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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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