Film Review – Outrage

Takeshi Kitano is a sublime Japanese comedic performer and poetic screen stylist, but one would never get that impression over here in the United States. His forays into violent cinema typically receive the widest international distribution, obviously due to their easily marketable content, but also because they’re often extraordinarily crafted. His latest, “Outrage,” continues Kitano’s exploration of vicious criminal behavior, yet this picture endeavors to be a knotty, cyclical viewing experience, an Eastern “Godfather” event, with numerous characters running various schemes to attain power, dividing families and destroying allegiances. A calculated bullet train of deception and aggression, “Outrage” is an outstanding genre exercise from an exceptional filmmaker, returning to the blood-soaked territory that helped to solidify Kitano’s reputation as an unflinching master of the thousand-yard stare. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com