Lawless (2012)

Name: Lawless
Released: 2012
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke

• Movies, Crime, Drama, Western

• 115 min

7.0

When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.

Directed by: John Hillcoat
Casting: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Lew Temple, Chris McGarry, Tim Tolin, Marcus Hester, Bill Camp, Alex Van, Noah Taylor, Mark Ashworth, Tom Proctor, Bruce McKinnon, Eric Mendenhall, Toni Byrd, Robert T. Smith, Jake Nash, William J. Harrison, Joyce Baxter, Jeff Braun, Malinda Baker, Tom Turbiville, Chad Randall, Terry Keasler, Duncan Nicholson, Ron Clinton Smith, Anna House, Ricky Muse, Peter Krulewitch
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2012-08-29
Status: Released

Tags: corruption, based on novel or book, prohibition era, brother, gangster, great depression, appalachia, bootlegging, shootout, brutality, church, tommy gun, moonshine, virginia, 1930s, lawman, brothers, violence

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.