Outrage

Exciting drama about a talented and gifted sociopath and his 2 excitement loving buddies who, after noticing a man, begin a crusade to not just annoy the man but to really mess up his life. These plans go from crank calls to low grade terror tactics and finally to life altering problems for him and his family. Good picture from start to pulse pounding finale.

Rob Lowe plays a man that is angry about things in his life - justifiably in the case of three teen boys who he reports to the police and then who harass him and his wife (Jennifer Grey)to the point of breaking! Rob Lowe's character is a person who can not let things go, and for every harassment against him and his wife he feels he must retaliate.

Rob Lowe does not convincingly portray rage, but otherwise his acting is good. Jennifer Grey does well as the pregnant wife opposite to Lowe's rage. It would have been difficult for Grey to portray more confusion and desperation since the husband's rage did not seem to warrant it.

Even though the film was made in 1998, the topic is current and it does accurately display how rage will escalate into something very bad if left unchecked.

The three young men - especially the ring leader - were excellent as spoiled prep school hoodlums!

This is ostensibly the story of a man's fight to defend himself and his family against three punks who have decided to make a target of him. What the story is really about is one of the problems with our legal system -- specifically the manner in which the police and the courts deal with juvenile criminals.

An independent insurance salesman named Tom Casey (Rob Lowe) is targeted by three well-to-do preppies that like to boost car stereos and trash other peoples' property for kicks. Casey observed the kids about to break into a car and reported their activities to the police. The cops arrive just in time to see the three breaking into Casey's car, with the head kid fondling a loaded revolver Casey kept under the front seat.

The cops arrest the trio of Yuppie larva for breaking into Casey's car and we learn that the head slime's mommy is a lawyer. A Rich Lawyer.

Casey, whose car has been completely trashed by the time the cops arrive, is arrested and charged with felony possession of a loaded handgun, for which he draws fifteen days in the lockup thanks to the truly lame defense offered by his brother-in-law.

Meanwhile, Mommy goes to Family Court and gets the charges against her Little Darling reduced to a wrist slap. Money fixes all, the kids walk away laughing and singing `I Love New York,' and get on with the serious business of harassing Casey's pregnant wife.

The remainder of the story unfolds in a fairly predictable manner, with so-so performances from the kids and a very good performance from Lowe.

The moral of this story seems to be, if you want something done right, do it yourself. If you want excuses, call the police.

After reporting three juveniles for stealing out of cars, Rob Lowe comes under attack in "Outrage," a 2008 TV movie.

One of the boys stole a gun from Casey's car. Since it's illegal to carry a concealed weapon, Casey is charged with a felony and goes to jail for a short time.

The three juvies, led by Eric Michael Cole, decide to ruin the man's life. They trash his car, change the apartment locks, trash his apartment - that's the mild stuff.

Casey then finds himself becoming the villain and not the victim, as the police don't believe the three boys are responsible for what is happening to him. One of the kids' mother (Kathryn Harrold) believes Casey is making false accusations.

With a pregnant wife (Jennifer Grey), Casey is desperate for a way to prove the boys are the ones behind all the chicanery.

Pretty good, and you really feel for Rob Lowe and detest the leader of the teens, played by Eric Michael Cole. Cole gives an excellent performance.

Jennifer Grey doesn't register much, but Lowe has some good scenes showing his - well, outrage.

Outrage is a decent made for TV-movie. The story centers around Rob Lowe (St. Elmo's Fire, Wayne's World) a working man who one day thwarts a few teenagers attempt at robbery and becomes a victim of theirs in an attempt at terrorizing him and his wife. The film's weak elements are the non-frightening bad guys (almost laughable actually), the average at best script, and some poor supporting performances (the main bad guy especially). The film is well-directed though and makes you feel for the couple, but the film's main asset is Rob Lowe. Lowe gives a fairly strong lead performance and has several scenes where he especially shines. If Lowe keeps giving solid performances in small movies like this, maybe he can get himself some decent roles in big movies again.