Crime "Lawless" Movie Commentary Copy
Have you ever heard of Prohibition in the United States?
Do you know what happened in America after prohibition?
In this issue, let's talk about a crime film related to it
Lawless" aka "Savage Justice
Based on a true story
In early 1920, the U.S. Congress officially passed Prohibition.
All beverages containing more than 0.5% alcohol
It was illegal.
Once this law came out
The major distilleries have closed down and gone bankrupt.
A new industry emerged.
It was the sale of moonshine
Because there is a huge market for alcohol in the United States.
Many people still like to drink.
This industry is profitable
Even jerks from all walks of life became bootleggers.
Our story takes place in 1933.
In a small town called Franklin.
Almost everyone here knows how to make wine.
In the words of this movie
At night, you look at the hills.
You see the fires that people raise for the stills.
It's like lights on a Christmas tree.
Our main characters are three brothers who make a living selling moonshine.
The older brother Howard, the second brother the male lead, and the third brother Jack
Of the three men, the main man is considered the head of the family
Because he works calmly and fights well
While the third brother Jack is the opposite
Not only impulsive character but also often be praised
Since the prohibition of alcohol, the three of them have been bribing judges and police officers
Home brewed wine to sell to the city's bar dance
Business has been going well
Until the arrival of a few uninvited guests one morning
Shattered their quiet life
The sheriff who came with them said
This is the new special agent Charlie and the prosecutor
If you three brothers still want to sell alcohol
you will also have to pay them
The main character was already very angry when he heard that
The special agent Charlie also arrogantly pointed at his shoulders a lecture
And also fell in love with his store waitress heroine
And the hero is fond of the heroine
He was instantly angry
The other side of the prosecutor asked the young police officer to hand over a piece of money
Wanted to buy a can of brandy to try
And the man took the money and did not go to get the wine
Instead, he walked straight up to the prosecutor and scolded
If you bring that clown here again
I'll make him come upright and go sideways
And then shoved the money back
The atmosphere was instantly tense
The two sides were at war
Fortunately, the moment of truth, the main man stopped
That night, the town's bootleggers gathered for a meeting.
Since they met the difficult commissioner
Everyone said they had to give in
To pay bribes to live longer
Only the three main brothers refused to give in
said they still want to do their business normally
The next day the sheriff approached Charlie in private.
He warned that the man was not to be trifled with.
He was a bit indestructible.
However, Charlie laughed at this.
He thought the sheriff was too superstitious.
There is no such thing as indestructible
Did you know that there is a thing called a gun in this world?
The sheriff went on to say that this is not Chicago.
You can't just fire a gun or there will be public outrage
But Charlie still wouldn't listen.
A few days later he was looking for trouble again.
He came to Jack's best friend Curly's booze den.
Jack happened to be in the same place.
Charlie immediately raised his gun at him.
Once he saw that he was a bully, he beat him up.
Jack was beaten with blood all over his head very badly
And after the hero learned of this
Not immediately to avenge Jack
Instead, he used the incident to teach him a lesson
You can't let something like this happen again
On the other hand, Charlie still did not stop.
