Review of Lawless (2012) by Leong C — 10 Mar 2013

I'll give it an OK, as Tom Hardy managed to balance out the bullshit performance by Shia LaBeouf...

This review of Lawless (2012) was written by Leong C on 10 Mar 2013.

Lawless has generally received positive reviews.

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