History Film / Bronson

* SpotOfTea: The most cordial Bronson is to a prison guard is when he's serving tea.

* BaldOfAwesome: Bronson's shaved head is part of his signature look.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Something of a trademark for Bronson. The best example of this is when he takes the prison librarian hostage, and when asked what he wants, he's genuinely stumped. Pretty much all of his other crimes have this trope as a factor too.

* HypocriticalHumor: Bronson strips naked and demands that a man grease him up, then begins accusing him of being homosexual.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: The authorities might have actually had a chance at reforming Bronson during his art phase: he genuinely showed artistic talent and he seemed satisfied with pursuing art as a vocation. However, the warden of the prison [[WhatAnIdiot basically dismissed his art without even looking at it]]... which led to Bronson just thinking "fuck this", kidnapping his art teacher and submitting him to [[Creator/ReneMagritte the Rene Magritte]] [[ColdBloodedTorture treatment]]]].

* BadassMustache: Bronson wears a signature handlebar mustache, which is TruthInTelevision, a probable vestige of his days working as a carnival strongman. Interestingly, Bronson himself says in the introductory audio that it is ''his moustache'' on-screen; he claims that he shaved it off and gave it to Hardy on one of his visits to him.

* BloodKnight: Bronson really loves to fight as shown during his time out of prison where he's used for fight clubs you can tell he really enjoys ir.

* FightClubbing: During his brief odyssey outside of prison, Bronson tries to make a go as a bareknuckle boxer, fighting dogs and local gypsies.

* FramingDevice: Bronson on a stage, as if preforming a one man show in front of a high society crowd.

* HairTriggerTemper: He sets off very easily and his AxCrazy behavior doesn't help with his wrathful decisions and even as a child he had a violent temper.

* MoralityPet: Bronson seems genuinely devoted to Alison, acting surprisingly {{Adorkable}} around her and not even seeming to consider showing her his more aggressive side.

* {{Adorkable}}: Astonishingly, Bronson actually seemed quite shy around the woman he claimed to love, and came across as rather timid and sweet (not to mention much less violent).

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Any attempts by a member the prison authorities to be nice to Bronson seem to be met with this; both the prison librarian and the art teacher end up being terrorised victims in his hostage-taking escapades despite never personally wronging him. While the art teacher may have angered Bronson by getting too chummy, it seems that Bronson was just taking out his anger at the warden/system/world on him just because he was there. There is no sign at all that the librarian did anything whatsoever to upset Bronson at all.

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''Bronson'' is the story of Britain's most violent and most expensive prisoner: Charles Bronson ([[NamesTheSame No]], [Creator/CharlesBronson not the actor]]), played by Creator/TomHardy and directed by Creator/NicolasWindingRefn.

''Bronson'' is the story of Britain's most violent and most expensive prisoner: Charles Bronson ([[Creator/CharlesBronson no, not that Bronson]]), played by Creator/TomHardy and directed by Creator/NicolasWindingRefn.

** Which is TruthInTelevision taken straight from the real Bronson's books, where he occasionally contradicts himself. He also specifies that he doesn't have psychological problems - hence his distaste at being put in Broadmoor, which is a psychiatric facility - but there's still little to no explanation behind his more violent episodes.
* VillainProtagonist

* IconicOutfit: Bronson's handlebar mustache and John Lennon round mirrored shades are so synonymous with him, [[http://www.movieposterdb.com/posters/09_09/2009/1172570/l_1172570_f832ec32.jpg one of the movie posters actually feature it as an abstract representation of him]].

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/TomHardy got ''huge'' for this movie.

* NamesTheSame: Michael Peterson takes the "fighting name" Charles Bronson during his days bareknuckle boxing. The prison warden finds this baffling.

* MoralityPet: Bronson seems genuinely devoted to Alison, being surprisingly {{Adorkable}} around her and doesn't even seem to consider showing her his more aggressive side.

* NoEnding: It ends with [[spoiler:Bronson, beaten severely, groaning in a cage just barely big enough for him to stand in. Two police officers close a pair of double doors. Roll credits.]] It makes sense when you consider that [[spoiler: The real Bronson is still in jail.]]
* PedoHunt: The inmate in the psychiatric prison that Bronson tries to strangle to death, just so happens to be the suggested pedophile.

* SpotOfTea: The most cordial Bronson is to a prison gaurd, is when he's serving tea.

''Bronson'' is the story of Britain's most violent and most expensive prisoner: Charles Bronson ([[Creator/CharlesBronson no, not that Bronson]]), played by TomHardy and directed by NicolasWindingRefn.

* DyeingForYourArt: TomHardy got ''huge'' for this movie.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: The authorities might have actually had a chance at reforming Bronson during his art phase: he genuinely showed artistic talent and he seemed satisfied with pursuing art as a vocation. However, the warden of the prison [[WhatAnIdiot basically dismissed his art without even looking at it]]... which led to Bronson just thinking "fuck this", kidnapping his art teacher and submitting him to [[ReneMagritte the Rene Magritte]] [[ColdBloodedTorture treatment]]]].

''"My name's Charles Bronson. And all my life, I've wanted to be famous."''

''Bronson'' is the story of Britain's most violent and most expensive prisoner: Charles Bronson ([[CharlesBronson no, not that Bronson]]), played by TomHardy and directed by NicolasWindingRefn.