The only thing a bit hard to believe is that in a real, bare-knuckles fight, the fighters would last so long and take so much punishment. Is this accurate? Any boxing historians out there?
No need for music... The camera work doesn't make you wonder what just happened... Walter Hill films have some of the best fight scenes ever. Check out the great David Carradine/James Remar knife fight from The Long Riders -
"you can start anytime, pal. names Chany, so, well i can make you some money. ya, son of you know what, laid down to me tonight. Well im all ears. look my friend, everybody's got a bar, and a bars got someone whos tough as a nickle's stake, but they all come to speed for the do' re' me'. He's a bum, im the one that loses."
Anybody know what Charlie's training regimen was for this movie? I'd really like to know. He looked so cut and great in this film, that's the kind of look I'm trying to go for these days now that I'm not boxing so much anymore, which sucks.
@hoboboxerjoe: Think I read somewhere that it was strictly old-school; lots of body-weight calesthenics, gymnastic moves, chin-ups/pull-ups, pushups, situps. plus tons of boxing and punching a bag. Bronson was a coal miner as a teenager, which probably had something to do with his physique, too. Part of it was genetic, plus good diet, getting his sleep and probably took it easy on smoking and alcohol. He jogged alot too. Being married to beautiful Jill Ireland probably didn't hurt, either!
No Hollywood pussies of today could ever compete with Bronson's fist. George Clooney? Shean Penn? Tom Cruise? Bronson was pure bad ass...even when he got old and pudgy in the Death Wish sequels.
Chalres Bronson in my book was the baddest toughest guy in Hollywood films. Too bad he never got the same recognition as fellow tough guy Clint Eastwood. I wish he and eastwood could have done a movie togethr. His movies Death Hunt and Death wish were very violent.
@veeseee128 Bronson actually was one of the highest paid actors in the 70s, he certainly did get his recognition but Eastwood prolonged his career by going into directing.
@wire4paladin Wow, I just double checked that too make sure. He is really fit for 54, impressive. I thought he just looked old. Wow. Really impressed.
@wire4paladin: Bronson worked out all the time on the set, during down time between takes and so on. He was really into being fit, and it showed. Having great genes didn't hurt, nor did his youth mining coal. He was a tough guy in real life, served as an Army Air Force tail gunner in a B-29 in combat over Japan. They didn't call him "El Bruto" for nothing!
@GeorgiaBoy1961 Whoa, no wonder! I am an ex-boxer who has kept myself in top shape, but Bronson was way ahead of his time in doing so. Most people his age-at the time of this movie-had resigned themselvse to "couch potato" status. As far as the bare-knucle fighting goes;bare knucklers were far more cautious then the gloved fighters & stayed outside each others range, hitting less frequently. And rounds would end upon a knockdown, giving fighters a chance 2 recoup. No 3 min round rule back then.
Maybe posh people don't know that the more formidable aint all rowers or hockey players. Watch the Irish get nasty! I was over there last month and it's achievement not attitude.
that guy looks like our old milkman! This might explain why he was always appeared knackered dropping off our semi-skimmed - he'd been dookin' it out in the local depot. If Segal was fighting, not only would he have won, but he'd have remembered to pick up our empties. Damn those moonlighting milkmen, and their tardy attitude to delivering dairy produce.
@aliased YYYYYEEEEESSSSS GREAT fight choreography and Bronson wasnt a young man back then either! totally believable and as entertaining as anything Ive seen today.
YOU OWE BE MONEY.... LOL! Ya think???!!Gotta Love Bronson! LOL! Clint could've delivered the line better! LOL!
@daredevil8900 hi there daredevil. Yes, I agree, the man was in excellent shape for an older man. Better shape than most men younger than him. I was merely pointing out how impressive this is and correcting someone who said he was 54 during this filming.
There are some funky moves at the start of this fight I just can't understand no matter how much I watch it. What is that three punch combo that Bronson wants to land but Dimitri seems to be blocking at te start of the fight?
