Lawless (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay Entertainment reveal all the details
Title: Lawless (IMDb)
Starring: Tom Hardy
Released: 27th November 2012
SRP: $29.98 (DVD)
Further Details:
The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($39.99) releases of Lawless for November 27th. Extras will include a commentary with Director John Hillcoat and Author Matt Bondurant, Deleted Scenes, a True Story of the Wettest County in the World featurette, a Franklin County, VA: Then and Now featurette, and a “Midnight Run” Willie Nelson Music Video. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will also include a digital copy of the film.
Quote: The three Bondurant boys (Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke), along with their sultry new hire (Jessica Chastain), command the most lucrative bootlegging operation in Franklin County, Virginia. The locals consider them “indestructible.” But the law—in the form of a corrupt special deputy (Guy Pearce)—wants a cut of their action, at any cost. When youngest brother Jack (LaBeouf) gets a taste of power with a deadly gangster (Gary Oldman) the whole business blows sky high. Based on the astonishing true story, the Bondurant brotherhood is the stuff of legend.
News by Tom Woodward
Starring: Tom Hardy
Released: 27th November 2012
SRP: $29.98 (DVD)
Further Details:
The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($39.99) releases of Lawless for November 27th. Extras will include a commentary with Director John Hillcoat and Author Matt Bondurant, Deleted Scenes, a True Story of the Wettest County in the World featurette, a Franklin County, VA: Then and Now featurette, and a “Midnight Run” Willie Nelson Music Video. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will also include a digital copy of the film.
Synopsis
Quote: The three Bondurant boys (Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke), along with their sultry new hire (Jessica Chastain), command the most lucrative bootlegging operation in Franklin County, Virginia. The locals consider them “indestructible.” But the law—in the form of a corrupt special deputy (Guy Pearce)—wants a cut of their action, at any cost. When youngest brother Jack (LaBeouf) gets a taste of power with a deadly gangster (Gary Oldman) the whole business blows sky high. Based on the astonishing true story, the Bondurant brotherhood is the stuff of legend.
News by Tom Woodward
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Great movie, packed with great performances by everyone.
Yeh this was a solid movie. I could see how there might not be enough action for some but I thought it was well acted and well paced and held my interest. I do wish Gary Oldman had more to do in it tho
ILDC wrote: Poor Richard Roeper...
Why?
He still does reviews on TV on the Reelz Channel.
Why?
He still does reviews on TV on the Reelz Channel.
That's a long way from being Ebert's second banana.
I liked a lot Hillcoat's previous offerings, THE PROPOSITION and THE ROAD, but LAWLESS played too generic and uninteresting to me, and everything felt like a retread of many other stories we already know.
Also, all characters were too stereotypical, and the movie presented them in a very false and manichaean way, asking you to side with the "good guys", painted as noble crooks in contrast with the sadist "bad guy", when they were just as bad. And the violence was much more restrained and "sanitized" to be more palatable to the masses.
I would guess this was Hillcoat trying to play the Hollywood game, but I have no interest in a neutered Hillcoat.
Also, all characters were too stereotypical, and the movie presented them in a very false and manichaean way, asking you to side with the "good guys", painted as noble crooks in contrast with the sadist "bad guy", when they were just as bad. And the violence was much more restrained and "sanitized" to be more palatable to the masses.
I would guess this was Hillcoat trying to play the Hollywood game, but I have no interest in a neutered Hillcoat.
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