Out fo the Furnace (2013)

Published: May 20, 2020, 8 a.m.

Massively underappreciated cat-nip for fans of the grimy, poverty stricken, violent Southern pot-boiler, this time moved north. Heavyweight producers (inc. Di Caprio and Ridley Scott) and an envious cast (Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson all on top form) up the class factor here immensely. Flawed but with such top notch talent and the cinematic environs of run down Braddock, factories and the (extremely pissed off) Ramapugh Mountain Indians that it's far more than a guilty pleasure.