A depression era drama starring Tom Hardy, Shia LeBeouf, Jessica Chastain and Gary Oldman.
Gangster meets Western in the movie “Lawless,” the true story of the freewheelin’ Bondurants brothers, bootlegging siblings taking the law into their own hands. This is the story of the rural hard–men that created the big city gangsters. Brazen and fearless, these young rebel brothers helped build the American Dream in this exuberant tale of what was to become crime’s first major gold rush.
The youngest brother, JACK, fancies himself the next Al Capone; he dreams of sharp suits, guns, girls and fast cars, no matter the cost. Ambitious and impulsive, he takes the family’s small–scale moonshining operation to the big leagues, to impress the gorgeous but off–limits Amish girl, BERTHA.
The middle brother, HOWARD, is the brawling muscle — loyal but reckless — never one to turn down a taste of white lightning.
And eldest brother, FORREST, reluctantly accepts the changing times with grace and grit, leading the family with strength of character and silent determination against the beginnings of corporate greed.
An enigmatic and stunning Maggie (Jessica Chastain) comes to town with a hidden past, igniting his passion and almost saving him in the process. As the Bondurants’ legend grows, so too does the danger, and it’s not long before the brothers must face the consequences of their transgressions, or rewrite the myth and the law themselves.
Originally entitled “The Wettest County In The World.”
From the director of the movie “The Road, which was based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name.
