Beyond Outrage
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: January 3, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The PlaylistGabe ToroNov 1, 2013
Takes the standard gangster movie template and blasts it out of the water. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 4, 2014
Of all the great actor/directors, Kitano has probably come the closest to creating a style that parallels his approach to acting. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJan 7, 2014
The maverick Japanese writer-director-actor known for his vicious set-pieces and macabre sense of humor eventually delivers some lip-smacking pleasures in the slow-ignition yakuza thriller Outrage Beyond. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJan 4, 2014
Unfortunately, early hints that the the actor-filmmaker's latest will be a brilliant, bloody, sustained workplace satire don't pan out. This is an intelligently composed, crisply edited, sometimes amusing, but otherwise unremarkable cross/double cross gangster picture. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJan 2, 2014
Beyond Outrage reaches above and beyond most Hollywood underworld movies to deliver a tale of righteous revenge doled out only after showing us how much it is deserved. Read full review
60
VarietyJustin ChangJan 7, 2014
The Japanese action aesthete plays it cool and smooth in a picture that exerts a steadily tightening grip, though not until after a first hour of near-impenetrable gangster gab that may leave the uninitiated feeling stranded. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithJan 4, 2014
Beyond Outrage fails to live up to its title as Japanese superstar Takeshi Kitano can’t find much in the way of fresh ideas for the genre. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJan 2, 2014
The strategy and strategizing of Beyond Outrage still feel like overkill (if you’ll pardon the expression). Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoDec 27, 2013
If Takeshi Kitano does go forward with the rumored third volume, hopefully he'll conceive of some fresh angle on this increasingly dry material. Read full review
40
The DissolveMike D'AngeloJan 2, 2014
Kitano’s surreal autobiographical phase was maddening, but it’s depressing to see him stoop to giving audiences what he thinks they really want. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerDec 31, 2013
It's somewhat surprising to find the filmmaker's sequel marked by such a lack of urgency. The action here seems dutiful, devoid of the indignation at criminal vileness that seethed below Outrage's surface. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 31, 2013
The film lacks any kind of human interest, relying instead on our inferred love of lengthy strategy sessions and displays of ruffled pride. When it comes to yakuza cinema, you can do better. Read full review
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