"Sometimes your battles choose you."

2013

1h 56m

6.6(2155 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Overview

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Christian Bale

Russell Baze

Zoe Saldaña

Lena Taylor

Woody Harrelson

Harlan DeGroat

Sam Shepard

Gerald 'Red' Baze

Willem Dafoe

John Petty

Forest Whitaker

Chief Wesley Barnes

Casey Affleck

Rodney Baze Jr.

Boyd Holbrook

Tattooed Guy

Tom Bower

Dan Dugan

Gordon Michaels

Bergen County Officer

Creative team

Directed by: Scott Cooper
Written by: Scott Cooper
Brad Ingelsby
Produced by: Leonardo DiCaprio
Tony Scott

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