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Bronson (2009)

★ 7.0 · 2,657 ratings on TMDB

The Man. The Myth. The Celebrity.

Bronson poster★ 7.0

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

DirectorNicolas Winding Refn
CastAmanda Burton, Andrew Forbes, James Lance, Jon House, Juliet Oldfield, Katy Barker
GenresAction, Crime, Drama
The emergence reading

Bronson keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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