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7.1/10 • 3.1K

2012-08-291h 55m

CrimeDramaWestern

When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

Directors
John Hillcoat
Editors
Dylan Tichenor

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Shia LaBeouf

    Shia LaBeouf

    Jack Bondurant

  2. Tom Hardy

    Tom Hardy

    Forrest Bondurant

  3. Gary Oldman

    Gary Oldman

    Floyd Banner

  4. Guy Pearce

    Guy Pearce

    Charlie Rakes

  5. Jason Clarke

    Jason Clarke

    Howard Bondurant

  6. Jessica Chastain

    Jessica Chastain

    Maggie Beauford

  7. Mia Wasikowska

    Mia Wasikowska

    Bertha Minnix

  8. Dane DeHaan

    Dane DeHaan

    Cricket Pate

  9. Lew Temple

    Lew Temple

    Deputy Henry Abshire

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

Jun 30, 2018

6/10

Well, as the blurb says, Lawless is the true (hmmm ?) story about the Bondurant brothers. This is one of the movies that my dear wife picked up. I had no clue concerning this movie until we watched it. It turned out be an enjoyable movie evening. This is a well done movie indeed although I felt like it could have been an even better movie at the end. Acting, scenery, general story is all quite good. Well the story is okay. It is not exactly ground breaking but rather a standard bootlegging kind of story. The new deputy is a real asshole to the extent of being somewhat unbelievable. Guy Pearce plays the role well though. That goes for the rest of the main cast as well. It is a well-acted movie. It kind of drags on a bit though. The real action where they finally take on the asshole deputy is not until the very end of the movie. Okay, that is perhaps understandable but until then the movie is quite slow. I would not have minded to see both the older Bondurant brothers being a bit more into the action but instead we mostly follow Jack (Shia LaBeouf) on his various more or less silly escapades and romantic adventures which, not very surprisingly, ends up with him leading previously mentioned asshole deputy right to their illegal booze factory…sigh! I am not 100% convinced that you can survive having your throat cut by the way. I think that was rather silly. It is a good movie and of a lot higher quality than most although perhaps not exactly my style of movie and I have to say that I thought the ending, with Forrest blundering into the frozen lake, was rather meh. Still, it is worth 6 out o10 stars but not more as far as I am concerned.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$26,000,000.00
Revenue
$55,404,207.00
Keywords
corruptionbased on novel or bookprohibition erabrothergangstergreat depressionappalachiabootleggingshootoutbrutalitychurchmoonshinevirginia1930slawmanbrothersviolence