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Lawless (2012)

116 min · Drama, Gangster Film, action film, crime film, drama film

Popularity4.5/5
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Directors

John Hillcoat

Cast

Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Chris McGarry, Gary Oldman, Lew Temple, Marcus Hester, Bill Camp, Alex Van, Noah Taylor, Mark Ashworth, Tom Proctor, Bruce McKinnon, Eric Mendenhall, Jeff Braun, Ron Clinton Smith

The story

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers — middle brother, Forrest, eldest brother, Howard, and youngest brother, Jack — are running a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia. The brothers use their gas station and restaurant as a front for dealing, with the assistance of Cricket, Jack's mechanically gifted friend, who builds and maintains their stills. Jack witnesses rum-runner, Floyd Banner, fatally shoot two federal agents in broad daylight for trying to arrest him.

Catalogue themes and tags

1931, 1940, Alkoholschmuggel, Bare Breasts, Brass knuckles, Brother Brother Relationship, Brothers, Bullet Wound, Bullet wound, Destillerie, Gaunerpaar, Gunfight, Moonshine, Police Corruption, Prohibition, Rape, Throat Slitting, Virginia, Crime Fiction, Western, Drama

Genres

Drama, Gangster Film, action film, crime film, drama film

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