Bronson (film) Bronson (film) Bronson is a 2008 British biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Tom Hardy as Michael Peterson, known from 1987 as Charles Bronson. The film follows the life of this notorious prisoner, known for violent attacks against other prisoners, guards, and governors in prison; protests, armed robbery, and art. He was renamed Charles Bronson by his fight promoter, for his bare-knuckle fighting years. Born into a respectable middle-class family, Peterson became known as one of the United Kingdom's most dangerous prisoners. Because of his violence, Bronson was repeatedly put into isolation or
Opposition to the War of 1812 in Britain ending up in the military, leading Britain to have a substantially higher rate of mobilization than even its rival, France. The death rate among those in the military also rose dramatically, further angering the British public. For those not in the military, the war affected the pocketbook. By 1812, almost 35% of income went to taxes, a rate much higher than the tax rates in pervious wars. Given all of this, many in Britain were angered about the start of another war, which some, like William Cobbet of the "Weekly Register", argued was just another way for those who profited