Christian Bale is the steel-plant-working older brother of Casey Affleck. Affleck is an Iraq War veteran struggling to find his way in post-war life. To make ends meet, he's fighting in bare knuckle underground fights. Woody Harrelson is a big deal in that scene. Affleck gets in over his head and Bale, after serving a stint for killing 2 people in a DUI, has to rescue him and get revenge. This is a movie that's dead-set on being gritty and it works in that regard. Unfortunately, there's not actually any tension. Coupled with a ridiculous ending, it just ends up not really working. 5/10.
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