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Lawless (2012)  link to Lawless on IMDb  

Number: 680

poster Lawless

IMDb Rating:
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7.3/10 (56836 votes)

Country: USA, 116 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Director(s): John Hillcoat

Storyline:
In 1931, in Franklyn County, Virginia, Forrest Bondurant is a legend as immortal after surviving the war. Together with his brothers Howard and the coward Jack, the Bondurant family has a distillery and bootlegging business. When the corrupt District Attorney Mason Wardell arrives in Franklyn with the unscrupulous Special Deputy Charles Rakes, the Bondurant family refuses to pay the required bribe to the authorities. Rakes pursuits the brothers and unsuccessfully tries to find their distillery. Meanwhile Forrest hires the waitress Maggie, a woman with a hidden past in Chicago, and they fall in love with each other. Jack courts the preacher's daughter Bertha Minnix and deals a great load of alcoholic liquor with the powerful gangster Floyd Banner. Jack shows off in Franklyn attracting the attention of Rakes that finds the location of their distillery. When he kills the crippled Cricket Pate, the locals join forces to face the corrupt authorities.

Cast:

photo Shia LaBeouf Shia LaBeouf
photo Tom Hardy Tom Hardy
photo Jason Clarke Jason Clarke
photo Guy Pearce Guy Pearce
photo Jessica Chastain Jessica Chastain
photo Mia Wasikowska Mia Wasikowska
photo Dane DeHaan Dane DeHaan
photo Chris McGarry Chris McGarry
photo Gary Oldman Gary Oldman
photo Lew Temple Lew Temple

Medium: DVD R/RW,

Location: Library

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1