Outrage

2011

Outrage

Critics Consensus

Outrage packs enough violent impact to satisfy - even if fans of writer-director Takeshi Kitano will find themselves familiar with many of its ingredients.

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64%

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User Ratings: 3,545
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In a ruthless battle for power, several yakuza clans vie for the favor of their head family in the Japanese underworld. The rival bosses seek to rise through the ranks by scheming and making allegiances sworn over saké. Long-time yakuza Otomo has seen his kind go from elaborate body tattoos and severed fingertips to becoming important players on the stock market. Theirs is a never-ending struggle to end up on top, or at least survive, in a corrupt world where there are no heroes but constant betrayal and vengeance. -- (C) Magnet Releasing

Cast

Takeshi Kitano
as Otomo
Kippei Shiina
as Mizuno
Ryo Kase
as Ishihara
Tomokazu Miura
as Kato
Jun Kunimura
as Ikemoto
Tetta Sugimoto
as Ozawa
Takashi Tsukamoto
as Iizuka
Hideo Nakano
as Kimura
Renji Ishibashi
as Murase
Soichiro Kitamura
as Mr. Chairman
Fumiyo Kohinata
Jun Kinimura
as Ikemoto
Eihi Shiina
as Call girl
Toshiyuki Nishida
Shun Sugata
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  • Mar 09, 2012
    Definitely a solid yakuza movie overall, but one that's just a complete and utter mess structurally. The last 20 minutes, however dark and grim, certainly pick up the slack. I think the problem is that the movie probably tries to be too complex for its own good. I liked seeing the inner workings of this criminal enterprise but do you really need as many subplots and as many characters as this movie had. It made the movie feel about an hour longer than it really was. I liked the idea of these two families sort of duking it out for control but the movie is full of more betrayals than you can shake a stick at. If there had been fewer, it might have made more impact but they still served a purpose in that you can never trust anybody when it comes to being more successful at what they do. The movie is well put together, it has solid performances and plenty of action to negate, somewhat, a lot of these faults. It, however, doesn't help the major one...how its story is structured. I also heard there was going to be a sequel. If you watch the movie, this sounds like an absurd idea considering where MOST of the characters end up at, and it's not that hard to guess considering the 'job' they do. Anyway a solid, if messy, movie.
    Jesse O Super Reviewer
  • Mar 08, 2012
    Usually I love these type of gangster movies so I expected to like this movie right from the start but Outrage just felt dull & flat.For some reason I couldn't get into the story & everything was confusing.I finally started getting into it maybe about the middle but by then I just felt like I was watching it just to be watching it.This is the 1st Asian gangster flick that I truly did not like
    Brody M Super Reviewer
  • Dec 03, 2011
    Nobody retires of old age in this profession, the rituals of "brotherhood" are just another form of lying. Kitano visits once more the theme of yakuza as "manchilds", but it feels he's just going trough the motions of the genre. The violence feels dry, and not as effective or meaningful. Kitano's average effort is still better than most gangster flicks out there, but feel no rush to see this one.
    Tsubaki S Super Reviewer
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