Once upon a time there was a fight between a big bouncer and a man who thought he was a bully, It was outside the Gary Owen in Birmingham and every wannabe gangsta cowered at the prospect of going it, They just watched as bare fist hit face and no winge or knife came about. They became exhausted and respected each other BUT before that both waited for the other to get up, The bully's enemy was cheered all the way. But they were impossibly matched, He learnt humility at least.
i admire charlie because he loved his wife jill ireland,and stayed with her through out their careers.he was a true hard man and a gent,unlike your so called hard men like willis ,that allow his ex wife s arse to be displayed on the net by her new perv boyfriend,what type of man is that
@eatmypies I don't....my reason..once this crazy old women who was a huge fan gave her measly inheritance to him when she died and her family were really poor and he didn't give it back to them. He was worth millions........
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@eatmypies what the fuck? do you even read an think about what you talk about? Charles Bronson exwife is ended up being some lunatic, i think i remember some guy even prank calls her with charles voice.
@eatmypies agreed, jill ireland was super hot! but he treated her like a gentleman and was true to her and she to him and wasnt a skank like so many others nowadays.
There was actually a story after he died that said he may have been even older. An old friend from when he was younger said he shaved, I think it was about 5 years off his age.
Director Walter Hill said in a recent interview that Bronson was in remarkable shape but he also was a smoker. He smoked a lot, so Hill said, he probably could only fight for 30 or 40 seconds. he didn´t have lots of stamina, Hill said!
bronson is the man. if he only explained how he stayed so fit at that age, it would perhaps explain a lot. he was a coal miner since a little kid. if thats it, then you need to start young and may be harder to actually attain that kick ass, solid to every muscle fiber physiche
You don't fuck with Charles Bronson :| This is one of my all time favourite Charles Bronson movies together with The Great Escape, the Mechanic and I think the first three Death Wish movies were pretty damn good as well !
Definitely better made than Death Wish, this is in my top ten favorite movies of all time. Great actors, beautiful story and sets in the South. I've watched this movie many a times and use some of the blocking/punching in my workouts. Classic, Classic, Classic. I can't say enough about this movie. My dad made us watch this when it came out, saying "we gonna see a kick ass movie today".
Besides "Death Wish", this film was pretty damn good. It was just a simple story of surviving during the economic depression. I've heard stories, seen the footage and seen photos. Tough Times. Very Hard Times.
This was a much better movie than Death Wish. In fact this was really a great movie. Far and away his best as the star as the acting was so much better.
I'd like to see a tribute to this made since we once again find ourselves back in depression mode, but honestly, what fucking modern actor could compete with fucking Charles Bronson? The only two I can think of who come close are Danny Trejo and maybe Jason Stathem who can't fucking act
you know they should remake this movie (not to say this movie is dated) i mean if they had the right actors, it might be ok. because we're in a depression now just like the period of this movie, it might appeal to people. im suprised film makers havent cashed in on the depression already. i mean the hot shit right now is vampire movies, and bad indy films. theres a lack of talent in hollywood right now i swear.
There is a no name actor writer named Joe Ricci who has written a modern day version. I actually read it its pretty good, actually more humor in the new version. He is trying to put the film together. I hope he does, what I read is really good. Same feel, modern day depression. Its going to be called Recession Road"
u can tell he,s a real man from his face ,unlike the fagets of nowadays spiderman mother fucker & people r spending money to watch the fucking fogs???
thank you! masculinity is dead as dillenger. you dont see movies like this anymore and when they do make something like it (or try to) its completely wussed out. the last few relics are clint eastwood and sometimes stallone.
Massively rehearsed, you romantics. Strictly come fighting. We all like Charles Bronson, folks but this isn't Ali V Holmes. My Irish fatherwouldn't give it a sniff. RIP Darren.
i remebedr this movie my dad brought it home one night he was and is a charles bronson fan yes charles bronson did box adn he use to in his best shape do hundreds of push ups every day for years
Man ... all this old actors in this 70s movies, looking even older than they were. How old were the people who went to cinema in this days ? It's quite interesting, cause today we see just young and good looking actors. How taste changes. Don't understand me wrong, i'm a great fan of 70s cinema, i just consider it interesting how this changed.
It's because they're not wearing makeup and resting between every arm swing or punch. I've watched many live fighting matches in smaller venues and this movie is the first to show how fights aren't very glamorous. It all comes down to grappling with an occasional well-placed punch, as experienced fighters don't punch a face, because the result is many painfully broken hand bones and loss of use of the hand.
