Bronson tells the true story of Michael Peterson, who was initially caged for seven years for robbing loose change from a post office but is still locked up to this very day.
Without tangling itself in over-analysis, the film tells the tale of man who has defined himself with a heady cocktail of violence and a quest for fame.
In prison, he was the star of the show and in his heyday he was determined to stay whatever the costs to himself and those around him.
Acting to an unseen audience, some metaphoric scenes of the film see Peterson speaking in a theatre room with the crowd applauding his unspeakable antics.
It gives you an idea what his state of mind must have been like at the time and it’s quite unsettling.
This was to such an extent that part of his sentence was spent in a mental institution...until he was certified sane and spewed back out into society.
It isn’t long before he’s back in jail but this time, he uses his ‘fighting name’ Charles Bronson and the chaos continues.
Bronson caused controversy on its release as many think the life of a criminal should not be celebrated.
Perhaps they are right, and at times it was hard to see the film’s point, but for a portrait of troubled man, Bronson succeeds.
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