Tom Hardy is eloquent in the 1920s-set gangland drama `` Lawless '' The film , written by Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat , is a sturdy piece of traditionalism with outrÃ© touches ( like Mark Lanegan 's cover of the Velvet Underground 's `` White Light/White Heat , '' the perfect anachronistic filigree for a story about white lightning ) . The film , written by Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat , is a sturdy piece of traditionalism . It has been described as'an epic tale about two brothers who are sent to prison for murder but escape from their captors with help from a mysterious stranger named Billy ( Hardy ). "
Tom Hardy is eloquent in the 1920s-set gangland drama `` Lawless '' The film , written by Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat , is a sturdy piece of traditionalism . It has been described as'an epic tale about two brothers who are sent to prison for murder but escape from their captors with help from a mysterious stranger named Billy ( Hardy ). "