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The Outsider

The Outsider (2018)

March. 09,2018
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6.2
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R
| Drama Crime Mystery

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

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Scanialara
2018/03/09

You won't be disappointed!

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Plantiana
2018/03/10

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

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TrueHello
2018/03/11

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Kirandeep Yoder
2018/03/12

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

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elliotjeory
2018/03/13

The cinematography of this film was excellent. It is a slow burner and brutal in some scenes however If you like Japanese culture you will enjoy this film. Not for gaijins :)

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amesmonde
2018/03/14

An American becomes a member of the Japanese yakuza and tries to help the clan who are under a power pressure from a rivaling gang. Less stylised than Only God Forgives (2013), director Martin Zandvliet offers a well filmed, satisfying, yet, paint by numbers gangster screenplay from Andrew Baldwin in the vain of a string of 80s and 90s Japanese organized crime syndicate films, including the likes of American Yakuza (1993) and Black Rain (1989). That said, what makes The Outsider standout and more interesting from many other yakuza yarns is the 1954 post WWII backdrop and the strong cast performances. The tone and score compliments Zandvliet's well staged ultra violent moments - fingers are cut off, throats are cut and people are shot, strangled and stabbed. With deaths echoing the Godfather trilogy writer Baldwin wisely includes the staple themes loyalty, betrayal and forbidden love with Zandvliet bringing these visually to life with the grease and atmosphere of the 50s, injected into the costumes sets and locations. Jared Leto' snake like performance as prisoner of war Nick Lowell is a highlight as he becomes part of the yakuza. The Shiromatsu patriarch, Akihiro, played wonderfully by Min Tanaka is notable. Tadanobu Asano is memorable as Yakuza member Kiyoshi who Nick helps out of an Osaka prison.Overall, not a gangster game changer but enjoyable nonetheless.

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dallasryan
2018/03/15

I thoroughly enjoyed this film until the last 30 minutes of it as it took a nose dive towards the end. The script became contrived and some of the characters were doing things that their characters wouldn't be doing, but the script was making them do it. Jared Leto plays a very interesting, quiet, calculating character in this one and it's a great performance in the same respects of the quiet, calculated mob characters such as Al Pacino's character in The Godfather, etc. An interesting movie, but it could have been great if the ending would have paid off. Sometimes it's all how you finish, not how you begin.

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omendata
2018/03/16

Reminds me of the Yakuza (1974) with Robert Mitchum combined with Black Rain!Stylish and dark beyond darkness; the brutality is almost clinical in its precision and execution just like the movie.Critics - What do they know - there seems to be a difference between what critics say and the reality of what we all like and what is genuinely good!This was a good film!

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