BOOTLEGGERS is a low budget, localised 1970s movie about a bunch of rival redneck families producing moonshine and battling each other for supremacy in the great outdoors. It was made in Arkansas by director Charles B. Pierce, the man perhaps best known today for his BOGGY CREEK Bigfoot movies. The film feels a little like them in terms of look and feel, but it's quite a shoddy production that lacks energy and finesse.
The story isn't dissimilar to that told in HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS, although it's hardly as exciting. The actors give, shall we say, naturalistic performances, but nobody really shines or convinces in their part. There's some mild suspense in terms of working out what's going to happen next but it all feels quite passe and predictable, and there's really nothing going on here to get worked up about. The film's low rent, non-Hollywood realism is probably the most interesting thing about it.
The story isn't dissimilar to that told in HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS, although it's hardly as exciting. The actors give, shall we say, naturalistic performances, but nobody really shines or convinces in their part. There's some mild suspense in terms of working out what's going to happen next but it all feels quite passe and predictable, and there's really nothing going on here to get worked up about. The film's low rent, non-Hollywood realism is probably the most interesting thing about it.