Of course, you are right. However, i think it is very interesting to see how cinema changed complete. Today, it is impossible, that an actor in his 50s, like Bronson, would become so popular and able to take part in action movies. The more interesting it is, if you consider, that bronson took part mainly in action movies.
These guys looked real because they were real, unlike today's pretty boys. Bronson grew up in PA coal mines with his daddy, was a tailgunner in a B-29 in WWII. Obviously, at 53, he can box, fight and is in amazing shape. The other guy, Nick Dmitri, was a Hollwood stuntman for yrs and clearly knows how to fight. BTY, Dmitri is the bartender who Seagal punches out in Out For Justice's famous bar scene. Also, this type of fighting back then was for guys who couldn't go pro for whatever reason.
You are right. Bronson really was in a fantastic shape and he did most of his stunts by himself. To see how much the cinema changed from 1970 to today - from real actors, real stunts to pure computer magic is fascinating for me. I don't want to say that the kind they make movies today isn't as good as back in the 60s, 70s but i think this movies do have a charme i miss in the new movies.
I guess my bigger point was beyond Hard Times; that is, even if you look at the old war flicks and westerns, can you imagine current actors coming off as mature as the oldsters?Who nowadays could play the Burt Lancaster part in From Here to Eternity? (He was a real Sgt in the war and an acrobat in his younger days.) Too many examples to mention but so many of the oldsters came from tough backgrounds, went to war and had a certain "gravitas" to their efforts - i.e., Lee Marvin in Dirty Dozen.Thx.
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This movie should have won an Academy Award.
franklindavid 7 months ago
the thing with old movies is the fight scenes look realistic, the new movies now the fight scenes are fucking terrible...
OLD MOVIES = BETTER THAN NEW MOVIES..
sniff28 9 months ago 2
The only thing a bit hard to believe is that in a real, bare-knuckles fight, the fighters would last so long and take so much punishment. Is this accurate? Any boxing historians out there?
GeorgiaBoy1961 9 months ago
this geezer was the hardest geezer that chainy or whatever the geezers name is thought.
danlen86 9 months ago
Is it wrng that this gave me a boner
iAIexT 9 months ago
Charles Bronson had a natural build. That's what I like about the older movies long before Sylvester Stallone steroids
musc124 10 months ago
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No need for music... The camera work doesn't make you wonder what just happened... Walter Hill films have some of the best fight scenes ever. Check out the great David Carradine/James Remar knife fight from The Long Riders -
raygoshay1400 11 months ago
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raygoshay1400 11 months ago
"you can start anytime, pal. names Chany, so, well i can make you some money. ya, son of you know what, laid down to me tonight. Well im all ears. look my friend, everybody's got a bar, and a bars got someone whos tough as a nickle's stake, but they all come to speed for the do' re' me'. He's a bum, im the one that loses."
jabrown45100 11 months ago
Fantastic Fight !
dmljm2 11 months ago
Bronson was an old school tough guy!
breezeman199 11 months ago
@breezeman199 bronson was a stupid ass movie.
CaptainNensho 11 months ago
HADOKEN!
The01kic 11 months ago
artiostically this is the best fightscene i have seen or one of the few top ones in my life
and i am not even a classicmovie watcher
TheRogueMonk 1 year ago
Anybody know what Charlie's training regimen was for this movie? I'd really like to know. He looked so cut and great in this film, that's the kind of look I'm trying to go for these days now that I'm not boxing so much anymore, which sucks.
hoboboxerjoe 1 year ago
@hoboboxerjoe: Think I read somewhere that it was strictly old-school; lots of body-weight calesthenics, gymnastic moves, chin-ups/pull-ups, pushups, situps. plus tons of boxing and punching a bag. Bronson was a coal miner as a teenager, which probably had something to do with his physique, too. Part of it was genetic, plus good diet, getting his sleep and probably took it easy on smoking and alcohol. He jogged alot too. Being married to beautiful Jill Ireland probably didn't hurt, either!
GeorgiaBoy1961 9 months ago
No Hollywood pussies of today could ever compete with Bronson's fist. George Clooney? Shean Penn? Tom Cruise? Bronson was pure bad ass...even when he got old and pudgy in the Death Wish sequels.
calif562 1 year ago 4
great! bruce lee's favorite movie...
