Review of Lawless (2012) by Gavin S — 01 Feb 2013
Lawless? More like hopeless...as in this movie is. Sometimes having a bunch of great ingredients (Nick Cave, John Hillcoat, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce) can just not work when you throw shit into the mix (Shia LaBeouf).
La Beouf HAS to stop acting. He's ruining all kinds of otherwise decent movies. That being said, this was such wasted potential. Shia's the worst part of it, but there's hardly enough focus on the characters we want to see (Hardy, Oldman, Clarke) and all on Shia's awful job.
You can also see everything coming a mile away, guess true stories happen that way sometimes? Also the dialogue is mixed so quietly you have to strain to hear anything and then the action is so loud you go deaf.
A Waste: of talent, potential, and time. Avoid.
This review of Lawless (2012) was written by Gavin S on 01 Feb 2013.
Lawless has generally received positive reviews.
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