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Outlaw [2007]
from Pathe Distribution
starring Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins, Lennie James, Rupert Friend
directed by Nick Love

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Editorial Review:

Outlaw is no easy film, with no easy answers. The latest from writer/director Nick Love, previously behind The Football Factory and The Business, it tells the story of a Britain overrun with crime, with no one willing to stand up to it.

Until, that is, a group of people--led by Sean Bean’s Bryant--decide to effectively take matters into their own hands. And so, with each of this group having their own reasons for their actions, they start to exact a form of revenge on the those who have wronged them, laying the scene for an interesting vigilante crime-thriller.

Amidst a fair cavalcade of at-times quite brutal violence, Outlaw has a real feeling and message at the heart of it. But you’d be hard pushed to say that the message is well handled, or that it’s the main reason for watching the film. Instead, the strengths are some of the performances (Bean is joined by the likes of Bob Hoskins, Lennie James and Dannie Dyer) and the increasingly confident direction from Love. At times it’s blistering to watch, no matter how uncomfortable it makes you feel.

Ultimately, though, Outlaw, in spite of its strengths, is a mixed bag, yet one with plenty to recommend it. It’s a well-made, diverting film, albeit not one for the squeamish, and while it’s got its fair share of flaws, you’re unlikely to be disappointed by it. --Jon Foster

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• touching a nerve
  Yeah the camera work is a bit dodgey but this film touches a nerve in the sense that if your not a thug or bully you have probably felt like this at some point. A sad story in which a bunch of people decide to sort out the criminals of this world and fail. For me it is more about the underlying message about society and england that is important, not the camera angles or other minor issues

• Sadly disappointing
  Being something of a fan of some of the actors in this film, and having it recommended by Amazon, I thought I'd give it a go. Outlaw starts with an excellent premise - a group of disillusioned individuals taking matters into their own hands to combat a rising tide of thugs and gang culture, and the moral implications of exactly how one goes about fighting such a wide and varied enemy, and how far one goes while doing so. Sadly, this is marred by incredibly jerky camera movement throughout, as if the... more info

• Need a bucket....
  ...... due to motion sickness.
  Why why why do producers insist on shaking the camera around. Is it art? Is it adding anything to the film? Is it a nervous camera man that is obsessed with his zoom buttom? I dont mind a little movement to add dimension to a film, but this is rediculous, knocks the spots of Blair Witch on the camera shaking front.
  The film looks pretty good and I really wanted to watch it, but I just could not sit through the shaking.

• Outlaw
  'Outlaw' started out looking very promising with a good premise and cast. Sadly by the end it has descended into farce and strayed away from the themes of the film, namely that of a fractured society and a vigilante group fighting back against injustice. If it had stuck to this then this film may well have impressed me more. It moved from a wider dissatisfaction and fighting back against wayward society, to a personal vendetta against one mans criminal activities. Never-the-less it is pretty well acted,... more info

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