I don't think he has right ? The movie displays even more corruption amongst British police and system.I believe the movie was tamed down dramatically, I very much doubt Bronson could have escaped beating an officer without getting an absolute hammering.As for human rights, Bronson's where almost all breached.Fame is the least this guy deserves, a mentally troubled person, in the wrong environment which useless people to help will result in a trouble some person.I am glad Doctors are getting on to mental health and the issue is slowly being addressed.I know society requires a hate figure to excel in the right direction.But labelling people more dangerous and taking there one life away from them is not a forgivable crime.Hopefully Karma will strike down everyone who abused Bronson.1 life, 1 chance, to be taken away ? Unforgivable!

• Tom Hardy turns in a performance that may very well become a screen icon in the story of the most famous British prisoner posted on 16 April 2009

  A version (there are lots of changes) of the life and times of Michael Peterson, who changed his name to Charles Bronson during his stint as a bare knuckles boxer. Bronson is known as both England's most famous prisoner and its most expensive because of the damage he has inflicted on people and property.I completely understand why attempts were made to ban this film. The Bronson of this film is supreme antihero, a take no prisoner sort of guy (in a manner of speaking) who liked to break heads. Its done in a manner that is quite humorous and in such away that even though he is doing terrible things you actually like the guy. The families of the men he's injured and took prisoner are upset that this monster is made into any sort of likable guy.The film as it stands is a surreal look at the life of Bronson. He is telling us, the film audience, as well as an audience in a theater his tale. It goes from his early life to the point where his artistic talent is realized (Bronson is an artist and a author of some repute). Things are often highly stylized with amped up support from a music soundtrack that uses everything from Pet Shop Boys to Wagner. This is Bronson's story and he's telling it and one can not help but be drawn in. Its masterful story telling.The reason the film works at the high level (its one of the best films I've seen this year) is Tom Hardy who plays Bronson with a nod and wink and a sense of person. This is no performance this is Bronson incarnate. Its one of those performances where you watch and know that if there is any justice all of the awards will be his. Its the equivalent of Heath Ledger and Joker, Anthony Hopkins and Lechter, Yul Brenner and the King and I. Its an iconic role. Its a potentially superstar making role and I can't say a bad word about it. Trust me Hardy is great, its simply amazing to watch him for 95 minutes take the screen and hold it in a choking death grip.I highly recommend this film. But be warned this is a film about a bad guy so there is tons of foul language, full frontal male nudity and more than its share of violence. It also has a wicked wicked sense of humor which takes a little bit of the edge off it.See this film.

• Director and Leading Man combine in an excellent expression of style. posted on 04 June 2009

  Tom Hardy and Nicholas Winding Refn are the stars of the show here, taking the story of 'Britain's most violent prisoner' and twisting it into an explosion of style.Tom Hardy plays Michael Peterson who was initially incarcerated for 7 years after robbing a Post Office but this sentence turned into a 34 year stretch after numerous cases of violence in prison. Of these 34 years 30 were spent in solitary confinement. In his short period outside he assumed the fighting name of Charles Bronson after the Death Wish star. It is his alter ego which dominates the film.Hardy is magnificent, prowling around people almost growling, a hulking, brooding, unpredictable beast who almost doesn't care what happens to him, preferring gaol where his is someone to the outside where he is no-one.Many reviewers have been troubled by the lack of insight into the character of Bronson, however this is unsurprising as the story itself is narrated by Bronson himself, cutting back to a fantasy audience where he parades in varying levels of makeup, the star of his own show.Refn handles this material with aplomb, filling it with tracks and pans, the occasional slice of slow motion, an interesting and varied colour palate and impeccable taste in music. Kubrick and A Clockwork Orange have been mentioned in almost every review, but there are clear influences of Bertolucci, perhaps mostly The Conformist in its detached style and use of colour.By the time the film ends we are unsure who to feel sorry for, lost in a world of hard lines and constant violence. A very interesting film that marks out Hardy and Refn as exciting talents in modern cinema.