Outrage Coda

I reckon if you haven't seen the previous two entries some of the things may not really work for you. As a reviewer stated he thought many things were generic. I highly disagree, especially with the change of location. Now is it as good as the first Outrage? No it isn't, but does it conclude the whole thing in a very satisfying way? You bet it does.

There is a lot of violence but that is to be expected. There is also a lot of crazy connections and intriguing going on. People betraying others, but also some trying to do the honorable thing. Power corrupts ... absolute power corrupts absolutely. Or something along those lines. Also some things seem inevitable, like what goes around comes around. Karma is catching up most of the time - even when it feels not deservedly.

Truly a great experience for me, a well made trilogy with its intense storytelling and raw and brutally show cased characters and events. It maintains it quality as a gangster movie even though it is a bit low comparing to both first and second part. It is a bit rushed comparing to first two parts of the movie, but it doesn't effect the overall outlook of the movie. Brilliantly written turns and events literally goes through deep politics of Yakuza gang. What makes this trilogy different from other gangster movies are the realistic approach to the movie that seems more natural but also brutally portrayed violence. This trilogy is poetically raw and brutal, in a sense one who watching the movie may think that Takeshi is enjoying killing people brutally and honestly. This movie, in my opinion, can be seen as the true and well made representation of Gangsters and the unpredictability nature and politics, rivalry and violence among them. First part of the movie Outrage (2010) is a well made film with its poetical representation of gangsters and mob war. First part of the movie is then followed by second part which named Beyond outrage (2012) which maintains and improves what the first part had done. Must watch movie if you desired to watch a movie about gangsters, true and natural representation they got without any over the top events or exaggerations.

This is the last movie in Outrage serial, and what a great ending it is. There are a plenty of new charachters and some of the charachters from previous Outrage movies, but Otomo is still there, this old style Yakuza is giving creeps to all of Yakuza clans, fantastically played by Beat Takeshi, you can feel his specific and nihilistic humour, just enjoyment to watch, other actors are also great in their roles and this is the last movie to feature Ren Osugi, he was one of my favorite Japanese actors in the last 20 years, may he RIP. I must admit that i enjoy more this movie than the previous, Beyond Outrage, i still don't get it why so much negative reactions and rates for this installment. If you love Beat Takeshi, Yakuza and gangster flicks with sense of humour this movie is definetely for you. I gave 8/10.

After watching the whole series, I think now it's the time to pounder on them. Of course, this review is only for the third installment.

By now, whoever is watching, either is aware of everything or happened to come by randomly. If you are the latter, you might feel let down, since this is not your mainstream mafia movie. This is an epic, a sad tale about a loyal, and, might I add, methodical, Yakuza. Methodical as this movie!

Everything is carefully crafted, but, then again, it takes its time. It drags like Otomo: reckless, but slow-paced; though, it plays out so nicely that it's good to watch, if you like Japanese movies.

Surely not a classic like The Godfather, and it does sounds kinda funny when you come to think of it, since most "executives" looks like a bunch of sloths, but Otomo's "plank" determination onto killing every goddamn traitor is outstanding.

Not a movie for everyone, but it should be, I guess... if you like... Yakuza stuff.

Being a huge fan of the first two Outrage movies, I anticipated the newest (and apparently last) Outrage movie in the franchise, Outrage Coda.

After watching the movie I had the definite sense something was missing. The most obvious was that many of the participants in the first two movies weren't there. They were all killed off either in the first or second movie. There's plenty of mob killings in Outrage Coda. Yes, there is action galore, but ....

In my opinion, the absence of Detective Kataoka, the slimy, scheming, corrupt detective who was the Iago to Otomo's Othello is a serious drawback. His conniving scheming between the major crime families and between Otomo and the crime families provided the drama which made the story and the action compelling. Detective Kataoka is not in Outrage Coda obviously, he was done away with in Beyond Outrage, but the scheming, conspiracies, and intrigues between the two families are. This results in a lot of back-and-forth between the families, conspiracies, action, and shoot-outs, but an overall less interesting movie than the first two.

Takeshi Kitano is a good filmmaker, and it is a good movie. For this reason, whether or of you are a confirmed fan of the first two, you should purchase this movie. If you are an Outrage fan, you will watch the first two movies a lot more and this one less.