STATIX4321 1 year ago
@STATIX4321, this was Bruce Lee's favorite movie?
hoboboxerjoe 1 year ago
@STATIX4321, lol, now I feel like I got suckered into a joke...
I could honestly see why Bruce would love this, though. This is one of the best fight films of all time and one of my favorite movies as well.
hoboboxerjoe 1 year ago
this is how a real fight is like
bboygoldmills 1 year ago
patrick swazye looks just like charles bronson
1dogeez 1 year ago
Chalres Bronson in my book was the baddest toughest guy in Hollywood films. Too bad he never got the same recognition as fellow tough guy Clint Eastwood. I wish he and eastwood could have done a movie togethr. His movies Death Hunt and Death wish were very violent.
veeseee128 1 year ago
@veeseee128 Bronson actually was one of the highest paid actors in the 70s, he certainly did get his recognition but Eastwood prolonged his career by going into directing.
Daemonocracy 1 year ago
Great movie :) Only thing that's missing is some background music, the rest is great :) Charles Bronson is an amazing actor.
danicalifornia23 1 year ago 9
@danicalifornia23
Music not needed.
I hate new Hollywood movies mostly cuz of shit background music.
MrNoobonen 1 year ago
@danicalifornia23 yeah background music is needed to make it look like a cheesy 80's music video.
seka1986 7 months ago
Bronson had a better physique at the age of 54 (in this movie), than that of most 25 year olds! I'll betcha he was a tough guy in real life too!
wire4paladin 1 year ago 20
@wire4paladin clearly diet and food was different in america then too imagine that for a second then you know why
TheRogueMonk 1 year ago
@wire4paladin Wow, I just double checked that too make sure. He is really fit for 54, impressive. I thought he just looked old. Wow. Really impressed.
koza7676 9 months ago
@wire4paladin: Bronson worked out all the time on the set, during down time between takes and so on. He was really into being fit, and it showed. Having great genes didn't hurt, nor did his youth mining coal. He was a tough guy in real life, served as an Army Air Force tail gunner in a B-29 in combat over Japan. They didn't call him "El Bruto" for nothing!
GeorgiaBoy1961 9 months ago
@GeorgiaBoy1961 Whoa, no wonder! I am an ex-boxer who has kept myself in top shape, but Bronson was way ahead of his time in doing so. Most people his age-at the time of this movie-had resigned themselvse to "couch potato" status. As far as the bare-knucle fighting goes;bare knucklers were far more cautious then the gloved fighters & stayed outside each others range, hitting less frequently. And rounds would end upon a knockdown, giving fighters a chance 2 recoup. No 3 min round rule back then.
strictlycomments 9 months ago
@GeorgiaBoy1961 Wow, impressive! Thanks for sharing!!!
wire4paladin 9 months ago
One of my all time favorite movies
maumau68 1 year ago
@maumau68 es una obra maestra
david1978ist 1 year ago
hey i saw this on hulu a few months back. pretty damn good movie
LoryLandskipper 1 year ago
Great Movie but can you imagine the damage that woould be caused by those punches in real life. OUCH!!!!
yetoner 1 year ago 4
Best fight movie I've ever seen and my second favorite film. I tried to pay a bit of homage to this in my novel POUND FOR POUND. CuffColl.
CuffColl 1 year ago
My absolute favorite Charles Bronson movie!
twoedge123 1 year ago
Thats one way want to see another, remember that line? GREAT
rsfasteddie 1 year ago
I always wondered where did they get the sound effects from.
Taylorvision745 1 year ago
@Taylorvision745 uhh, its not like the internet were you download them, in hollywood they make there own damn sound effects lol
dbs55denis 1 year ago
not a scratch on him
DarkKnightBob1o1 1 year ago
What a Fight...and two REAL men who respect each other...they don't hit each other if the one is on the ground...in real life this is just Utopia...
Kaptan2005 1 year ago
That is not real. It is ballet, micky Rourke's next movie.
johnanthonyp 1 year ago
Fantastic movie.
nauticabinx 1 year ago
U DONT FUCK WITH HARMONICA!
EtownMurderJunkie 1 year ago
@ 01:02 That look on Charlie's face is priceless. You just know he must be thinking:
"Aw hell no.Mother-fucker did you just KICK ME?!"
@ 01:09 JUMP-KICK bitch!!
Don't make em though like Charles Bronson anymore.
