Thursday, January 3, 2013

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Lawless. Dir. John Hillcoat. Perf. Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce. Red Wagon Entertainment. 2012. Film.

Lawless is a spectactular film that will constantly have you on the edge of your seat. The three Bondurant brothers are running a bootlegging mill to sell to outsiders during The Great Depression. Set in Franklin County, Virginia, the bootlegger brothers find a way around getting caught by the law by sharing profits and moonshine with the deputies in town. As the family business of bootlegging becomes booming a big time man named Rakes from Chicago has come to take them down. Jack ,the youngest of the three brothers, wants to take charge of the moonshining business when his eldest brother Forrest is nearly killed by local gangsters. Realizing that he isn't strong enough to take over all the business he sells to a local gangster by the name of  Floyd Banner. After the biggest sell of their entire lives the three brothers and many friends come to the bridge to help them take down Rakes and his men. Therefore giving them back all the power in Franklin County.

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