5.9 Score

2013 • 1h 56min • R • Thriller, Crime, Drama

Out of the Furnace

"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.

IMDb 6.7

RT 53%

MC 63

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Scott Cooper

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Brad Ingelsby

Scott Cooper

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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

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