Summer Wrap Up: Part I. TOM HARDY

Part I.
TOM HARDY
Birthdate: September 15, 1977
Nationality: British

British films have always been one of the best encounters over the years, and this summer all the way through spring an array of films were released. Top of the list and the most popular title is the show runner, double trouble, and master-class performance by Tom Hardy in LEGEND (2015). 

7/10

Legend tells the true story of two twin brothers one with wit and charms the other with schizophrenia and lots of brotherly love, a film that delivers on many levels, emotionally binding, gory at times and brutally explicit at others. Director Brian Helgeland follows up his triumph in baseball based movie 42 (2013), with something way more aggressive, with Emily Browning narrating and guiding us through Legend, it is poetic at times and grindhouse madness at others. This film sort of strikes memory to Guy Ritchie films such as Rock N Rolla (2008) and Snatch (2000).  

Rock N Rolla (2008)Guy Ritchie 
8/10

Snatch (2000)Guy Ritchie
9/10

42 (2013)Brian Helgeland
7/10

However, Legend might feel a bit blasted out of proportion in its portrayal of the two brothers. Therefore, if you have the time and enjoy low key films you rather get your hands on the other film about the same subject titled The RISE of the KRAYS (2015), works as a prequel to Legend and the actual rise of Ron and Reggie, this film is not very highly rated and also has a planned sequel The Fall of the Krays (2015). While the two brothers spar with one another and go head to head with other gangs around London in both films, they stay slightly below the hype and glamour of Legend.

7/10

This might be Tom Hardy’s finest moment since his rise in BRONSON (2008) and back breaking role in Dark Knight Rises (2012) all the way to his amazing thrill ride in LOCKE (2013).  
The Drop (2014) was yet another momentum film experience with Tom Hardy at the helm of it alongside Noomi Rapace, the magnitude of the drop is the thin line between friendship and neighborly trust and the impact of crime life on the apparently calm society, this film could easily have been titled about a dog. If cold sights are intriguing enough for you as a spectator, Hardy finds himself once again entangled underneath the snow but this time in a time piece based on the book of the same title Child 44 (2015) in this World War film Tom teams up with Noomi Rapace once again while he plays a disgraced Soviet Soldier in the Stalin era investigating a series of child murders. This film plays like a slow paced piece of classical music with a crescendo worth waiting for.

9/10

10/10

Child 44 (2015)
8/10

8/10

8/10