The first clip from writer-director Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace is now available.  The movie centers on Russell Baze (Christian Bale) who goes in search of his missing brother when the police fail to follow through.  This first clip shows Russell butting heads with Curtis DeGroat (Woody Harrelson) in a foreboding scene, which also gives a brief look at Willem Dafoe's John Petty.

Out of the Furnace also stars Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana, and Sam Shepard.  If you haven't watched the trailer yet, check it out here.  Hit the jump to watch the first clip from Out of the Furnace, due out in theaters December 6th.

Check out the first clip from Out of the Furnace below (via Yahoo!):

Here’s the official synopsis for Out of the Furnace:

From Scott Cooper, the critically-acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart, comes a gripping and gritty drama about family, fate, circumstance, and justice. Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell’s brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so—with nothing left to lose—Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother. The impressive cast of Christian Bale and Casey Affleck are rounded out by Woody Harrelson, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard and Willem Dafoe.