...gets by on the commitment of its cast. Bale makes the most of an underwritten part, brooding magnificently until it comes time to get his hands dirty, while Affleck invests his role with his usual volatile vulnerability.

The script, co-written by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby, genuflects toward relevance...

...has an outstanding cast of intense, modern-day Method actors projecting tattooed male angst and economic desperation, with the three leads strongly supported by the likes of Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe and Sam Shepard.

Bale is terrific, constantly keeping his emotions in check, his performance seemingly dragged from some deep well of pain and regret, his immersion in the character total.

...fotografen Masanobu Takayanagi giver den trøstesløse amerikanske industriby en indfølt skønhed i skiftevis dunkle og overbelyste indstillinger...

En gripande berättelse om hämnd och rättvisa vävs snyggt ihop med vass samhällskritik och fantastiskt skådespeleri.

...først og fremmest glimrer 'Out of the Furnace' ved en lang række beundringsværdige skuespilpræstationer, ikke mindst af Affleck og Bale som brødrene Baze.