Outlaw came out in 2007 when Britain was in a hell hole & even named Broken Britain & this gritty thriller was a reaction to the times.
I'm not a fan of mouthy blokey laddy Director Nick Love at all, i can't stand his crappy Chav flicks like "The Football Factory" or "The Business" & i have no interest in his later cop thriller "The Sweeney" but his product-of-it's-time angry revenge Thriller Outlaw is a movie i really liked.
From the horrendous Broken Britain era we had a bunch of movies that came out of that hoodie horror times such as: Harry Brown, Eden Lake, The Comedown, The Veteran, F, Shank & Kidulthood for an example. These films captured the fear of the times, the fear of the savage unprovoked attacks on innocent people by roaming feral Chavs. All of which was absolutely TRUE.
England had become a hell hole of police corruption, killer Chavs, free walking Paedophiles & non-stop horrendous crimes on the news & on every single front page of the papers.
The time was so dark & so depressing & absolutely hopeless. The anger of the victims & just people surviving in that sewer had to go somewhere & Nick Love cleverly captured it in his vigilante film.
In a place where the law doesn't help you & the most evil scum simply get a slap-on-the-wrist what would you do?
Outlaw is a violent movie that definitely doesn't glorify violence. The angry & hurt characters here use violence as their last option when they've lost everything.
Sean Bean gives an excellent performance as angry & lost soldier Bryant who has just returned to London from his tour in Afghanistan & turns up in a land he doesn't recognise. Britain/London is rubbish strewn shi#hole infested with mouthy violence moraless Chavs. These young thugs are everywhere & seem to be raised on hatred & violence & if that wasn't enough, the whole of England is a war zone where big Gangster thugs are protected by corrupted cops & criminals do what they want when they want & as usual (just like real life) they never pay the proper price for their crimes & are freed to do it all again. Outlaw almost feels like a true documentary of the time, its filmed with a jerky gritty & constantly moving style that works perfectly & the cinematography is dull, grim & depressing. Sean Beans Bryant has had enough & wants to do something about the state of his country that he has fought for & so bands together a bunch of victims of society & form a modern day posse.
Sean Bean is truly excellent & you agree with everything he says throughout the movie. Next best performance is from Sean Harris ('71, Harry Brown) as a very angry security guard that often goes OTT but has the real darkness to go through with what their mission is all about, Violent Revenge.
Danny Dyer is decent as a bullied city office worker, he is the voice of the real people & audience because he lives in fear of the thugs & violence that surrounds his everyday life & is full of anxiety & fear.
There's a judge that turns vigilante because his pregnant wife was murdered by a local crime boss & goes unpunished. There's a soft talking & well educated University guy that has been severely beaten & disfigured by a random attack from violent street thugs & wants to do something about it as his attackers are freed early, of course because the system is a joke.
We get a great powerhouse performance from legendary British actor Bob Hoskins as a bitter old cop fed-up of the police corruption & the scum walking the streets because of a bent justice system.
Nick Love definitely picked a cracking cast in this ensemble piece & tells his story as real as possible. In fact the film feels dark & very dangerous from how it's filmed & scored.
Not a Nick Love fan but i loved his best movie Outlaw.
Outlaw will ask a lot of hard questions & will put you in the shoes of the victims & ask what would you do?
I actually agree with the vigilante justice especially if the scum have taken everything from you but it's not glorified & you see both sides of the impact of violence & vigilante justice. What's interesting is the Outlaw posse really don't actually get hardly any scum that they want to because no everyone has that darkness to really do it so it's actually very realistic.
When there is violence is bone-crunching & impactful & horrible as it should be but also rewarding when some of the evil thugs get what they deserve.
Outlaw is like a grindhouse picture in how it's made, created on a small budget & is very shockingly violent a very dark subject matter, like The Exterminator (1980) & Taxi Driver (1976) & Death Wish (1974), Outlaw is crafted in the style of those old school 70's thriller's where they feel dangerous & unpredictable.
