Out of the Furnace

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Christian Bale
Russell Baze

Woody Harrelson
Curtis DeGroat

Casey Affleck
Rodney Baze Jr.

Forest Whitaker
Wesley Barnes

Willem Dafoe
John Petty

Zoe Saldana
Lena Warren

Sam Shepard
Gerald "Red" Baze

Dendrie Taylor

Scott Cooper
Director

Scott Cooper
Screenwriter

Brad Ingelsby
Screenwriter

Leonardo DiCaprio
Producer

Jennifer Davisson Killoran
Producer

Ryan Kavanaugh
Producer

Ridley Scott
Producer

Michael Costigan
Producer

Tucker Tooley
Executive Producer

Ron Burkle
Executive Producer

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• Apr 07, 2016

  I am usually the first of the haters to criticize Christian Bale, as I never really thought much of him, but sometimes it just takes one performance to start to sway your mind in the other direction. Rarely do you see an actor cast in a role, that is absolutely perfect for them, but the lead role of Russell Baze fits Christian Bale like a glove. I have never seen Bale fit more easily into a role or take charge of a story the way he does here. Russell is an ex-con and the shame of his family. As Russell rots away in jail, his little brother, Rodney (Casey Affleck), has to take care of his ailing father, and try to keep Russell's wife from leaving him. When Russell finally gets out of jail, Rodney, an amateur fighter, finally gets the chance to leave the rust belt and earn some real money. Rodney appears on his way to doing just that, when he disappears in a notoriously brutal part of the mountains, leaving his brother alone to try and do the right thing. Along the lines of Winter's Bone, Joe, & Mud, Out of The Furnace is another dark, rural thrillers, that is all the rage in Hollywood these days, and while there are a lot of wannabes and copy-cats, when someone figures out the correct formula you end up with a gem like this. The writing here is Oscar worthy and the character development is everything I crave in a film. Out of The Furnace is under two hours long, but when it's done, I feel as though I know the characters in the same was as if I'd just watched 100 episodes of some TV show. I felt their emotions, I was empathetic to their situations, and I was on the edge of my seating waiting to see what would happen next. These are all marks of a great film, and while I don't really care for Christian Bale, he really has never been better.
  Todd S Super Reviewer
• Aug 10, 2015

  The cast put in good performances and the story works. It's not perfect, but it's watchable.
  Marcus W Super Reviewer
• Dec 30, 2014

  Well put together and directed despite the story's predictability. Ultimately entertaining and gripping.
  Ed K Super Reviewer
• Jul 15, 2014

  Mediocre at best. Starts out interestingly enough, but this movie gets distracted and unfocused. It doesn't know which story it wants to tell, so it tells all of the characters' stories, which just doesn't work here. It's trying to be about the two brothers, but it doesn't focus on them enough for it to mean much. And the whole telling all the characters' stories thing would work really well if this was a mini-series (maybe something they should look into) but just fails completely here because not enough background is given on most of the characters to make you care. So this is an ambitious attempt to tell a story but it ultimately falls short of whatever its goal was.
  Stephen S Super Reviewer

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