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3	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 the police don't follow through fast enough, Russell decides to take justice into his own hands.
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8	* UsefulNotes/{{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.
9	* 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]].
10	* BigBad: Harlan [=DeGroat=]
11	* DomesticAbuse: [=DeGroat=] chokes and beats his date when she thinks him having food poisoning is funny.
12	* DyingTown: North Braddock seems to be this, considering the steel mill is going to close.
13	* DisproportionateRetribution:
14	** [=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.
15	** He latter ambushes Petty and Rodney and has them both killed, because Rodney did a bit too well in a rigged fight before he took the dive.
16	* KickTheDog: When Russ tries to trap [=DeGroat=], [=DeGroat=] executes the unarmed, helpless bartender in the area before trying to flee.
17	** In fact, the first scene when [=DeGroat=] abuses his date seems to serve no other purpose than kick the dog.
18	* LoveTriangle: A mild version between Russell, Lena, and Chief Barnes after [[spoiler:Russell gets out of prison.]]
19	* 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.]]
20	* PromotionToParent: While they are both grown men, Russell takes the parent role to Rodney since their father is bedridden [[spoiler:and eventually dies.]]
21	* SteelMill: Russel works at one.
22	* ThrowingTheFight: [[spoiler: Rodney throws the fight, as expected, but poorly, causing [=DeGroat=] to go after him.]]
23	* WouldHitAGirl: [=DeGroat=] chokes and beats his date.
24	* VigilanteExecution: Russell [[spoiler:shoots [=DeGroat=] in the back when he could have easily been subdued and arrested.]]

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