All in all Outlaw is a very thoughtful thriller & well made to make you think about society & where were heading.
I'm not a fan of mouthy blokey laddy Director Nick Love at all, i can't stand his crappy Chav flicks like "The Football Factory" or "The Business" & i have no interest in his later cop thriller "The Sweeney" but his product-of-it's-time angry revenge Thriller Outlaw is a movie i really liked.
From the horrendous Broken Britain era we had a bunch of movies that came out of that hoodie horror times such as: Harry Brown, Eden Lake, The Comedown, The Veteran, F, Shank & Kidulthood for an example. These films captured the fear of the times, the fear of the savage unprovoked attacks on innocent people by roaming feral Chavs. All of which was absolutely TRUE.
England had become a hell hole of police corruption, killer Chavs, free walking Paedophiles & non-stop horrendous crimes on the news & on every single front page of the papers.
The time was so dark & so depressing & absolutely hopeless. The anger of the victims & just people surviving in that sewer had to go somewhere & Nick Love cleverly captured it in his vigilante film.
In a place where the law doesn't help you & the most evil scum simply get a slap-on-the-wrist what would you do?
Outlaw is a violent movie that definitely doesn't glorify violence. The angry & hurt characters here use violence as their last option when they've lost everything.
Sean Bean gives an excellent performance as angry & lost soldier Bryant who has just returned to London from his tour in Afghanistan & turns up in a land he doesn't recognise. Britain/London is rubbish strewn shi#hole infested with mouthy violence moraless Chavs. These young thugs are everywhere & seem to be raised on hatred & violence & if that wasn't enough, the whole of England is a war zone where big Gangster thugs are protected by corrupted cops & criminals do what they want when they want & as usual (just like real life) they never pay the proper price for their crimes & are freed to do it all again. Outlaw almost feels like a true documentary of the time, its filmed with a jerky gritty & constantly moving style that works perfectly & the cinematography is dull, grim & depressing. Sean Beans Bryant has had enough & wants to do something about the state of his country that he has fought for & so bands together a bunch of victims of society & form a modern day posse.
Sean Bean is truly excellent & you agree with everything he says throughout the movie. Next best performance is from Sean Harris ('71, Harry Brown) as a very angry security guard that often goes OTT but has the real darkness to go through with what their mission is all about, Violent Revenge.
Danny Dyer is decent as a bullied city office worker, he is the voice of the real people & audience because he lives in fear of the thugs & violence that surrounds his everyday life & is full of anxiety & fear.
There's a judge that turns vigilante because his pregnant wife was murdered by a local crime boss & goes unpunished. There's a soft talking & well educated University guy that has been severely beaten & disfigured by a random attack from violent street thugs & wants to do something about it as his attackers are freed early, of course because the system is a joke.
We get a great powerhouse performance from legendary British actor Bob Hoskins as a bitter old cop fed-up of the police corruption & the scum walking the streets because of a bent justice system.
Nick Love definitely picked a cracking cast in this ensemble piece & tells his story as real as possible. In fact the film feels dark & very dangerous from how it's filmed & scored.
Not a Nick Love fan but i loved his best movie Outlaw.
Outlaw will ask a lot of hard questions & will put you in the shoes of the victims & ask what would you do?
I actually agree with the vigilante justice especially if the scum have taken everything from you but it's not glorified & you see both sides of the impact of violence & vigilante justice. What's interesting is the Outlaw posse really don't actually get hardly any scum that they want to because no everyone has that darkness to really do it so it's actually very realistic.
When there is violence is bone-crunching & impactful & horrible as it should be but also rewarding when some of the evil thugs get what they deserve.
Outlaw is like a grindhouse picture in how it's made, created on a small budget & is very shockingly violent a very dark subject matter, like The Exterminator (1980) & Taxi Driver (1976) & Death Wish (1974), Outlaw is crafted in the style of those old school 70's thriller's where they feel dangerous & unpredictable.
All in all Outlaw is a very thoughtful thriller & well made to make you think about society & where were heading.
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