Tom Hardy’s Bronson Is Leaving HBO Max on April 1

Tom Hardy’s 92-minute crime drama Bronson, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, will leave HBO Max on April 1. The film was released October 9, 2008. Based on the prison life of Michael Gordon Peterson—who adopted the name Charles Bronson—the movie is essentially a one-man show centered on Hardy's character.

It follows his decades behind bars and numerous confrontations with authorities, scenes that earned praise for Hardy's staggering central performance. Produced for just $230,000, Bronson went on to gross more than $2.5 million worldwide. It holds a "Certified Fresh" 75% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics' consensus reads, "Undeniably gripping, Bronson forces the viewer to make some hard decisions about where the line between art and exploitation lies." Refn later broke out with Drive, and Hardy moved on to high-profile projects including Christopher Nolan's Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and Dunkirk, as well as the Venom trilogy.

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