The Outsider

TV-MA

2018

2h 0m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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24 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

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After World War II, an American POW stays in Japan and works his way through the rituals and hardships of the yakuza to become a member of the crime organization.

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Critics Consensus

Starring a disengaged Jared Leto and stuffed with gangster cliches, The Outsider never distinguishes itself enough to gain admittance into the inner circle of good yakuza pictures.

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Barry M

solid film, great practical effects. just a basic good watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/27/24

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Jeanne J

I've watched this 3 times. Great intro, showing Leto at his moody best. I thought the script original, darkly amusing in places and compelling all the way through. So surprised it's got such a bad rating.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Nathan H

Technically good but falls short due to genre cliches are archetypes. Borrows a lot (ie too much) from Takeshi Kitano and his masterpiece Brother. Leno does his best with a character that is 2 dimensional at best.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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Andrea C

Pellicola che parte da un'idea che avrebbe potuto essere vincente sotto ogni punto di vista, ma che viene limitata ad un film gradevole e discretamente appassionante, senza però nulla di innovativo. Colpevolmente poco sviluppato e dozzinale il contesto del Giappone del dopo guerra e dei conflitti interni; tutto molto occidentalizzato senza nessuna spiegazione degna di nota. La trama è poi molto banale, i personaggi scontati fin dal primo momento, seppure il carisma con cui sono costruiti ne coprono in parte il destino già segnato. Buona idea quella di non eccedere con le sequenze di azione e con il numero di morti. Film discreto ma troppo superficiale.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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Roman T

I think most of the people didn't understand the beauty of this movie. Setting time in raw and dark Japan post WWII, where yasuka war was at the pinnacle. In a world where everything revolves around honor. This movie isn't about a white man saving the world like you can read on everywhere. But how friendship and honor bonds can become stronger even coming from someone that was your ennemy, than from someone you though was your brother from the beginning. Put in a perfect ambiance and by incredible performance of the actors, this movie is a little gem sadly missed by many.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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Pru N

I'm not a big Jared Leto fan but he was good in this. It's an entertaining movie about betrayal and revenge. Much of the dialogue is in Japanese which adds nicely to the atmosphere.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/24/23

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Martin Zandvliet

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Jared Leto

Nick Lowell

Tadanobu Asano

Kiyoshi

Rory Cochrane

Panetti

Kippei Shiina

Orochi

Emile Hirsch

Paulie Bowers

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

Take Leto out of the picture and you have an even less noteworthy movie, a yakuza tale with an originality deficit.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 9, 2018

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David Ehrlich

indieWire

Can a gaijin ever be trusted like family, or will his motives ultimately be self-serving? It's an interesting question in a story that's otherwise completely devoid of interesting questions, but The Outsider is too enamored with its foreign star.

Rated: D

Mar 8, 2018

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

"The Outsider" is a slick copy of multiple, much-better films and TV series. It's so well-polished it's practically featureless.

Mar 8, 2018

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Dan Jackson

Thrillist

The Outsider is needlessly cruel, dour, and slow. No amount of brooding from a handsome leading man can save it.

Jan 29, 2021

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Christian Gallichio

The Playlist

It's hard to fault The Outsider too much though, as it will predictably fall into the black hole that is Netflix original movies, so here's hoping that Zandvliet, Leto, and especially Hjelm move on to better things in the near future.

Rated: D

Oct 24, 2018

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Alci Rengifo

Entertainment Voice

The Outsider feels like the first draft of a story that could have worked with more tweaks and energy. It is another case of a project featuring talented people, but never truly exploiting their talents.

Aug 26, 2018

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Synopsis

After World War II, an American POW stays in Japan and works his way through the rituals and hardships of the yakuza to become a member of the crime organization.

Director: Martin Zandvliet
Producer: Satch Watanabe
Screenwriter: Andrew Baldwin
Production Co: Linson Entertainment, Waypoint Entertainment
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 9, 2018
Runtime: 2h 0m

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