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BaronMorte 1 year ago
He was 50 years old during this movie. What a brute.
steverayrapp 1 year ago 2
What a classic Bronson movie I saw this in 75 I was 12
spirit7462 1 year ago 2
1:18 Alright, Bronson put a wizar in. (anyone who wrestles knows what i mean).
divebomber101 1 year ago
lort
pik
johnnydangelo 1 year ago
lort
johnnydangelo 1 year ago
Charlie was the greatest. Enough said.
bixbyglaser 1 year ago 2
Epic movie.
MrNoobonen 1 year ago
No flashy moves at all.No shaky cam. Not even a cheesy soundtrack. Just pure brawn. You don't see it often.
EpoBot 1 year ago 2
WASIT A YOUNG Wrork? What a war;N charlie v Mickie.
johnanthonyp 1 year ago
i never mentioned islam.i dont hate any religeon im a socialist i respect everyones beliefs
eatmypies 1 year ago
Other fighter is Nick Dmitri, veteran tough guy actor.
cosmicdingo 1 year ago
two old guys fighting over false teeth
1truelegacy 1 year ago
I feel like this is quite a bit more realistic than 90% of movie fight-scenes.
largemoose 1 year ago
Maybe posh people don't know that the more formidable aint all rowers or hockey players. Watch the Irish get nasty! I was over there last month and it's achievement not attitude.
johnanthonyp 1 year ago
I heard this was a real tough Irish guy/stunt man. It would have been interesting in reality.
johnanthonyp 1 year ago
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Thedoctor19000 1 year ago
The best line in the movie is when the head honcho in the overcoat says to Bronson..It's been a pleasure watching you work Mister Chaney!
v2vroth 1 year ago
It sounds like chopping wood.
cwbellor 1 year ago
this is actually a really good fight scene!
s10fisto01 1 year ago 3
very underrated flick
bobzani 1 year ago
Great movie
swarteman 1 year ago
Classic movie :)
XpresloX 1 year ago
need less boxing and more dirty street fighting
bellyzbad 1 year ago
that guy looks like our old milkman! This might explain why he was always appeared knackered dropping off our semi-skimmed - he'd been dookin' it out in the local depot. If Segal was fighting, not only would he have won, but he'd have remembered to pick up our empties. Damn those moonlighting milkmen, and their tardy attitude to delivering dairy produce.
boredrobotbored 1 year ago
Hard Times Kick ass movie.
locos50ae 1 year ago
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This was a great movie. With great fight scenes.
dahur 1 year ago 2
they should have boxing gloves on
boxer301977 1 year ago
i m sure chuck norris could win in less than a second
markos824 1 year ago
man, those guys put in some serious choreography time to get that scene right. grit indeed.
aliased 1 year ago
@aliased YYYYYEEEEESSSSS GREAT fight choreography and Bronson wasnt a young man back then either! totally believable and as entertaining as anything Ive seen today.
YOU OWE BE MONEY.... LOL! Ya think???!!Gotta Love Bronson! LOL! Clint could've delivered the line better! LOL!
TheSubwaysurfer 1 year ago
lloks like the earlier version of sherlock holmes in the cage fight! especially at about 1:11
ringaming 1 year ago
This video wins the award for gayest looking thumbnail.
Jarren202 1 year ago
Dear god it's like watching 2 poofters fight over who will be on the receiving end xD
requiemaura 1 year ago
I knock people down!
dhamiltonify 1 year ago
man philo beddoe would have whooped both of these dorks asses at the same time yell
BOX5 1 year ago
rather watch wwe than this! at least wwe is somewhat entertaining
159love159 1 year ago
Actually he was 53 when this was filmed. It was released in 1975 before he turned 54.
naturalthing1 1 year ago
@naturalthing1 Are you kidding ??? GOD..he looked incredible, i hope i am half as fit as him, if i make it to the age of 53.
daredevil8900 1 year ago
@daredevil8900 hi there daredevil. Yes, I agree, the man was in excellent shape for an older man. Better shape than most men younger than him. I was merely pointing out how impressive this is and correcting someone who said he was 54 during this filming.
naturalthing1 1 year ago
ghg
mittakundali 1 year ago
This was Altmann real appartently. Super stuntman v Chaelie
johnanthonyp 1 year ago
James Coburn looks a bitlike Arthur daley..and Tel?
flipinwotsit 1 year ago
People don't fight like this anymore, GUNS are now the ANSWER for all their problems!
