"Lawless": Young and Dangerous Uprising

I haven't seen such a classic and brutal gangster film for a long time. Compared with Brian De Palma's classic film "Ambition of Righteousness", which also chose the background of the prohibition period, this film is more delicate and slow. . Watching "Lawless" has a feeling of appreciating "The Godfather", "Scarface" and "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​at the same time, because it has the thickness and depth of "The Godfather" and the "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​on the past. A touch of sadness, but at the same time full of Scarface's fascination with violence and wildness. However, compared to the elegant and ruthless gangster images in classic gangster films such as "The Godfather", the gangsters headed by Tom Hardy in "Lawless" are more like young and dangerous. They don't have strict hierarchy and management regulations. The only thing is to dare to fight hard enough and to be careful, so watching "Lawless" will not have the pleasure and admiration brought by the kind of brainstorming that you have felt when watching classic gangster films in the past. I think this is also the original An important reason why the film is frequently cold in film festivals and the market is the lack of a rebellious sense of elite.
Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Guy Pierce and others in this film can be said to be reading with Shia LaBeouf, the prince, fortunately, Shia LaBeouf did not live up to everyone's expectations and no longer followed a group of big iron blocks Running, he successfully became an actor in "Lawless", and the character of Jack was timid and cowardly, indulged and lost, and finally mature and brave. Tom Hardy's performance disappointed me. He was almost only responsible for drinking and bleeding with a straight face in the film. The same is true for Gary Oldman. After the stunning "machine gun fire" debut, there was only one painless game left. The non-itchy trading scene completely fails to see the deep meaning of this gang leader. It is also a waste for a good actor like Oldman. On the contrary, the sissy policeman played by Gapiers is quite eye-catching. I really don't understand why an actor like Gapiers has not taken off his hat as a second-tier movie star.
At the end of the movie, Tom Hardy and others led the town's liquor dealers to have a big fight with the police who came to prohibit alcohol. This act of competing with the system reminded me of this year's masterpiece also starred by Hardy. In "The Dark Knight Rises", Hardy and others successfully broke through the system to avenge their friends through the uprising, but the uprising in "Lawless" is not as thoughtful as in "The Dark Knight Rises", but only stays in simple revenge and the pleasure of anger. Therefore, to sum up, "Lawless" is a good movie, but it doesn't have a high-sighted view.

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