Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2009)

I finally got around to see Bronson upon its recent DVD&blu-ray releases in the UK. The film overall was quite enjoyable as a bio-pic yet in the act of its dramatic execution it was perpetuating a bit pretentious, uber-glossed and highly stylized plaster of filmmaking. (As one who is familiar with Refn's Pusher series would have expected) Rather than laying out a bloodfeast of violence, it was focussing more on the main character's self-parodic thereby self-indulgent theatritical performance of his recounting of his own past. This foray however seems to be persevering the most enjoyable core of the film, by the time film moves into a final thread where quoting other films becomes more explicit (hence obnoxious) than ever -hence launching a sort of parody throughout that reveals something less interesting than its initially set premises. Thus, Bronson seems to get failed in the act of gesturing into other films throughout its final momentum instead of digging more into different layers of the Bronson character. Remarkable lead performance by Tom Hardy deserves to be cited though. Angeresque camp color scheme as well.. Overall, after Pusher series, a good move for Refn into English language. But to say the least, does it really stand out? I am not sure... 6.5/10