TheEve30 1 year ago 2
The name Charles Bronson ooze of hardness
Galimah 1 year ago
Bronsons opponent needs more savate training in the salle........lol
l2a3sterling 1 year ago
how old was charles bronson there?
ElCLASICO1137 1 year ago
Damn, Charles was one tough dude in his 50's! the jump kick at 1:10, damn!
dangkoen 1 year ago 2
nice
labbore 1 year ago
nice
labbore 1 year ago
lol you owe me money. Classic!
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flangoman4 1 year ago
in ireland, this film is known as '' streetfighter ''.
irishbollix 1 year ago
There are some funky moves at the start of this fight I just can't understand no matter how much I watch it. What is that three punch combo that Bronson wants to land but Dimitri seems to be blocking at te start of the fight?
Fanfardon 1 year ago
Three straight rights to the stomach?
boxing1000 1 year ago
think these guys could beat philo bedoe from any which way but loose
metairie33 1 year ago 2
Once upon a time there was a fight between a big bouncer and a man who thought he was a bully, It was outside the Gary Owen in Birmingham and every wannabe gangsta cowered at the prospect of going it, They just watched as bare fist hit face and no winge or knife came about. They became exhausted and respected each other BUT before that both waited for the other to get up, The bully's enemy was cheered all the way. But they were impossibly matched, He learnt humility at least.
johnanthonyp 1 year ago
together turn you on
lockyer71 1 year ago
BET you enjoy men toegether turn you on
lockyer71 1 year ago
Hello insane just woke up from your afternnon nap suppose your acid mouth going to start watch out everyone
lockyer71 1 year ago
Great movie and Bronson is greatest!
routakynsi 1 year ago 11
SOBER FIGHT...GOOD REAL SHIT!!!
STARRBUCK1973 1 year ago 3
Bronson was in such great shape in all his movies. He was ripped in all his movies.
ravioli5111 1 year ago 6
Bronson rules!!
chairmanofthebored1 2 years ago 5
fucking hell ! one helluva tough fight , real tough men. certainly wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of any of them.
cujo9 2 years ago 3
i admire charlie because he loved his wife jill ireland,and stayed with her through out their careers.he was a true hard man and a gent,unlike your so called hard men like willis ,that allow his ex wife s arse to be displayed on the net by her new perv boyfriend,what type of man is that
eatmypies 2 years ago 27
You hit the nail on the head with your comment!I read he never left her side.They don't make them like Charles anymore...
boxing1000 2 years ago 4
@eatmypies I don't....my reason..once this crazy old women who was a huge fan gave her measly inheritance to him when she died and her family were really poor and he didn't give it back to them. He was worth millions........
starswitch 1 year ago
@eatmypies What do you mean 'allow'? What's Bruce Willis supposed to do, kick the shit out of her?
jumpoutatree 1 year ago
One who doesent care about his prozzy bitch ex wife.
wilsonnortheast 1 year ago
@eatmypies Hey! it's HER arse on display... not his.
kashpc 1 year ago
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@eatmypies what the fuck? do you even read an think about what you talk about? Charles Bronson exwife is ended up being some lunatic, i think i remember some guy even prank calls her with charles voice.
thefriendsociety 1 year ago
@eatmypies
Hi!
You are shocking me!
Where is women liberty?
A woman is free to have relation with any thing even animals!
A man also, he is freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! It isn’t?
So, why some of you hate Islam?
In Islam it is forbidden to do what you are speaking about.
Laarriiee33 1 year ago
@eatmypies
What could he have done about that exactly? What recourse did he have?
JamesThWilliams 1 year ago
@eatmypies a man who married a shitty woman and divorced a shitty woman simple as that...
52canada 1 year ago
@eatmypies a gay man.....
whokeithmoon 1 year ago
@eatmypies agreed, jill ireland was super hot! but he treated her like a gentleman and was true to her and she to him and wasnt a skank like so many others nowadays.
burtonrules123 1 year ago
53, almost 54 at time of release.
FosterSlug 2 years ago
There was actually a story after he died that said he may have been even older. An old friend from when he was younger said he shaved, I think it was about 5 years off his age.
