Reviews BRONSON!  Farewell, Friend  Farewell, Friend  Adieu
l’ami / Honor Among Thieves  Jean Herman  France / Italy, 1968
Review by Cullen Gallagher  Posted on 08 November 2011  Source
Lions Gate DVD  Categories BRONSON!  Even in hindsight, it is
rarely easy to pinpoint precisely when a star is born. Charles
Bronson’s nativity was long and arduous, filled with nearly two
decades of supporting role in A-picture hits and B-picture
misses, but it could be argued that Bronson’s ascent from
background heavy to leading man began right here, in a French
film called Adieu l’ami (alternately translated as the literal
Farewell, Friend, and the more enticing but more generic Honor
Among Thieves). Bronson’s cold violence, mute intensity, and
brusque physicality had been honed throughout his career (and,
one might add, even his life), but with this particular film
they were brought to the forefront. No longer would he just add
color or intensity to a scene here and a moment there; from now
on, the weight of the narrati