Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

annapannov Whether the plot is copy of what was here far long even vera is starrin

amesmonde 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.

sheepskin404 Sometimes I don't understand how a movie can receive the rating it gets. At the time of this review, this movie has a 6.1. This is not a perfect movie but it is well worth watching, if you like these types of movies. The plot is simple enough. A White man is in jail for a reason we never find out about in post world war 2 Japan. He gets released sometime in the 1950's. He finds himself involved with organized crime and a turf war. We watch as this movie slowly unfolds and the plot further develops. The acting is superb. The directing, cinematography, special effects, music, are all excellent. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys slow moving thrillers and a deep and complex story that slowly gets revealed in subtle ways. This is probably one of the best movies of the genre I have seen. It might not appeal to you but if it does, this one will stick with you.

zvincatudor Al the cultura and the effort due it is gorgeous. The people who work on the film gotten their homework very well and it's nice.