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"Outrage" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 01/03/2017
A manipulative Yakuza boss engineers a feud between two subordinate gangs in order to seize their territories. This may be a rather generic sounding plot, but in previous gangster related projects Takeshi Kitano has always managed to put a different spin on the tough guy crime drama. Unfortunately his usual formula of "gangsters at play" which has been successful in creating a bond between otherwise unlikeable characters and the audience using a streak of dark humour is surprisingly absent in Outrage. Here we have exactly what it says on the tin; a bunch of obnoxious thugs beating and killing each other in a series of scenes of escalating violence. This makes it very difficult to actually care what happens to any of them; they are all equally unpleasant so there is no "hero" of the story …
