This is the Pure Movies review of Lawless, directed by John Hillcoat and starring Shia Labeouf, Tom Hardy , Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Chris McGarry, Tim Tolin and Gary Oldman. John Hillcoat picked up widespread acclaim for his Australian outback Western, The Proposition, in 2005. It was scripted by Nick Cave and starred Guy Pearce, among others. For Lawless, Hillcoat has again teamed up with Cave and Pearce for another period piece about outlaws who refuse to play by the rules. This time, the story is set in the Depression-era Virginia, in the midst of Prohibition. Based on real events, Shia LeBeouf and Tom Hardy play brothers Jack and Forrest Bondurant – country boys who supplement their income producing 'moonshine' liquor for their neighbours. Impressed by local gangster Floyd Banner (Gary Oldman), younger brother Jack decides that the brothers need to step up their operation to compete...
- 9/2/2012
- by David Hudson
- Pure Movies
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