12/14/2023
Synopsis: A group of brothers running liquor during prohibition bring blood and violence to anyone that threatens their family.
The Good: This is one of the best period films I’ve seen in so long. I saw it when it first came out and it carries with you. You don’t forget LeBeouf and Hardy. To notch cast and a violent, bold, upsetting look at a true story.
The Bad: If you don’t like blood, don’t watch.
Best Line: Oh, listen here, mister. We got no way of understandin’ this world. But we got about as much sense of this bird flyin’ in the sky. There is a lot that bird don’t know but it don’t change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same.
What I’m trying to say is, the course of your life it is changing. You don’t even see it.’
Fun Fact: The movie is based on actual events, as explained in the 2008 book “The Wettest County in the World” by Matt Bondurant, grandson of Jack Bondurant.
Verdict:
Technical: 8.25
Entertainment Value: 8
Genre Rating: 7.75
IMDb Score: 7.2
Total: 8
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