A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.
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.
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce
Director: John Hillcoat
Tags: gangster, based on novel or book, brother, corruption, great depression
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About Lawless
- Director
- John Hillcoat
- Cast
- Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan
- Writers
- Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant
- Release date
- 29/08/2012
- Rating
- R
- Original language
- EN
- Country
- US