A good movie

Ever since he came up with the amazing 'The Proposition', all the following directing efforts delivered by John Hillcoat have generated some nice buzz before they were released but, eventually, none of them made much waves after all. This movie was a good example. I mean, it was not bad at all, it was actually pretty good but I can't say it really blew me away though. First of all, why did they change the title? Indeed, it used to be called 'The Wettest County in the World' and this working title sounded pretty awesome but they ended up with the rather bland 'Lawless'. Of course, who cares about the title anyway? Still, the whole thing looked really neat, there was a really nice soundtrack so the mood was pretty much pitch-perfect. Furthermore, Hillcoat had once again a really strong cast at his disposal (Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Gary Oldman) so all the ingredients seemed to be there to create something great and, yet, it turned out to be a decent watch but not much more than that, I'm afraid. I don't know, this tale was entertaining but it was missing something to be really spellbinding. Maybe there were too many characters or maybe the material was just not strong enough. Anyway, even if it didn't really blow me away, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

7/10