Furnace (Unrated) | 
| Actors: Michael Pare, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Ja Rule, Paul Wall
Studio: Melee
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 66883
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: GEPD80979D
UPC: 796019809795
EAN: 0796019809795
ASIN: B000ZBEOGA
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: February 12, 2008
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Semi Decent Horror April 6, 2009
Christyl Johnson (California, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just watched this movie and what I can say is it had everything a basic horror film has. Overworked cop with a sad story, angry/crazy jailman, creepy looking baddies.
I don't want to ruin anything, but I will say this. Don't come in expecting a bunch of great CGI, it's rather basic, but not cheap like a Sci Fi Channel movie. Plotline is pretty decent, wasn't expecting the twist as to why the deaths were happening, why the little girl is there, and they didn't give it away too early like many do. The three actual famous actors were pretty good, doing what they usually do.
There's only one thing though that didn't make any sense. This isn't really a spoiler as it's in the opening credits. They show a bunch of news papers starting from I think 1611 to 19-something. They went rather generic saying the jail was built on Indian land, but the missing people, don't see what that mattered...
Just go in with an open mind. I'd say this is a great rental, but not a buy, unless it's really cheap.
 A Solid Movie All Around!!! March 29, 2009
Chase von (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't reviewed many movies. And just being honest here, I think there's more to consider when reviewing a movie than there is when reviewing a book. Primarily because I think 'things' (And this could just be me), heard and seen visually have more of an impact on people than things that they just read. One movie I reviewed was 'specifically' and only because the cursing in it offended me and I didn't agree with the PG-13 rating.
(I'm no stranger to cursing), but when I don't want my children even in the room, that kind of spells it out for me. And had I had known that by a more accurate rating, I wouldn't have started watching it, nor allowed them to begin watching it and then had to say, "You can't watch this anymore!" Forest Gump is another movie with some gruesome parts but I still agree with the PG-13 rating as it wasn't something I left the movie specifically remembering.
That said, 'Furnace' isn't rated, it is a "Horror/Suspense" and over all I don't think I would mind if my 15 year old watched it when he was 13, though I wouldn't go lower than that age. (Far as violence and weird he's probably seen worse in video games. (There is a sex scene), but I think it's tastefully done, and I'm also one of those "strange beings" that think there are far worse things than sex. (None of us would be here, were it not for that, and that's something I think most 13 year olds now days are aware of. So I must say, "Great Special Effects Alone... Does Not A Great Movie Make."
Now on to Furnace. Which does have some great special effects that fit with the story line of the movie. But in addition to that, I was pleasantly surprised to find that when you review it all the way around, it's solid there as well. Meaning there is a story and it's an interesting and "Quite Out There" one. And also there is some solid acting all the way around as well. Creepy? Yes. Will it make you jump on a few occasions? Yes! But I don't think I'm going to be having any nightmare's either. The most recognizable people in it are Michael Pare as the detective who has the typical burden one would expect a law enforcer to be bearing, Tom Sizemore who has a chip on his shoulder for the detective and who succeeds in making you not like him, and Danny Trejo because I remember him from many other films (Dust Till Dawn) being just one, and he's one actor that you always remember. I don't know if this is Ja Rule's acting debut but if it is, he has done better than well. And the 'Doc' "Jenny McShane" also puts in a very strong performance. (I think if this was just horror with no substantial story to base it on, or special effects alone, this movie would be an abysmal failure). But because you get to liking the detective, hating the guard, and liking the "Doc" when things start happening, you actually care what happens to them.
I think some of the reviews here have already said pretty much perhaps what happens in this movie but I for one, am going to have to watch it again, as there is something said, at the very end, and in order to see if that is what was 'really' taking place, I would have to view it again and pay more attention. (Although I thought I was paying attention the first time and my attention was held throughout).
Definitely entertaining and definitely something that will make you think about "things" outside the normal realm, we have yet to fully understand. What is the most frightening of all, is it is said to be based on a true story.
Your Chance to Hear The Last Panther Speak
 DArkly entertaining February 24, 2009
Susannah St Clair Foxy Loxy (North Bend Washington)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The actual scenery here is very dark as they are in the bowels of a prison. Decent story line. The acting is good enough and it is suspenseful. I don't think it is really that entertaining nor that scary but it is not horribly bloody either so its worth giving it a viewing. Wouldn't spend a whole lot of money on it.
Well done Horror June 21, 2008
S. Johnson (Fort Smith, AR USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Furnace was a bit of a surprise. It starts out a little slow and then finds its' pace. The story is solid, as is the acting. There are a couple of holes, but it covers its' bases.
Pare plays a homicide detective named Turner who, while investigating the apparent suicide of a guard from Blackgate Prison, stumbles onto a rash of suicides and unexplained deaths at the prison. The administration wants to blame it on drugs, but the inmates know something worse is going on. The administration had a sealed section of the prison reopened after it had been closed for over fifty years. The something inside that section is disturbed by the activity and starts hunting. Turner needs to find out the truth behind the section being sealed, and how to stop what is happening.
Good well acted horror movie March 1, 2008
Michael Jones (SPAIN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first thing I thought was JA-RULE acting in a horror! This should be funny! But he did and outstanding job! His acting and the rest of the cast was superb! I highly reccomend this movie. There was just one part that made me say WTF! why did they put that in! When the live man fights a ghost come on! I dont want to ruin the movie. Watch it! Only reason its not 5 stars is because it left me wanting even more, but its good from start to finish.
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