Outrage

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Outrage

R

2011

1h 49m

Action

Crime

Drama

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After his men go too far in their confrontation with a rival gang, a yakuza henchman (Beat Takeshi) gets caught up in an escalating mob war.

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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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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

03/05/2013

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

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Jon Frosch

The Atlantic

03/07/2012

How can anyone can get excited over something so grim and redundant?

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Tom Long

Detroit News

01/26/2012

B

It's a gangster story, told well, with no punches pulled.

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Jack Fleischer

Battleship Pretension

03/24/2021

There is deeper Japanese cinema. There are more clever Japanese gangster movies. This is a very enjoyable crime drama that happens to be in Japanese.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

06/13/2020

B

An enjoyable over-the-top stylishly violent and amoral yakuza film.

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

04/01/2020

Outrage's centermost meditation comes down to what honor really looks like, and what one man's word means to another.

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alan g

@agenser 02/24/2025

Just unrelenting violence. confusing plot.

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Clara Y

@RT49213015 10/26/2024

My first film of Takeshi Kitano, intense, fanscinating and really Japanese style.

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Bob

@RT53747281 12/10/2023

A succinct Christmas card to the deceit of the yakuza from the deft hand of Takeshi Kitano. A slap in the face of any romantic notions of loyalty or brotherhood. The only part that felt hacked was the stolen dead prostitute blackmail scheme from Godfather 2.

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samitha b

@Samitha 02/27/2022

Boring story coupled with actors with one facial expression get you this.

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camille l

@RT76374992 02/16/2021

Pour son retour dans le film de yakuza après une énorme pause, Takeshi Kitano prend son temps. En effet, Outrage ne démarre vraiment qu'après une bonne grosse demi-heure. Kitano ne tente même pas d'expliquer une vraie intrigue mais juste de mettre en place les personnages du film qui finiront quasiment tous trucidés dans d'atroces souffrances, mais filmées de manière détachée, comme à son habitude. Car Outrage ressemble finalement à une apologie de la violence pour la violence, mais la violence ironique. Tout le monde meurt, tout le monde souffre, mais Kitano le regarde avec un regard dédaigneux, mutin et surtout novateur sur ce genre de film. Certaines séquences sont prodigieuses tant Kitano est au sommet de son art ici. Outrage est un film quasiment expérimental. Et satisfaisant.

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08/25/2017

Reminded me a lot about American and Italian mob movies. I guess mafia is pretty much the same all over the world.

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Takeshi Kitano

Ôtomo

Kippei Shiina

Mizuno

Ryô Kase

Ishihara

Tomokazu Miura

Katô

Jun Kunimura

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Synopsis

After his men go too far in their confrontation with a rival gang, a yakuza henchman (Beat Takeshi) gets caught up in an escalating mob war.

Director: Takeshi Kitano
Screenwriter: Takeshi Kitano
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: R (Some Nudity|Language|A Scene of Sexuality|Strong Brutal Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $44.4K
Runtime: 1h 49m