Another two followers sent to find trouble
The main man did not even have to fight, the
Big brother Howard went straight out and took them down
And beat them up too
The hero saw the situation and quickly intervened to stop
It would not be good if there was a fatal accident
One snowy night
In the bar two gangsters molested the female owner of the store
Little curly hair saw and rushed to inform the hero
When the hero came out
The heroine has already fought with the gangsters to move the knife
The main man does not want to make a big deal
So he told the gangsters to leave the place
However, one of them said
It was the heroine who started the trouble
The little curly-haired man whispered to the hero
It was actually the gangsters who pulled out the gun first
The heroine pulled out the knife
Now the hero is angry and immediately shot down the two gangsters
Then dragged them out of the door one by one
Afterwards, the heroine helped him to treat the wounds on his body
The two of them had already fallen in love with each other
Tonight she also intended to stay overnight
But the man of the wooden sodium is not open the mouth
So the heroine had to drive away
The hero sneaked to the front door alone
Accidentally found the front cover of the car was open
When he went to close the lid
But he was attacked by the two gangsters just now
One of them grabbed his hands
The other one took the opportunity to slit his throat
The man quickly reached for his throat
Then he fell to the ground with convulsions
The heroine was driving her car
Suddenly found no wheel marks on the road
Now realized that the two gangsters did not leave
So she drove back to the car
At this time she did not know that the main man had been attacked
Straight into the bar
And the two gangsters did not leave
One of them hugged the heroine's body from behind
and pulled out a knife
The next day the heroine was bruised and battered
And the man survived
The doctor said he walked to the hospital alone with his wounds
After a few days of rest
The heroine came to the hospital to ask for his resignation
She did not tell him that she was raped
She just said that those people are too bad
The reason she came to work here
She wanted to get away from that kind of people
And of course he didn't want her to leave
So he asked her to pay off the hotel room and come to live with him
It's safer that way
During the time he was in the hospital
Third brother Jack was a bit restless
He felt that he had grown strong
Can take charge of his own
So he stole the warehouse key while the hero was resting
Then he went to the warehouse and moved a cart of wine
And arranged for Curly to contact the gangsters in the city
He intended to sell the car to them
However, the two of them did not take long to get on the road before the car died
It turned out that Curly had forgotten to refuel the car because he was so excited.
What should we do?
Jack was very angry that the road is full of police
The key moment is the little curly hair thought of a solution
Immediately from the trunk to take out a can of spirits to add to the gas tank
And it worked!
Then he lit a fire.
The two of them continued on their way
By the time they reached the city, it was already dark
The two men successfully met up with the gangsters
However, the gangsters pulled out their guns at them without mercy
Then they took them to the pre-digged pit
Obviously, they wanted to kill and take over the goods
Then the gangster also came over
He said to them that in this world
There is no need for virtue in business anymore
Then he ordered his men to kill them
At the critical moment Jack had to tell his family's name
The black boss immediately let them go
He also took away all their wine at a price higher than the market price
The reason why the black boss did this is not afraid of the hero
But because he is now wanted
He didn't want to get into trouble
Then the black boss also told a secret
The gangsters who attacked the hero that day were actually sent by Charlie
Then he wrote out the address of the gangster
And asked Jack to give it to the hero
The next day Jack drove back home
Because he succeeded in getting a carload of alcohol
He also got the address of the two gangsters
The hero also did not blame him again
That night, the hero took Howard and broke into the gangsters' apartment
Torture directly cut off the second brother of one of them
and asked Jack to give it to Charlie
The next morning Charlie heard a knock at the door
He opened the door but didn't see anyone.
Just a package on the floor
He opened the package and was almost scared to pee
Some time after that
The three brothers' bootlegging business was growing.
Although they were often attacked by Charlie and other police officers
But they got away with it every time.
Jack and Howard devised the
The largest distillery ever built in Franklin County
And hid it in the woods.
The police couldn't find it.
The relationship between the hero and heroine
Because the male lead is too uninitiated
The female protagonist could not resist
So in one night took the initiative to give her body
The two at least is a lover finally become a couple
Compared to the good life of the three brothers
Those who had succumbed to Charlie's peers but most of them had a very bad life
Because this Charlie crossed the river and demolished the house
Just after accepting the bribe, he immediately turned his back on them
Want to kill them all
One day
Jack took his girlfriend to visit the distillery they hid in the woods
Unbeknownst to them, they were followed by Charlie and other prohibition police.
Luckily, Howard, who was on sentry duty from a distance, saw the cops.
The situation is critical, Jack asked Curly to escort his girlfriend away first.
He ran to the side to get a gun
Soon Charlie broke in with two police officers
But after looking around, he didn't find anyone.
Howard followed and opened the door with a kick.
Three punches and two kicks knocked out two police officers
Then he stomped Charlie underfoot
Jack, who had been watching from nearby
Seeing that his brother had the upper hand, he also rushed in with a gun
But he did not dare to shoot Charlie
Then he ran away with his brother
But this also makes Charlie feel very humiliated
Crawled up and fired two wild shots but did not hit
Soon the police caught the little curly hair and Jack's girlfriend
The sheriff knew that this little girl was a good girl
So he led her away
The little curly-haired girl who stayed behind was brutally murdered by Charlie.
