Out of the Furnace

About Out of the Furnace

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.

Out of the Furnace (2013) is a crime thriller film directed by Scott Cooper. It runs 116 minutes and was released in November 2013.

The film is filed under car accident, drug dealer, violence, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Christian Bale stars as Russell Baze, Zoe Saldaña as Lena Taylor, Woody Harrelson as Harlan DeGroat, and Sam Shepard as Gerald 'Red' Baze. The screenplay is by Brad Ingelsby and Scott Cooper. It comes from Appian Way and Red Granite Pictures. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.

American History X, The Silence of the Lambs, and Memento make useful companions to Out of the Furnace, all filed under brother, family, and prison. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 2,190 votes and it carries a R rating.