History Film / OutOfTheFurnace

* TriangRelations: A mild version between Russell, Lena, and Chief Barnes after [[spoiler:Russell gets out of prison.]]

* CorruptHick: [=DeGroat=] is a backwoods meth boss.

Russell Baze (Creator/ChristianBale) is an ordinary man working at steel mill, taking care of his ailing father, and looking after his little brother, Rodney. Russell's life takes a turn after an episode of drunk driving and [[FromBadToWorse gets worse]] when Rodney goes missing after a bare knuckle prizefight up in the mountains. When to police don't follow through fast enough, Russell decides to take justice into his own hands.

* AntiHero: Russell does seem like a genuinely nice guy who pays for his brother's debts and cares for his ailing father, [[spoiler:he kills two people drunk driving and shoots [=DeGroat=] in the back when he could have easily been subdued and arrested]].

* PromotedToParent: While they are both grown men, Russell takes the parent role to Rodney since their father is bedridden [[spoiler:and eventually dies.]]

Russell Baze is an ordinary man working at steel mill, taking care of his ailing father, and looking after his little brother, Rodney. Russell's life takes a turn after an episode of drunk driving and [[FromBadToWorse gets worse]] when Rodney goes missing after a bare knuckle prizefight up in the mountains. When to police don't follow through fast enough, Russell decides to take justice into his own hands.

* DomesticAbuser: [=DeGroat=] chokes and beats his date when she thinks him having food poisoning is funny.

* ThrowingTheFight: [[spoiler: Rodney throws the fight, causing [=DeGroat=] to go after him.]]

* AntiHero: Russell does seem like a genuinely nice guy who pays for his brother's debts and cares for his ailing father, [[spoiler: he kills two people drunk driving and shoots [=DeGroat=] in the back when he could have easily been subdued and arrested]].

* PoliceAreUseless: Russ seems to think so when they make no progress on finding Rodney, [[spoiler: but is proven wrong when the police find Rodney dead.]]

* TriangRelations: A mild version between Russell, Lena, and Chief Barnes after [[spoiler: Russell gets out of prison.]]

* VigilanteExecution: Russell [[spoiler: shoots [=DeGroat=] in the back when he could have easily been subdued and arrested.]]

!Tropes:

* AntiHero: Arguably, Russell. While he does seem like a genuinely nice guy who pays for his brother's debts and cares for his ailing father, [[spoiler: he kills two people drunk driving and shoots [=DeGroat=] in the back when he could have easily been subdued and arrested]].

* [[{{UsefulNotes/Appalachia}} Appalachia]]: The town the Baze family lives in is North Braddock, Pennsylvania, while the [=DeGroat=] and his crew make their home in the Ramapo Mountains range in New Jersey.

* DyeingForYourArt: As per norm for Christian Bale, he actually learned how to run a steel furnace and didn't use a double for the furnace scenes.

* AntiHero: Arguably, Russell. While he does seem like a genuinely nice guy who pays for his brother's debts and cares for his ailing father, [[spoiler: he kills two people drunk driving and shoots [=DeGroat=] in the back when he could have easily been subdued and arrested.]]

* SteelMill

* VigilanteExecution

Russell Baze is an ordinary man working at steel mill, taking care of his ailing father, and looking after his little brother, Rodney. Russell's life takes a turn for the worse after an episode of drunk driving and Rodney goes missing after a bare knuckle prizefight up in the mountains. When to police don't follow through fast enough, Russell decides to take justice into his own hands.

* AntiHero: Arguably, Russell. While he does seem like a genuinely nice guy who pays for his brother's debt and cares for his ailing father, [[spoiler: he kills two people drunk driving and shoots [=DeGroat=] in the back when he could have easily been subdued and arrested.]]

When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.

* CorruptHick [=DeGroat=] is a backwoods meth boss.

** [=DeGroat=] abusing his date when she thinks him having food poisoning is funny and pummeling a good Samaritan nearly to death for coming to her aid.
** He latter ambushes Petty and Rodney and has them both killed because Rodney did a bit too well before he took the dive.
* KickTheDog: When Rodney's brother Russ tries to trap [=DeGroat=] later, [=DeGroat=] executes the unarmed, helpless bartender in the area before trying to flee.