Lawless

2012 • 1h 55m •

Crime Drama Western

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 7.1/10

3,418 reviews

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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.

"When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes."

Top Billed Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Jack Bondurant

Tom Hardy

Forrest Bondurant

Gary Oldman

Floyd Banner

Guy Pearce

Charlie Rakes

Jason Clarke

Howard Bondurant

Jessica Chastain

Maggie Beauford

Mia Wasikowska

Bertha Minnix

Dane DeHaan

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D Dark Jedi Verified TMDB Critic

2018-06-30

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 Pear...