rusoviet ....his personal concern for the sad abandoned 'Rodney' (Casey Affleck) is both authentic and truly courageous in terms of dealing with the demons who 'squat' inside Harlan (Woody Harrelson's) DeGroat.This is not a film for the squeamish. It's not so much that the violence is 'over the top' rather it is the 'spirit' and I am insistent on calling it such, the 'spirit' that hovers over the abandoned souls that live scattered over this deeply forested region of NW New Jersey and NE PA. Evil only needs a willing soul with which to incubate and begin to entangle said soul's every thought and action to the point where an entire region is slowly but steadily corrupted and then denies the level of depravity these poor damned individuals have chosen to sink to. Well done but for me - DaFoe was the true character who understood what was about to descend and, to his harm, chose to 'stand in the gap' against evil - come Lord Jesus!

Andres-Camara It only has the fault of having done it in a large part in the general plane and thus losing a large part of the force. But it's one of the best character presentations I've seen in a long time. In a few seconds, accurate, fast, accurate. All presented of this character. Casey is well presented but not so much and the worst is Bale. He needs a lot of time to introduce him. Too many sequences and too many planes.One of the things I do not like about this movie is that it has about thirty minutes of film left over. Why do I say it? From the presentation of Woody until it comes back out, if I remember correctly, spend almost fifty minutes. He is telling us other things that I think we are not interested in, or half repeating. It is not necessary to see so much of Casey that it is repeated, it is not necessary to see so much of Bale that we are not interested. Or he decides to tell the story of the brothers and Woody or decides to tell the stories of the brothers, but the two can not be told. You do not really know which one is telling you. Once Harrelson comes out again, that's all, this story, then he really was interested in this story and not the other.The actors are all splendid, everyone has their brilliant moments. They are all consecrated actors making a film without a budget and leaving their skin behind.Apart there are faults that I see that I do not believe, I explain them in the spoiler zone.Photography, I understand that in America, fortunately, independent film works and that there are such films, never have a photograph, then when they have shown they are good, they have a budget and they have photography, but of course for the film, photography, He supports with nothing. Does not exist.The direction, the problem for my taste, is that it pretends to explain too much about the characters and it is repeated and lost and the story is gone. He does not know how to make beautiful shots or to have the camera. In fact, there are times when the camera passes without a foreground to general and foreground, with what I get out of the narrative.No instant movie is a movie that is worth watching. Just to see the three of them and see a movie with a background, not just shots and revenge.Spoiler: I can not imagine an American policeman at the end of the movie acting like that, and least of all that character. And the truth is that I was watching the movie and I do not believe that as we know the characters of Bale and Woody, that the story continues as follows. I was watching the movie and I thought how was going to lose Woody used to that life he leads.

Alex David What an all star cast. Bale, Shepard, Affleck (Casey, the talented one), Harrelson, Defoe. What a waste. This story-line had great potential, but I guess the trend in Hollywood today is to depress the hell out of every viewer in a desperate tactic to be "edgy." Here's an question for Hollywood screenwriters: will it kill you to try make movies with a tad bit of hope included? Now, excuse me, because after watching this, I need to make an appointment with my therapist.

Leofwine_draca OUT OF THE FURNACE is a simmering story of revenge, betrayal, and murder, brought to life via a couple of volatile performances from the leading actors. Altogether it's rather familiar story and one which has been done time and time again in the cinemas, but then this film isn't really about the story at all but rather the mood, the ambiance of the thing. The director's goal is to realise some of the simmering tension of the likes of BADLANDS, charting a ruthless small town America where death and destruction are just around the corner and people are happy to turn a blind eye to such events in their midst.I was a bit disappointed with the lack of story in this film, which seems to drag out the most basic plot ingredients to double their real length. However, the performances more than make up for it. Christian Bale is saddled with what amounts to a rather basic character as the lead, but he does very well with it (unsurprisingly) and is 100% realistic. Casey Affleck is more of an actor I can take or leave, and I found I didn't really care about his predicament. However, Woody Harrelson is the scene-stealer here, portraying a man full of bullish aggression, a guy who you can feel the hatred coming off in waves. He's completely scary, the sort of person you would pray at never having to cross paths with in real life, and his performance alone gives this film an extra star.