'Bronson'

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Out of the Danny Dwyer/Nick Love mini-industry managers of Vertigo Films comes quite the most astonishing British Film on a British theme that has come along in years. Tom Hardy - the mini-me of Jean Luc Picard in 'Star Trek: Nemesis' - transforms his physique and demeanour into that of the character of Michael Gordon Petersen, AKA 'Charles Bronson', the most dangerous prisoner in Britain and one of the more honest purveyors of the 'Hard Man' autobiography.
Leigh Bowery's influence mixes with that of 'Chopper' and even a dash of 'The League of Gentlemen'. Best ninety minutes I've spent with a British film in a long time.
With this and 'The Damned United', UK cinema might just be growing its balls back!
The trailer for 'Bronson' is here:
http://www.bronsonthemovie.com
 
Naughty? Whatever do they mean?:D

Do they mean 'naughty' as in the mockney 'Pwoper Nawty' way which means blokes getting seven shades knocked out of them or perhaps somebody getting their head blown off by a sawn off shotgun?
Or a 'naughty' in a "I'll just bend over to pick up the soap, I'm sure that nothing bad will happen" kind of way?
Or simply 'naughty' in a 'pulling faces behind somebody's back, but when they turn round to look you just act normal' way?
 
The BBFC says:

BRONSON is a drama charting the life of Michael Gordon Peterson, better known by his changed name, Charles Bronson, almost a lifelong inmate of UK's various prisons.

It was passed '18' uncut for several uses of very strong language which is not allowed below that category. '15' guidelines permit frequent uses of strong language (eg 'f***') but the strongest language (eg, 'c**t') is only acceptable where justified by the context. There is no such contextual justification in this case as the very strong language is not only frequent but often preceded by 'f***ing' and almost always directed aggressively at a person, often during a violent incident.

There are numerous uses of strong language.

The film is littered with many incidents of strong violence and threat. One of the strongest scenes shows Bronson in a savage bare-knuckled fight with another man. In a mental asylum, Bronson attempts to strangle one of the patients. There are various brutal confrontations between Bronson and prison guarRAB with repeated punches and kicks being exchanged. Bronson also takes a prison teacher hostage and quietly terrorises the tied-up teacher - who is gagged with an apple in his mouth - by painting over the teacher's face.

There is a disturbing scene when a patient in a mental asylum excretes into his hanRAB before rubbing the excrement onto his own cheek.

Natural nudity occurs on a few occasions when the naked Bronson exercises and when he rubs Vaseline all over himself in preparation for a fight with the guarRAB. Sexualised nudity is displayed by a topless dancer gyrating in a nightclub.

Must admit this film is low on my "must see" list.

(edit: I put in the asterisks to make it clear what worRAB the BBFC was referring to, otherwise they could have been anything!)
 
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