Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
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Film Cast:
- Jack Bondurant: Shia LaBeouf
- Forrest Bondurant: Tom Hardy
- Floyd Banner: Gary Oldman
- Charlie Rakes: Guy Pearce
- Howard Bondurant: Jason Clarke
- Maggie Beauford: Jessica Chastain
- Bertha Minnix: Mia Wasikowska
- Cricket Pate: Dane DeHaan
- Danny: Chris McGarry
- Mason Wardell: Tim Tolin
- Deputy Henry Abshire: Lew Temple
- Deputy Jeff Richards: Marcus Hester
- Sheriff Hodges: Bill Camp
- Tizwell Minnix: Alex Van
- Gummy Walsh: Noah Taylor
- Hophead #1: Mark Ashworth
- Hophead #2: Tom Proctor
- Jimmy Turner: Bruce McKinnon
- Spoons Rivard: Eric Mendenhall
- Ida Belle: Toni Byrd
- Young Jack: Robert T. Smith
- Young Forrest: Jake Nash
- Young Howard (as William Harrison): William J. Harrison
- Aunt Winnie: Joyce Baxter
- Doctor: Jeff Braun
- Young Black Girl: Malinda Baker
- Goon #1: Tom Turbiville
- Mugger #1: Chad Randall
- Mugger #2: Terry Keasler
- Junior: Duncan Nicholson
- Bootlegger: Ron Clinton Smith
- Old Mountain Woman: Anna House
- Bootlegger #2: Ricky Muse
- Stogie Pete: Peter Krulewitch
Film Crew:
- Casting: Francine Maisler
- Editor: Dylan Tichenor
- Makeup Artist: Ken Diaz
- Director of Photography: Benoît Delhomme
- Set Decoration: Maria Nay
- Producer: Lucy Fisher
- Sound Designer: Leslie Shatz
- Music: Nick Cave
- Music: Warren Ellis
- Art Direction: Gershon Ginsburg
- Director: John Hillcoat
- Production Design: Chris Kennedy
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Chris David
- Novel: Matt Bondurant
- Costume Design: Margot Wilson
- Producer: Doug Wick
- Producer: Megan Ellison
- Supervising Sound Editor: Christopher Eakins
- Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Jackson
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Brad Sherman
- Production Sound Mixer: Lisa Pinero
Movie Reviews:
- Per Gunnar Jonsson: 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 Pearce plays the role well though. That goes for the rest of the main cast as well. It is a well-acted movie.
It kind of drags on a bit though. The real action where they finally take on the asshole deputy is not until the very end of the movie. Okay, that is perhaps understandable but until then the movie is quite slow. I would not have minded to see both the older Bondurant brothers being a bit more into the action but instead we mostly follow Jack (Shia LaBeouf) on his various more or less silly escapades and romantic adventures which, not very surprisingly, ends up with him leading previously mentioned asshole deputy right to their illegal booze factory…sigh! I am not 100% convinced that you can survive having your throat cut by the way. I think that was rather silly.
It is a good movie and of a lot higher quality than most although perhaps not exactly my style of movie and I have to say that I thought the ending, with Forrest blundering into the frozen lake, was rather meh. Still, it is worth 6 out o10 stars but not more as far as I am concerned.