Out of the Furnace

This story is one that's kind of typical of the PTDS and other hardships our military encounters upon returning home- BUT the acting, the "layers" and CAST are especially good - what a cast. Christian Bale is always great at portraying different types of characters - this role was one type I don't recall seeing - not just where he's from but the emotion evoked by his character was new to me. Woody Harrelson has played the mean, badass before but he played this one differently, and very intense- crazed and mean like never before. I own most of these two actors' films, so I see a difference which could be attributed to the director even though these two are great at portraying characters of all types. Casey Affleck is even slightly different in his acting this time. Willem Dafoe's part was short, as was Sam Sheperd's and Forrest Whittaker's but their roles were played well, too. For a movie that encompasses many situations done on film before, this movie put them into one story that is .."moving" , for lack of a better word to describe how I was affected and isn't as strong an adjective as I want to use. I think the director, who's name unfortunately escapes me at the moment - will be one who's name I will not forget should he continue directing. I believe this was his first or second effort (I think he acted before); an excellent, well done effort at that. Sorry - I'm not sure but I think he also wrote the screenplay ... there is a trailer on Amazon and IMDb that can tell more about him. I'd recommend this to just about anyone, no matter what their taste in movie genre is. There's something for everyone here.

Great movie for the whole family.

The version I bought is Blu Ray + Digital HD. Great movie and worth buying the Blu-Ray for. No issues there. My problem is with the included redemption code for the digital copy. The instructions to redeem the digital movie send you to a now defunct website. The code is not accepted by any of the other usual sites (Movies Anywhere, Vudu, Apple, Fandango, 20th Century Fox...ect.) Googled around and came up with dead ends. So when you buy this movie expect that there is a good chance the Digital Version is a no-go. Hope this helps.

The trailer makes the movie out to be an intense revenge movie set in a bleak rural town. While the movie has all of the proper plot points to be called a revenge movie, it doesn't feel like one at all. Misfortune and tragedy never stop happening to the main character, and there's nothing he can do about it. His reaction to the people he loses is the same as ours would be. You take the licks life gives you and don't let it destroy you. But eventually he loses enough and goes after the villain of the movie and proves that trying to persevere and live a peaceful humble life is the hard thing to do. There's nothing difficult or disciplined about harming and killing people, but for his character enough is enough. The three lead characters are all desperate in their own way. Whether it's post traumatic stress, or they were raised in a hopeless wasteland, or they are at the end of their rope. An arthouse-y emotional revenge flick with a vague message about the decay of smalltown america that you dont often see on the big-screen with this kind of budget or actors involved. Definitely worth a watch

Excellent movie, great story line. Great group of actors from Bale to Shepard.

I highly recommend this movie to everybody. I admit this movie is a little slow and there's not much to the storyline, but this movie will entice you from the very beginning. Their are a ton of great actors in this movie. Woody Harrelson is probably one of the best actors to play a bad guy. I will definitely watch this again several times over in the next couple months.

Bluray feedback: This is an excellent movie, very slow if you are looking for action, but a well done drama, very realistic with amazing acting from the three main actors. Image is crisp and sound is nice. Latin spanish subtitles included.

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