The Outsider
Oscar winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) leads this post-WWII crime drama as an imprisoned American soldier who seeks to repay the Yakuza for setting him free. From the director of Oscar nominee Land of Mine.
- Director:
- Martin Zandvliet ('Land of Mine', 'Applause', 'A Funny Man')
- Writer:
- Andrew Baldwin
- Cast:
- Jared LetoTadanobu AsanoKippei ShînaRory CochraneShiori KutsunaNao OmoriMin TanakaEmile Hirsch
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksIt's an affectionate love letter to yakuza films, but The Outsider is a dull, cookie cutter movie that largely fails to deliver. Having Jared Leto in the lead isn't as bad as it may sound, despite him having the appearance of a thin model rather than a grizzled mob enforcer. Rather, the main problem with this stylised, violent tale of organised crime in post-WWII Japan is that it's something we've seen done better, countless times before.
Yuck-uza
The Outsider really isn’t a great film. I wanted to like it, and I usually enjoy gritty crime movies, but this one was just everything I’ve seen done before but somehow a lot worse than when I’ve seen it done before. And even though I’m trying to find something good to say about it, I really can’t. The cinematography was good, I guess? But not good enough...
Variety
pressDull, flavourless, and fundamentally incurious, "The Outsider" is a clueless misfire, the cinematic equivalent of a study-abroad student showing off the kanji forearm tattoo whose meaning he never bothered to learn.
Los Angeles Times
press"The Outsider" is a slick copy of multiple, much-better films and TV series. It's so well-polished it's practically featureless.
Hollywood Reporter
pressDesigned to offer Western audiences the opportunity to see a Caucasian movie star, and a heartthrob one at that, in an unusual genre setting, The Outsider rarely manages to rise above its audience-baiting concept.
FilmInk
pressA solid crime movie, elevated by a keen sense of place and some fine performances.
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksIt's an affectionate love letter to yakuza films, but The Outsider is a dull, cookie cutter movie that largely fails to deliver. Having Jared Leto in the lead isn't as bad as it may sound, despite him having the appearance of a thin model rather than a grizzled mob enforcer. Rather, the main problem with this stylised, violent tale of organised crime in post-WWII Japan is that it's something we've seen done better, countless times before.
Variety
pressDull, flavourless, and fundamentally incurious, "The Outsider" is a clueless misfire, the cinematic equivalent of a study-abroad student showing off the kanji forearm tattoo whose meaning he never bothered to learn.
Los Angeles Times
press"The Outsider" is a slick copy of multiple, much-better films and TV series. It's so well-polished it's practically featureless.
Hollywood Reporter
pressDesigned to offer Western audiences the opportunity to see a Caucasian movie star, and a heartthrob one at that, in an unusual genre setting, The Outsider rarely manages to rise above its audience-baiting concept.
FilmInk
pressA solid crime movie, elevated by a keen sense of place and some fine performances.
Yuck-uza
The Outsider really isn’t a great film. I wanted to like it, and I usually enjoy gritty crime movies, but this one was just everything I’ve seen done before but somehow a lot worse than when I’ve seen it done before. And even though I’m trying to find something good to say about it, I really can’t. The cinematography was good, I guess? But not good enough...
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