“Sometimes your battles choose you.”
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.
Christian Bale
Russell Baze
Zoe Saldaña
Lena Taylor
Woody Harrelson
Harlan DeGroat
Sam Shepard
Gerald 'Red' Baze
Willem Dafoe
John Petty
Forest Whitaker
Chief Wesley Barnes
Casey Affleck
Rodney Baze Jr.
Boyd Holbrook
Tattooed Guy
Tom Bower
Dan Dugan
Gordon Michaels
Bergen County Officer
Out of the Furnace is a thriller, drama, crime film released in 2013 exploring themes of prison, drug dealer, sibling relationship, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), bare knuckle boxing, brother. Directed by Scott Cooper, it stars Christian Bale, Zoe Saldaña, Woody Harrelson. 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.
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