Out of the Furnace

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Out Of The Furnace is blue collar, dirty realist filmmaking with a vengeance. The setting is post-industrial small town America in 2008 - in the midst of a new Depression. The shops are boarded up. There is rust on the building fronts and bridges. The only jobs available are in the local steel mill, itself rumoured to be closing down but still belching out smoke. The old men are riddled with disease from their time working there. Young men enlist in the army simply because itâ??s the only way to escape.

Life is cheap in Braddock, Pa., a boarded-up rust-belt town of closing steel mills and busted dreams. The only thing left to count on is family. That's the message that Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace returns to with harrowing frequency and force. Like 1978's The Deer Hunter, Cooper's devastating death trip nails the bond between two no-hope men pushed to violent extremes. Christian Baleâ??s Russell is a decent ex-con who canâ??t catch a break.

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Out Of The Furnace Official Movie Site - From the critically-acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart comes a gripping and gritty dramatic thriller about fate, circumstance, and justice. Russell...

When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement fails to follow through, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.

The rusted-out soul of steel town America and the ghosts of the 1970s post-Vietnam Hollywood cinema haunt Scott Cooper's 'Out of the Furnace,' a starkly powerful drama that in some ways feels like an Iraq-era bookend to 'The Deer Hunter.'

'Out of the Furnace' looks at the visceral bond between two troubled brothers.

From Scott Cooper, the critically-acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart, comes a gripping and gritty drama about family, fate, circumstance, and justice. Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell's brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so - with nothing left to lose - Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother. The impressive cast of Christian Bale and Casey Affleck are rounded out by Woody Harrelson, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard and Willem Dafoe.

'Out of the Furnace,' about two suffering brothers (Christian Bale and Casey Affleck) in Pennsylvania steel country. hits some of the same notes as 'The Deer Hunter' and Bruce Springsteen's early albums, but doesn't seem to have any idea what, exactly, it wants to say, or be.

Critics Consensus: While it may not make the most of its incredible cast, Out of the Furnace is still so packed with talent that it's hard to turn away.

Out of the Furnace is a 2013 American thriller film, directed by Scott Cooper, from a screenplay written by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby. Produced by Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio, the film stars Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe and Sam Shepard. The film received a limited release in Los Angeles and New York City on December 4, 2013, followed by a wide theatrical release on December 6.

Directed by Scott Cooper. With Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson. When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.