Lawless Review | Examiner

Examiner.com writes: Not all movies are meant to be epic, but that doesn't stop director John Hillcoat from trying his damnedest to achieve that lofty goal. "Lawless", based off true events, is a film that on its surface is a very simple tale involving family, loyalty and corruption, but it constantly seems to want to be so much more than that by adding in all these extra layers, some fleshed out and others just there to add unneeded complexities. The film gets just about as much right as it gets wrong which can be attributed mostly to the sporadic nature of its near 2 hour long run time.