Lawless Parent Guide

Release date August 29, 2012

In this gritty look at the bootlegging industry during the Depression era, the Bondurant family (Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke) tries to keep control of their Virginia based moonshine manufacturing business when the local authorities and big-time mobsters decide they want in on the action.

Why is Lawless rated R? The MPA rated Lawless R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Run Time: 117 minutes

Lawless
Rating & Content Info

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Why is Lawless rated R? Lawless is rated R by the MPAA for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:

Violence:

- Frequent explicit violence.

- Portrayals of torture.

- Upsetting and disturbing scenes that may have an adverse psychological impact.

- Occasional gory and grotesque images.

- Violent acts shown in a realistic manner with detail, blood and tissue damage.

- Frequent depictions of beating, shooting, stabbing, throat-slitting and mutilation.

- Infrequent portrayals of corpses.

Sexual Content:

- Infrequent breast and female frontal nudity shown in a non-sexual context.

- Partial and full nudity shown in a sexual situation.

- Implied sexual activity.

- Sexual references and innuendo.

- Embracing and kissing.

Language:

- Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, sometimes in an aggressive context.

- Frequent cursing.

- Infrequent use of ethno-cultural and sexual slurs.

Drugs and Alcohol:

- Frequent tobacco use (smoking).

- Alcohol abuse.

Page last updated July 17, 2017

News About "Lawless"

Cast and Crew

Lawless is directed by John Hillcoat and stars Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman.

Home Video

The most recent home video release of Lawless movie is November 26, 2012. Here are some details…

Lawless releases to home video on November 27, 2012.

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Tom Hardy can be seen in Inception. Shia LaBeouf stars in the Transformers franchise. He also appears in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, along with Jason Clarke.