"Out of the Furnace" was actually a surprisingly nice movie, given its synopsis which didn't really sell the movie all that well.
The storyline was compelling, albeit a bit stereotypical. Russell (played by Christian Bale) and his younger brother Rodney (played by Casey Affleck) live hard lives, and when Russell is thrown a curve ball and end up in prison, life becomes even harder. After having served time, he comes back to find his younger brother performing in staged fights for money. And when Rodney makes John Petty (played by Willem Dafoe) set up a fight through Harlan DeGroat (played by Woody Harrelson), Rodney is in over his head with a fatal outcome. Set out to avenge his brother's killer, Russell have to unravel the fight ring to get to DeGroat.
Despite a fairly generic storyline, then the acting talents on the cast list really carried the movie quite well. And they have some really great names to star in this movie. This is really one of Christian Bale's better movies, because he really has given himself into the role here and it shines through on the screen. But Woody Harrelson was really also quite at home in the role as the cold-hearted DeGroat.
One of the more memorable scenes in the movie was when the police were storming DeGroat's house. The way that was filmed, and with the way Harrelson was fixing, that was just phenomenal.
"Out of the Furnace" is a movie that is well worth watching.
The storyline was compelling, albeit a bit stereotypical. Russell (played by Christian Bale) and his younger brother Rodney (played by Casey Affleck) live hard lives, and when Russell is thrown a curve ball and end up in prison, life becomes even harder. After having served time, he comes back to find his younger brother performing in staged fights for money. And when Rodney makes John Petty (played by Willem Dafoe) set up a fight through Harlan DeGroat (played by Woody Harrelson), Rodney is in over his head with a fatal outcome. Set out to avenge his brother's killer, Russell have to unravel the fight ring to get to DeGroat.
Despite a fairly generic storyline, then the acting talents on the cast list really carried the movie quite well. And they have some really great names to star in this movie. This is really one of Christian Bale's better movies, because he really has given himself into the role here and it shines through on the screen. But Woody Harrelson was really also quite at home in the role as the cold-hearted DeGroat.
One of the more memorable scenes in the movie was when the police were storming DeGroat's house. The way that was filmed, and with the way Harrelson was fixing, that was just phenomenal.
"Out of the Furnace" is a movie that is well worth watching.