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Film Perfection

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Outlaw definitely made me wonder... about myself.I have often thought that, in a different life, I could have been a hit-man and those feeling certainly rose to the surface as I watched this movie. A bunch of unlikely guys with a common thread come together as much by chance as anything else when they are let down by society. One (Sean Bean) has suffered the unimaginable (unless you've been there) horrors of war in the middle east only to come home to find his wife in bed with another man. Another (Danny Dyer) has been beaten half to death by a gang of mindless street thugs. A Negro barrister (Lennie James) has his pregnant wife murdered because, with a moral interest in serving society and make the world a better place, he won't walk away from prosecuting a criminal drug dealer who has bent London cops on his payroll.As the plot built and the scene was set I found my anger rising by the minute along with the victims of criminal rule as a state of anarchy was graphically portrayed. I wanted to wreak retribution on the low-life perpetrators and so, when that began to happen, rather than feeling offended, I felt exhilarated. I know I could have pulled the trigger without compunction!I guess one thing I wouldn't have done personally was work as a team which the vigilantes did. I would have preferred to work anonymously and alone. I was reminded a bit of the TV series, "Arrow" although "Outlaw" was a lot more realistic than that. Some of the vigilante gang were hampered by moral qualms about what they were doing whilst I was almost eagerly wanting to not only dispose of the thugs and bullies but to do so in a slow and painful way! Hmmmm.So, for me, Outlaw was more of a social statement than just a movie. I was reminded of news stories on TV like one recently where a beautiful young pregnant wife was raped and murdered on her way home from work at Macdonalds just down the road from my home and the 18-year-old perpetrator - who had had a bad family situation - was given a token jail sentence by some bleeding-heart judge. I just hope he ends up in a jail where the other inmates will deal out the justice that the courts so often fail to deal out. I don't want to pay (they tell me) over a million dollars a year to keep that scum-bag in an air- conditioned jail where he will get three healthy meals a day prepared for him and won't even have to do the washing up. If it was up to me, he would have been executed and the world rid of one more waste of time!But the bleeding-heart brigade say that's inhuman! I wonder what the judge would say had the victim been his daughter! So, as it is, we NEED people like Sean Bean and his mates to clean up the filth from our streets. I loved the closing shot and, when Manning said his line, I said aloud, "Wanna bet?!"OK, many might say that Outlaw portrays a side of life that they don't want to go to the movies thrust at them and I wouldn't mind betting they're the ones who lobbied their MPs to have corporal punishment abolished. Well, maybe they don't realise it but the situations portrayed in this movie exist in just about every big city in the world.

When I saw the trailer for OUTLAW I knew I wanted to see it – Sean Bean is one of my favourite actors and I loved the look of the vigilante plot. But it was one of those films that slipped by until now, when I finally caught up with it on TV one night. I'm glad I didn't get to it sooner.The film is a crushing, no-budget disappointment, nothing like it's made out to be in the trailer. The plot is passable at best, and while it contains some intense, shocking moments (the attack on the barrister's wife is one of the most disturbing I've seen in some time), it never seems to go anywhere, and by the end turns into the usual good guys vs. arch villain type action flick. Some scenes are ludicrous, like the bit with the shoot-out with the police in the wood, and the characters are never likable as they should be. Take Sean Bean's lead for instance – he's a disturbed ex-soldier, yes, but we never learn a thing about his background or what makes him tick. Bean tries hard to make the best of the material, but his talents are wasted here.It's a shame, as the talents of other decent actors – such as Lennie James and Bob Hoskins – are also left unexploited to their full potential. The biggest problem of all lies in the director, Nick Love. For some stupid reason, he adopts a shaky cam in an attempt to give his film edge, but it's distracting at best and nauseating at worst. Paul Greengrass he certainly isn't – and the camera-work alone is enough to ruin what was potentially an interesting film that raises some important questions about crime and justice.

When I first heard that Danny Dyer and Sean Bean were appearing in a film together, i thought it was going to be legendary. Before I saw this at the cinema it had received several slatings by film critics. There are some holes in the story, but it is a gripping film, with some violent and traumatic scenes (yes I thought these were good), and the cast and acting was very good on the whole: Sean Harris (aka the Kestrel) plays the part so well, Danny Dyer is always good in my opinion, and with the gravitas of Sean Bean and Bob Hoskins its almost faultless. Film-making was good, but it does seem like the story line was adjusted to fit the film as its not always logical. P.s. If this was a DVD rating id give it 9 because of the film commentary by Nick Love and Danny Dyer. That is what would make me watch the film again.

Britain is falling down into disregard. Violence and crime have taken over and even the powers to be are corrupt. That is the United Kingdom of today. At least according to the scriptwriter. Danny Bryant (Sean Bean) returns unwanted and uncared for from the nightmare of war. An Afgan veteran he has left duty and become a civilian only to find out that his only mainstay in life - his wife - has found comfort in the arms of another man. Abandoned by his family and his country he enters the road of revenge with his focus firmly set on the criminal underbelly of the city. By chance he finds a group of like-minded individuals, who however unlike him lack the killer instinct and abilities to fight back. Gene Dekker (Danny Dyer) is a wimp unable to protect himself or his fiancée and although nothing really bad has ever happened to him his life is controlled by fear. Sandy Mardell (Rupert Friend) was beaten up and left for dead by a group of young underage thugs only to survive with his face disfigured. Simon Hillier (Sean Harris) is just... well... mental. Prosecutor Cedric Munroe (Lennie James) is the heaviest afflicted member of the party - his wife and unborn baby are killed by members of the Manning crime syndicate.Vengeance quickly turns out to be tougher than expected, as the members of the Outlaws must cross barrier after barrier. It's not simple for a honest citizen to suddenly start whacking thugs or even worse killing them. Not all of them are able to commit and albeit they initially know the aim of their fight morality gets in the way of their justice.Many people here find this movie unrealistic and the actions of characters idiotic. I however find it to be extremely realistic - the Outlaws are far from ideal and even their self-proclaimed leader Danny is prone to dire mistakes. There is no mastermind behind the plan, so naturally chance and planning coincide. The unexpected happens and everything goes awry. The fighting spree of the Outlaws is short-lived and although they have their five minutes of fame it ends rather quickly and abruptly.My main problem with the movie is the lack of character build. Only two characters - Danny and Gene - get decent focus, whilst the character which should be key to story - Cedric - is underused. The plot stays plausible, but you have no real idea of what actually guides our heroes to do what they do. I could see a real classic revenge movie come out of this one, but instead I'm not sure what the director's real intent was as we end up in an unsatisfying finale undercut with the poor build-up of characters. In the end I have no real idea as to what the movie was about - maybe it was just supposed to be a gratuitous action flick? In the end a shame, because the potential in this movie was very close to the surface.