In 1974, a misguided 19-year-old named Michael Petersondecided he wanted to make a name for himself, and so with ahomemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams, he attemptedto rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced toseven years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement.Provocative and stylized, BRONSON follows the metamorphosis ofMickey Peterson, who gave himself the nickname Charles Bronson,from a petty thief into Britain's most dangerous prisoner.