ma-cortes The screenplay concerns a struggle for power amongst Tokyo's Yakuza clans . As the boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate . Ôtomo (Beat Takeshi , apart from himself, Takeshi Kitano cast no other actor that has been in one of his films before, as per the producer's suggestion) now a free man seek to live his life away from the Yakuza world but during his imprisonment, things have changed . The Sanno family – who destroyed Ôtomo's family – has become too powerful and the old-guard members felt that the young leaders are risking the whole business because of their extreme greed . One wrong move and it's all out war .The great Japanese director Beat Takeshi returns to the big screen with ¨Outrage¨ dealing with a genre that gave him international recognition and made him one of the best Asian filmmakers , and being Takeshi Kitano's first gangster film in ten years , after Brother (2000) . It is an exciting picture displaying suspense , tension , and interesting gangsters war , though sometimes difficult to follow . There is also a cruel depiction of Yakuza life in the 21st century . The story opens with a striking wide shot of a large group of gangsters dressed in black as their leaders meet , these guys have sworn allegiance to their bosses, but it means little once the bullets start flying . Cold and violent film with a confuse plot , twisted intrigue , grisly killings , thrills , chilling events and colorful images . His stunning long takes can resemble intricate paintings while his characters enjoy little respite from the ruthlessness of the real world . However , it results to be a little bit boring , including with no sense dialogs and some embarrassing situations adding brutal murders . Following a string of unconventional , commercially unappealing films, Takeshi Kitano engineered this film specifically as commercially appealing, going back to the genre which brought him the most success, and going as far as imagining the death scenes first and writing a story around them later .The motion picture was professionally directed by Takeshi Kitano in his peculiar style , being his first film shot in 2.35:1 format . Since his 1989 directorial debut, Kitano has written, directed, edited or starred in almost a film per year without losing the momentum of his originality and heightened artistic sensibility. The extraordinary success of 1997's Hana Bi confirmed Kitano's place as a leading figure of international cinema , here offered remarkable visions of violence and beauty . Among its numerous awards, "Hana-bi" or ¨Fireworks¨ won Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and was named Best Non-European Film by the European Film Academy . In 2000 Kitano made Brother (2000), his first film shot outside of Japan. Originally a comedy star on Japanese television, Takeshi Kitano , aka Beat Takeshi , rose to international fame as a director of Yakuza dramas during the 1990s . "Brother", like other Kitano-directed films such as his debut "Violent Cop" , ¨Boiling Point¨ (1990) and ¨Sonatine¨ (1993), centered around Yakuza (gangster) characters. The filmmaker contrasted the violence and action of those films with comedy or tenderness in films like Ano Natsu, Ichiban Shizukana Umi (1991) (US title: "A Scene at the Sea"), Minnâ-Yatteruka! (1994) (US title: "Getting Any?"), Kizzu ritân (1996) (US title: "Kids Return") and Kikujiro (1999). For the first time in six years, Kitano remained strictly behind the camera on Dolls (2002), his tenth film as a writer-director . His last film is this ¨Outrage¨ that most closely resembles 2000's Brother in tone, but it outdoes that picture by remaining unpredictable with constant betrayals , getting a considerable success .

TheFilmGuy1 I really wonder why there isn't more modern day realistic Yakuza films coming out of Japan. Perhaps it has something to do with the real Yakuza not being too pleased about that idea. I've read a few stories, and that's a strong possibility. Regardless, this film gives me something that i'd like to see more of. (And luckily we did with the sequel to this film being released recently)Takeshi Kitano directs, writes, edits and stars in this film, which is quite impressive. I must say, he does a good job at all of these things. He creates a film that really feels like a look into the violent and backstabbing world of the Yakuza. It doesn't pull any punches, that's for sure. It also contains a scene that will make you fear the dentists office more than you may already fear it. Apparently Kitano wrote the death scenes first, and then wrote the story around it, which you may think would make for a terrible movie, but you would be wrong. The story is intriguing and full of betrayal. The movie also has a great soundtrack that has a very cool synth sound.The performances are all quite believable. In the way that you feel like the actors in Goodfellas are real members of the mafia, Outrage contains actors whose performances would almost have you believe they we're real Yakuza. You have some real despicable characters, and the actors fill those rolls so well.Overall, this is a film that is quite underrated when it comes to the gangster film genre. I would love to see more Yakuza films that have a similar style to this. Highly recommended to gangster movie fans.

Ian Ter Pecgo This movie is an exceptional framework for how a gangster movie should be composed: the characters are interesting; you are guessing throughout the entire movie what will happen next; the movie moves along and a very engaging pace - you are never really bored. Even the scenes of violence are interesting and memorable. It is a complex story yet avoids being confusing. All of the characters are balanced against each other while advancing toward the common goal of advancing in the yakuza system.People who rate this movie less than 7 out of 10 stars just don't get it and probably need to watch it a few more times to pick up on the subtleties of the relationships between the characters.This really is a masterpiece and it's one of the few movies I would actually buy on DVD. I hope to see more from Kitano someday in the near future.

rowmorg I give this high points for the multiple murders that occur every few minutes without fail, ranging from semi-beheading using a car and a rope, to stabbing in the kidney. Most, however, are performed with automatic weapons and there is creative use of Kensington Gore, with blood spouting out of head wounds, etc. No woman gets killed on screen, however: we only view their bloody corpses for a few juicy moments. Indeed, there is no real role for a woman, and only one or two brief spoken lines. In the world of yakuza, women just don't count. Perhaps Japanese women should get hold of automatic weapons and barge in. The cast is led by Takeshi Kitano, who has an inimitable face, and who dares to film himself with all his facial tics, too. He also wrote and directed this slice of gory mayhem from the Japanese underworld. He does not hold back from showing a corrupt cop, who regularly meets the gangsters and picks up bags of cash. This picture mainly consists of men shouting at each other, issuing threats and launching vicious punches, all interspersed with the above-mentioned murders. Great fun for those with the taste for it, in other words.