Out of the Furnace (2013)

United Kingdom, United States of America

Thriller, Drama, Crime

Energy Entertainment, Appian Way, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions, Red Granite Pictures

Christian Bale, Zoe Saldaña, Woody Harrelson, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker

Scott Cooper

Scott Cooper, Brad Ingelsby

Taglines: Sometimes your battles choose you.

prison, drug dealer, sibling relationship, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), bare knuckle boxing, brother, psychopath, iraq war veteran, drug use, revenge, car accident, justice, family, steel mill, rust belt, neo-noir, manslaughter, social decay, violence

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

Reviews:

Author: AstroNoud
‘Out of the Furnace’ tells a gripping - although somewhat predictable - story, that focuses mainly on its characters and their emotions, choices and motives. The cast here is truly exceptional, especially Bale and Harrelson, delivering real and raw performances. 8/10