The Outrage

It played out like a floating showcase of stereotypical organized criminal violence. There was no depth to either the characters or the story.

The only characters I halfway cared about were Kitano's and Shiina's characters but even then, Shiina's character wasn't very likable and Kitano's character didn't make any sense. There's no honor among thieves: an adage well illustrated by his elder leadership and all his associates - yet Kitano's the lone, old school honorable thief? How'd he get to be the only honorable underboss in an organization full of dishonorable back-stabbers? Also, I think the story's twists bore a few too many cultural dependencies and so they didn't quite hit with the intended force.

I like Kitano - but this movie was too shallow.