Out of the Furnace Movie Review

Sometimes your battles they choose.

The furnace is promising. The cast consists mainly of A-list actors, some of which are even winners or nominees Emmy, Golden Globe and Oscar awards. For acting talent shortages.

Family Business
Russell Baze (Christian Bale) lives and works in the metallurgical city Braddock, Pennsylvania. He, his father, his father's father and the rest of his pedigree have all worked in the steel industry. His brother Rodney Baze Jr. (Casey Affleck), however, has chosen another career that exists for youth of Braddock: the army. After being transmitted several times, Rodney decides to stay in Braddock. Because Russell ends up in jail, is to care for her ailing father's shoulders Rodney, this on top of all the financial problems that have since left the army. The only way is to Rodney sees organized street fights. After Russell is released, he manages to convince Rodney put aside their existence fighter. When Rodney decides to make one last burst like a street fighter who comes into contact with Harlan DeGroat (Woody Harrelson), a sociopath and the leader of a ruthless gang of hillbillies. Rodney then you go home and Russell will do anything to find her brother. He begins with the search for Harlan.

Best of Hollywood
Scott Cooper is the second time in the director's chair after his success Crazy Heart, which also captures the raw edges of society. The script out of the oven of your hand.
Christian Bale, bekdn for his method acting, broke the thirteenth and the Empire of the Sun, Steven Spielberg Bale plays a English boy who is separated during World War II in Shanghai from parents and ends in a field Japanese prison. Woody Harrelson crawls out of the oven skin Redneck Harlan DeGroat. Playing a sociopath is no stranger to him, as his role in Natural Born Killers. He knows Harlan also falling as a psycho nobody knows how and when will shoot his temper. Casey Affleck, Ben's younger brother, Rodney Baze Jr. adds another role to his list of memorable performances, such as Gone Baby Gone and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Affleck made his directorial debut with'm still here, a fake documentary about Joaquin Phoenix, whose sister married and seven years. The list is completed with small roles Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker and Willem Dafoe. All celebrities who embody the characters is the world of the rich output of the furnace.

superficially
Outside the furnace is a movie with a lot of ambition, and seems to have everything up to this. Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson and Casey Affleck play like we are used to them, but are mainly supporting roles have good opportunities. Moreover, history calls the deepening of a series of points at which the script unfortunately no place for the evening. For example, Russell still has feelings for his ex-girlfriend, and this seems mutual, but not discussed here. The story jumps from one topic to another, so that viewers can not sympathize with the characters.

conclusion
Outside the middle of the oven is a mediocre film. This is not only due to the efforts - or lack thereof - of the actors, but also for the script. The story sounds a priori as a compelling drama and action, but this unfortunately is not. The film does not succeed in what could have been. A missed opportunity.