BufordStone 2 years ago
how old was bronson there 45 50?
kellytttt 2 years ago
You wish...54!!!!
boxing1000 2 years ago
Director Walter Hill said in a recent interview that Bronson was in remarkable shape but he also was a smoker. He smoked a lot, so Hill said, he probably could only fight for 30 or 40 seconds. he didn´t have lots of stamina, Hill said!
Katzenhase 2 years ago
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people who fight with shirts off are gay.
zackhanscom 2 years ago
@zackhanscom no, UR GAY
layo83 2 years ago
Bronson was the physical ideal of mine and many others. Ripped and rugged. Love this movie.
mpb1472 2 years ago 5
Absolutely...best physique I ever saw...
boxing1000 2 years ago 4
One guy in the background is Crispin Glover's father.
At least Street had enough honor not to cheat.
oeyesea 2 years ago
Mr. Glover is the crazy Mr. Wint!
jfayiii 2 years ago
So old, yet so ripped.
thesaxrocks 2 years ago 4
bronson is the man. if he only explained how he stayed so fit at that age, it would perhaps explain a lot. he was a coal miner since a little kid. if thats it, then you need to start young and may be harder to actually attain that kick ass, solid to every muscle fiber physiche
rvz77 2 years ago 2
Plus, lets face it..you have to have superior genetics to get that type of lean, muscular physique no matter how hard you train.
boxing1000 2 years ago 2
OUTSTANDING Movie.
NO:
Yuppies.
Candy-Asses.
Whiny Fucks with Cell phones............
Just MEN!
bugsmoran100 2 years ago
What a man!! Loved it when he beat the guy up and made his eyes roll in his head.
tommy2164 2 years ago 2
Nick Dimitri was a badass in his own right. Great choreography in this fight.
ArneFufkin 2 years ago 2
Great fighting with no music to throw it off. It's like that one scene in Transporter 2 where he uses the hose to fight.
bman32x 2 years ago
Bronson was a man making movies for men. If you don't get it then go watch "Grey's Anatomy" with the girls.
BufordStone 2 years ago
You don't fuck with Charles Bronson :| This is one of my all time favourite Charles Bronson movies together with The Great Escape, the Mechanic and I think the first three Death Wish movies were pretty damn good as well !
PrintulNoptii 2 years ago 2
This is how they settled things back in 1888 the good ol' days!
BANKAICHEESE 2 years ago
Definitely better made than Death Wish, this is in my top ten favorite movies of all time. Great actors, beautiful story and sets in the South. I've watched this movie many a times and use some of the blocking/punching in my workouts. Classic, Classic, Classic. I can't say enough about this movie. My dad made us watch this when it came out, saying "we gonna see a kick ass movie today".
murfdasurfer 2 years ago
Besides "Death Wish", this film was pretty damn good. It was just a simple story of surviving during the economic depression. I've heard stories, seen the footage and seen photos. Tough Times. Very Hard Times.
masterthespian1 2 years ago 3
This was a much better movie than Death Wish. In fact this was really a great movie. Far and away his best as the star as the acting was so much better.
diggiemac 2 years ago
Good old-fashioned fight. Very gentlemanly.
Aaecus 2 years ago 5
compared to other movies from this times it is kind of impressive.
Menschenfreind 2 years ago
tekken!
oneofussgoes 2 years ago
You owe me Money..
MihiLibertas 2 years ago
Thanx for the upload:p
GonzoMr 2 years ago
probably the closest thing that i have seen to the bare knuckle boxing days of 1800
wolfshirt2 2 years ago
EPIC!!!
Guard655 2 years ago
I'd like to see a tribute to this made since we once again find ourselves back in depression mode, but honestly, what fucking modern actor could compete with fucking Charles Bronson? The only two I can think of who come close are Danny Trejo and maybe Jason Stathem who can't fucking act
deadpool03mm 2 years ago 2
lol
xvVENDETTAvx 2 years ago
Hello to MMA 50 years before it was "invented".
