ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Sankari_Suomi Sanno-kai controls the Kanto region. Sekiuchi is too trusting. Kato is playing the long game. Ikemoto receives orders. Murase is in the dark. Ishihara relies on his cunning. Kimura stabs a rival. Otomo wants revenge.Who had a painful experience at the dentist? Why did Otomo visit the public baths? Can Mizuno make his mark?I rate Autoreiji at 26.64 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a gritty 8/10 on IMDB.

Rodrigo Amaro The crime drama is usually one of the top genres of all time according to many film lovers out there since it brings the best of both worlds and realities: one of which we only know through the news medias (and sometimes through life when we become part of it, usually the worst side as victims or worse, as actual part of it - not me and hopefully not you) and the dramatic aspects of it all when the characters face dilemmas, decisions and all sorts of problems. "Outrage" seemed to have all those elements combined but it failed to generate enough interest halfway through with its plot emptiness, lack of a higher purpose which criminal films tend to have and some errors on the way. Takeshi Kitano's film is a huge disappointment, worthy of praise due to its cold reality presentation in the luminous violent sequences, which puts to shame many Hollywood films in recent years. But a movie doesn't and cannot survive with just those moments.Most of the time I like to present the movie to the readers, explain plot points and what's it all about. With "Outrage" I simply can't do that. Not because I was lost in trying to figure out who was who and what was their position in the crime syndicate presented here but it's due to confusion in seeing what was the major goal and gain the bosses had with their crime wave, which permeates the film. The people on the top of the pyramid didn't have a visible cause for all the killings that came. Stay at the top of the game and be the only source of guns and drugs in the whole place, eliminating competition at the same time when they were eliminating people from their own "family"...whatever, the film didn't work since they overlook and fail to present their actual line of work. There's changes of leadership, brutal murders but it's hard to understand why they're doing what they do. I refer this to the leaders, not necessarily the henchmen or the minor individuals. Example: when one of top figure is lured into a Yakuza bar without knowing the folks behind it and he's forced to pay a ridiculously high bill, I can get that, specially the outcome that develops later. But most of the time the leaders orders were contradictory, ineffective and we were never able to see the exact difference between groups, their business deal except when they were killing each other and cutting their pinky fingers to pay due for some offense.Through most of the ordeal in watching "Outrage" all I kept thinking was that the murder/death sequences were amazingly done - the dentist torture scene managed to erase my "Marathon Man" trauma, it was a lot worse - and like where's the great dialogues, the spectacular dramatic moments? It went on and on without much gain for me. Around the same week I saw "Gommora" (which was also an entry at the Cannes Film Festival, different years however), a multi-layered hyperlink film about crime society in Italy and despite some confusing aspects and problems with its structure, I find it a better film than "Outrage". You could understand how the system worked, why people were killing each other, selling arms, stealing it, doing drugs or selling toxic waste...that criminal pyramid was real and even the action/suspense sequences were amazing. With "Outrage", I couldn't like much of anything. It was dry, empty, lacking in purpose and lacking in art and entertainment values. And I won't even bother mentioning the plot holes that appeared along the way.I'm amazed that there were sequels to this thing which I'll pass. I was starving for a higher purpose throughout the picture and was left hungry for more. Not a good sign, so you can easily skip it. You won't miss much. 5/10

McCamyTaylor I sat down to watch this film knowing that it would be violent and stylishly directed, because I know the director's work. I did not expect it to make me laugh out loud. But the opening, with the yakuza in their black suits and in their black Mercedes trying so hard to pretend to be something they are not (respectable businessmen) was downright funny. I knew right away that this would not be a glorification of organized crime (as so many yakuza movies are.) The mobsters in this one are stupid, greedy, vile tempered. The ending was completely predictable, if you paid attention, and it was strangely satisfying. Not sure why a sequel is coming out.

MartinHafer While it has been a decade since Takeshi Kitano made another gangster film, "Outrage" is pretty much the exact sort of thing he used to make. Having seen "Sonatine", "Brother" and, to a lesser extent, "Violent Cop", it's definitely a serious case of deja vu here. All the films were very nihilistic--with lots of violence, betrayal and yakuza assassinations. And, as usual, Kitano is completely emotionless as he kills in the most difficult to watch manner. Had this film introduced anything new, I would have given it a higher score.The film is about betrayals. A mob boss orchestrates fights between various yakuza families. And, in turn, once these battles are complete, he then pit the winners against other gang members. It's all very ugly but well made...but nothing more...and unpleasant.