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Lawless (2012)  link to Lawless on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2115

cover Lawless

IMDb Rating:
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7.3/10 (200.7K votes)

Country: United States, 116 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director(s): John Hillcoat

Storyline:
In 1931, in Franklin 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 Franklin with the unscrupulous Special Deputy Charles Rakes, the Bondurant family refuses to pay the required bribe to the authorities. Rakes pursues 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 Franklin attracting the attention of Rakes that finds the location of their distillery. When he kills the crippled Cricket Pete, the locals join forces to face the corrupt authorities.

Cast:

Shia LaBeouf Jack Bondurant
Tom Hardy Forrest Bondurant
Jason Clarke Howard Bondurant
Guy Pearce Charlie Rakes
Jessica Chastain Maggie Beaufort

Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 17 Slot 74

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1