New Trailer For Ben Affleck's LIVE BY NIGHT: "We're All Going to Hell"
Warner Bros. has unveiled the final trailer for Live By Night, a gangster drama directed by Ben Affleck. It's based on a book by Dennis Lehane (Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island), but I didn't realize this movie was also written by Affleck as well (he's previously co-written with other people, but this is his first solo writing credit).
The new trailer has all of the explosive action and Boston accents you'd want out of a 1920s-set gangster movie, and the studio has pushed up its release date to late this year so it qualifies for awards, so they must think they have something good on their hands here. For me personally, this looks a little self-serious, but I've liked everything Affleck has directed thus far, so at this point, there's no reason to think that streak will be broken here.
Live By Night hits limited theaters on December 25th before going wide on January 13, 2017.
Here's the official synopsis:
What you put out into this world will always come back to you, but it never comes back how you predict. Taking fatherly advice is not in Joe Coughlin’s nature. Instead, the WWI vet is a self-proclaimed anti-establishment outlaw, despite being the son of the Boston Police Deputy Superintendent. Joe’s not all bad, though; in fact, he’s not really bad enough for the life he’s chosen. Unlike the gangsters he refuses to work for, he has a sense of justice and an open heart, and both work against him, leaving him vulnerable time and again—in business and in love. Driven by a need to right the wrongs committed against him and those close to him, Joe heads down a risky path that goes against his upbringing and his own moral code. Leaving the cold Boston winter behind, he and his reckless crew turn up the heat in Tampa. And while revenge may taste sweeter than the molasses that infuses every drop of illegal rum he runs, Joe will learn that it comes at a price.