Thursday, December 29, 2016

'Live by Night' trailer has Ben Affleck rampaging through 1920s prohibition

LIVE BY NIGHT from WARNER BROS. PICTURES. Ben Affleck stars and directs in this period piece which will open in U.S., theaters Jan. 13, 2016. I enjoy modern actors starring in throwbacks of stories from the past. Johnny Depp portrayed John Dillinger in "Public Enemies" back in 2009. I have that on Blu-Ray.   

Warner Bros. Pictures says, "Live by Night - is set in the roaring `20s when Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough ambition and nerve and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police Superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss by stealing his money and his moll. The fiery affair ends in tragedy, setting Joe on a path of revenge, ambition, romance and betrayal that propels him out of Boston and up the ladder of Tampa’s steamy rum-running underworld." 

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