OUTRAGE CODA is the closing film in a trilogy that had an excellent outset, a decent middle and an ending that's...well, a little disappointing, considering what's come before. It's not a bad film certainly but it does feel a little circumspect, a little superfluous compared to what happened in the last two movies. Takeshi is back again, this time hiding out on Jeju Island before more Yakuza rivalry back in Japan sees him jetting across the water to take care of things. The film is an extreme slow-burner like much of Takeshi's work, and that's fine, but the plotting feels a little muddled and repetitive at times and the violence isn't quite as creative as in the previous instalments.
Review of Outrage Coda