Fanfardon 2 years ago
It would have to be Mr Mickey Rourke! By the way, my friends, imagine Rourke in the Tyler stuff in fight club. Wow! Brad, what a miscast!
johnanthonyp 2 years ago
you know they should remake this movie (not to say this movie is dated) i mean if they had the right actors, it might be ok. because we're in a depression now just like the period of this movie, it might appeal to people. im suprised film makers havent cashed in on the depression already. i mean the hot shit right now is vampire movies, and bad indy films. theres a lack of talent in hollywood right now i swear.
violenceinc 2 years ago
There is a no name actor writer named Joe Ricci who has written a modern day version. I actually read it its pretty good, actually more humor in the new version. He is trying to put the film together. I hope he does, what I read is really good. Same feel, modern day depression. Its going to be called Recession Road"
sammysinatra 2 years ago
u can tell he,s a real man from his face ,unlike the fagets of nowadays spiderman mother fucker & people r spending money to watch the fucking fogs???
trrinita 2 years ago
thank you! masculinity is dead as dillenger. you dont see movies like this anymore and when they do make something like it (or try to) its completely wussed out. the last few relics are clint eastwood and sometimes stallone.
violenceinc 2 years ago 2
I MEANT FRAZIER V ALI LOL!
johnanthonyp 2 years ago
Massively rehearsed, you romantics. Strictly come fighting. We all like Charles Bronson, folks but this isn't Ali V Holmes. My Irish fatherwouldn't give it a sniff. RIP Darren.
johnanthonyp 2 years ago
film génial et belle démonstration de boxe loyale ! saine et rustique
elmenocchio 2 years ago
i remebedr this movie my dad brought it home one night he was and is a charles bronson fan yes charles bronson did box adn he use to in his best shape do hundreds of push ups every day for years
cinna71 2 years ago
Man ... all this old actors in this 70s movies, looking even older than they were. How old were the people who went to cinema in this days ? It's quite interesting, cause today we see just young and good looking actors. How taste changes. Don't understand me wrong, i'm a great fan of 70s cinema, i just consider it interesting how this changed.
agt334 2 years ago
It's because they're not wearing makeup and resting between every arm swing or punch. I've watched many live fighting matches in smaller venues and this movie is the first to show how fights aren't very glamorous. It all comes down to grappling with an occasional well-placed punch, as experienced fighters don't punch a face, because the result is many painfully broken hand bones and loss of use of the hand.
riproar11 2 years ago 3
Of course, you are right. However, i think it is very interesting to see how cinema changed complete. Today, it is impossible, that an actor in his 50s, like Bronson, would become so popular and able to take part in action movies. The more interesting it is, if you consider, that bronson took part mainly in action movies.
agt334 2 years ago
Well however - the fact that he was a trained boxer made him more realistic than the most modern action stars.
agt334 2 years ago
These guys looked real because they were real, unlike today's pretty boys. Bronson grew up in PA coal mines with his daddy, was a tailgunner in a B-29 in WWII. Obviously, at 53, he can box, fight and is in amazing shape. The other guy, Nick Dmitri, was a Hollwood stuntman for yrs and clearly knows how to fight. BTY, Dmitri is the bartender who Seagal punches out in Out For Justice's famous bar scene. Also, this type of fighting back then was for guys who couldn't go pro for whatever reason.
teller121 2 years ago 3
You are right. Bronson really was in a fantastic shape and he did most of his stunts by himself. To see how much the cinema changed from 1970 to today - from real actors, real stunts to pure computer magic is fascinating for me. I don't want to say that the kind they make movies today isn't as good as back in the 60s, 70s but i think this movies do have a charme i miss in the new movies.
Greetings
agt334 2 years ago
I guess my bigger point was beyond Hard Times; that is, even if you look at the old war flicks and westerns, can you imagine current actors coming off as mature as the oldsters?Who nowadays could play the Burt Lancaster part in From Here to Eternity? (He was a real Sgt in the war and an acrobat in his younger days.) Too many examples to mention but so many of the oldsters came from tough backgrounds, went to war and had a certain "gravitas" to their efforts - i.e., Lee Marvin in Dirty Dozen.Thx.
teller121 2 years ago
Bronson is showing true bare knuckle boxing (before they starter adding in all those rules to the art)
Dragonfist12185 2 years ago
Good leg checks, excellent takedown defense, look out Brock Lesnar!
Tyzee 2 years ago
This final fight sequence took seven days to film of the thirty seven total for the entire film. Btw, Bronson was 53 years at that moment.
alfthechamp 2 years ago