The story of Michael Peterson, aka Charles Bronson, aka Britain's most notorious prisoner.
It's interesting and Tom Hardy gives an absolutely brilliant portrayal of Bronson. Unfortunately, it's let down by the crazy editing and inter-cutting of a narrative given by Bronson on a stage in his own mind, complete with full clown style make-up and slightly insane monologues. It could have worked, but it made the film feel disjointed and quite difficult to follow at times.
Nowhere near as good as it could have been and missed out massive chunks of the man's life - ie, his days as a circus strongman, or his association with bare knuckle fighter Lenny McLean. Even worse, a significant chunk of the film is pure fantasy and never happened. Why they would want to fabricate parts of the story when they had so many interesting true events to call on is beyond me.
My rating: 5.6 / 10
IMDB rating: 6.7 / 10
Running time: 92 mins
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