Bronson

BRONSON (2008) - Oct. 9, 2010
I'm really not sure what to make of this movie.  Kind of reminiscent of a Clockwork Orange in more ways than one, this was a bizarre film about a man who gets sentenced to seven years in prison and winds up spending far, far longer thanks to his fighting and other shenanigans.  Nicolas Winding Refn's stylish direction is a big reason that the film works as well as it does, as is Tom Hardy's crazed and flat-out mesmerizing performance as the titular Bronson.  The film is strange and kind of meandering, but it's definitely pretty compelling from start to finish.  ***