Outrage (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Robert Allan Ackerman

Writer (WGA):

Ellen Weston (written by)

Release Date:

4 January 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

One Man Is Taking Over The Streets.

Plot:

Tom Casey reports to the police some youngsters stealing from cars. He becomes the target of the 3 teenagers, who start to terrorise him and his family. |

Plot Keywords:

Remake

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Tom Casey
Jennifer Grey	...	Sally Casey
Kathryn Harrold	...	Deena Bateman
Eric Michael Cole	...	Jeffrey Bateman
Shane Meier	...	Mark
Cyrus Thiedeke	...	Fats
Jerry Wasserman	...	Officer Dan McRyan
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	The Other Officer
Robert Wisden	...	Manny Baylis
Jennifer Clement	...	Manny's Wife
Fulvio Cecere	...	Jim
Bob Morrisey	...	Braxton
Lesley Ewen	...	Duty Officer
Christine Willes	...	Judge
Johnny Kirkpatrick	...	Waiter

Runtime:

Netherlands:96 min | USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

American Zoetrope

Movie Connections:

Remake of Outrage (1973) (TV)

An Excellent Social Commentary

In addition to everyone else's comments and reviews, I'd like to mention that this movie portrays two excellent social commentaries: one, the sad injustices of the justice system and two, the true, full scope of the very nature and character of violence on a universal level. Violence, in all its forms, have stages, and OUTRAGE presents most of them from the mildest to the most severe. And like drugs, after the kicks of a mild level of violence loses its appeal and purpose, a stronger dose is needed to get the initial feeling again. And then even a stronger dose than that, and so on, until lines are overstepped, things gets serious and lives are ruined. The parallels between drugs and violence are so uncannily exact, OUTRAGE is almost a sociology study. Especially that juvenile crime is not exclusively a problem among the poor. That the rich, who are bored, with everything handed to them, and with social prestige in the community feels is above the law. So, if you want to see fine writing, fine acting, believable characters you care about and can recognize in people you've met, a good suspenseful thriller -- and the most extraordinary social commentaries that will pull some heartstrings, DON'T MISS "OUTRAGE!"