Lawless

Lawless is a 2012 American Southern Gothic gangster film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, who based his screenplay from Matt Bondurant's historical novel The Wettest County in the World. The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Guy Pearce. Set during the Prohibition era in the Appalachian countryside of Southwest Virginia, the film focuses on the violent conflict between three bootlegging brothers: Forrest (Hardy), Howard (Clarke), and Jack Bondurant (LaBeouf) — and the corrupt and ruthless lawman Charlie Rakes (Pearce), who tries to shut down the brothers' illegal moonshine operation after Forrest refuses to pay him off. The film was in development for about three years before being prod