Autoreiji: Biyondo (Outrage Beyond) Reviews
Little White Lies
It is almost as though Kitano is saying that nothing can stop him from defeating the rivals, successors and pretenders who, in his absence, have tried to move in on his (generic) turf
Top CriticHow can anyone can get excited over something so grim and redundant?
It's a gangster story, told well, with no punches pulled.
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| Original Score: B
Combustible Celluloid
Happily, Outrage is super-cool; it's inventive, funny, and shocking enough that it really doesn't matter much where Kitano has been. He's back now.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Kitano is clearly enjoying his powers as a master of the form, and the movie invites the viewer to share in his enjoyment.
It's like a version of "Cinema Paradiso" where all the murders were saved up by a censor and strung together for a bloodbath.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
East Bay Express
Functions more as a reminder of past glories than as a harbinger of new concepts.
True Kitano fans will find its title sadly ironic.
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| Original Score: 2/4
It's retaliation without foundation, all fun and games until everyone gets hurt.
Movies.com
A swift kick in the soft parts sure to release some holiday tension.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Movies.com
The film's engine chugs away, keeping up the solidly enjoyable frenzy of cruelty, with gangster turnover taking place so fast, so furiously that at times it's tough keep the alliances and betrayals straight.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Reeling Reviews
Be warned that this is a violent movie, even for a gangster film, and Kitano relishes in depicting his characters' ruthlessness.
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| Original Score: B
CinemaDope
.. 'Macbeth' by way of 'Goodfellas,' a labyrinthine game of cat-and-mouse bathed in buckets of the red stuff ... a funny, subversive assault on the crime genre. Kitano's best since 'Sonatine.'
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| Original Score: 3/4
Boston Herald
Kitano's gangsters display enough ambition to make Macbeth blush.
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| Original Score: A minus
Kitano leaves it up to us to connect the dots. Unfortunately, he seems to get bored before he's done, and so do we.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Boston Phoenix
A masterpiece of denied expectations - every act of vengeance happens too late to satisfy but just in time to spark more.
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| Original Score: 3/4
One Guy's Opinion
If a bracing brew of criminal connivance and exquisite bloodletting is to your liking, Takeshi certainly provides it.
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| Original Score: B
The longer Outrage goes on, the more distance it gets from its core themes about the moral chaos of gangsterism. It becomes a film about cool killings, which may satisfy the bloodlust of some Kitano fans but hardly amounts to a return to form.
Unfortunately the film itself feels a little punch drunk, particularly as the feuds escalate. Who's trying to knock off whom? It's hard to keep track...
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
The editing (by Kitano) and lensing are stylish and guaranteed to keep viewers hooked through the final rubout.
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| Original Score: 3/4