He took her to a deserted place and strangled her alive.
He got my designer shirt dirty.
And called me a fucking pussy.
Then the police set off the three brothers' liquor factory with one shot.
Afterwards, the pissed-off hero slaps Jack.
While he's reprimanding him.
Howard brought the news of the murder of the little curly hair
Jack was stunned for a moment and then cried out
Because the little curly hair is his best friend
For several days, Jack seemed to have lost his soul.
Until one morning
The sheriff came to report a message
that Curly's death wasn't the end but the beginning.
The DA had issued an order to shut down the town.
Charlie and the police were guarding the bridge in and out of town.
The sheriff's message was that he wanted the three brothers to stay put.
But when the impulsive Jack heard Charlie was there.
He immediately grabbed a gun and drove off.
He was going to avenge the little curly hair
Howard shouted in the back half a day to no avail
Had to call the main man to help
And just as he was about to leave.
But the heroine came and stopped him.
She said, "Do I have to see you die again?
See you fall in a pool of blood half of your neck was pulled open
The hero then realized that he did not run to the hospital alone that day
but by the heroine to the hospital
At the same time, he also guessed that the heroine was raped by the gangster thing
After all, she could not stop him
Jack this kid is really crazy
He ran up to a dozen police officers and pulled out a gun
Hissed where Charlie was
But he didn't dare to shoot
But Charlie was the one who dared to shoot and fired two shots
One of the shots hit Jack right in the stomach
Then the main man came with his men
Without saying anything, the two sides then engaged in a fierce gun battle
In the process, two police officers were shot and fell to the ground
The driver on the hero's side was shot in the neck and bled profusely
The main man helped Jack to get into the car when he was also shot in the shoulder
The two brothers both fell to the ground
The sheriff could not stand it anymore
In order to avoid more casualties ordered everyone to cease fire
But Charlie, who was in a frenzy, didn't listen to him.
Fuck you, hillbillies!
At that moment the other bootleggers came over.
They'd had enough of Charlie.
They pulled out their guns and fought with the police.
In the stalemate, this Charlie still refused to stop
While shouting and shouting, he was charging forward
The sheriff could not stand it any longer
From behind a shot to put him down
Only then did Charlie realize that he was alone
Had to run away in a hurry
Others are afraid to kill him only the hero dare to kill him
But he did not shoot
Charlie was the first to turn around and shoot a few shots
Two of the shots hit the main man's body
The bootleggers shot back.
Charlie had to run away again
At this point, Jack finally could not stand it anymore.
Get up and pick up the hero's gun
He chased Charlie into the tunnel.
Howard saw this also followed
Charlie was walking when he heard someone following him
Just about to turn around and shoot
But Jack was the first to shoot him twice
This time without any hesitation
Followed by Howard, who also pulled out a knife
A knife was thrust into Charlie's body
Charlie fell to his knees and breathed heavily.
After everything was over
Once again, the hero survived.
After Prohibition was lifted in 1933
The three brothers went their separate ways.
Howard married and had children and became a textile factory worker.
Jack also married and had children and inherited his father's farm.
He raised cattle in his spare time.
The hero and the heroine got married in a low-profile way
After a family gathering
The hero lost his footing and fell into the cold reservoir
But he still didn't die
But no one can stay alive forever
After this drowning, he developed pneumonia
He passed away shortly afterwards
The movie was released in 2012
Today, it seems that the American prohibition is a failure and a strange one
First of all, there is something wrong with this ban itself
Prohibition does not prohibit drinking
You can drink as much as you want
It was the manufacture and sale of alcohol that was banned.
After prohibition, alcoholism increased.
Because there was always a way to get alcohol.
If you can't buy it on the market, you go to a bootlegger to buy it.
The more it was banned, the crazier it became.
Moreover, Prohibition gave birth to the American Mafia.
Before Prohibition
American gangs were mainly involved in violent activities such as kidnapping and extortion.
But since Prohibition, it's been a different story.
It was a lucrative and non-life-threatening activity.
Gangs everywhere turned to bootlegging.
They cooperated with each other over time to form the Mafia
Well, that's all for this issue.
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