Synopsis
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
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Cast
- Takeshi KitanoOtomo
- Kippei ShiinaMizuno
- Ryo KaseIshihara
- Tomokazu MiuraKato
- Fumiyo KohinataKataoka
- Jun KunimuraIkemoto
- Tetta SugimotoOzawa
- Renji IshibashiMurase
- Tokio EmotoEmoto
- Soichiro KitamuraMr. Chairman Kan'nai
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
Focusing on the absurdly ultraviolent tit-for-tat tussles among a trio of Tokyo crime families, the film is a beautifully staged marvel that confidently reasserts Kitano's considerable cinematic gifts. - 88
Slant Magazine
It's a brilliant reversal that, while seemingly far less inspired than most of the director's efforts, leaves us with a film that's just as iconoclastic. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
As violent, amoral and misanthropic as a Jacobean play, Outrage is Takeshi Kitano's first yakuza flick since "Brother" (2000), and arguably his best film in a decade. - 80
Wall Street Journal
His (Takeshi) sense of style is very much in evidence here, and so is his sense of humor. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Though it may at times seem like just another Japanese gangster picture, in Outrage, Kitano's sense of pacing is so precise, at once restrained and relentless, that the film becomes a vortex, pulling audiences in deeper and deeper. - 75
IndieWire
On the one hand, Outrage suffers from a cold removal from the events portrayed onscreen, mainly a series of arguments and gory acts of retribution. It's often a terrible bore. But the stylish execution renders many moments into imminently watchable pastiche. - 70
Village Voice
Like one of its yakuza bigs, Outrage commands respect but no affection. - 70
The New York Times
Not everything is as elegantly executed, including a tiresome, would-be comic subplot involving an African diplomat and a clandestine casino that drags the story down badly and comes close to noxious racial stereotype.
