After watching this movie I went to Metacritic to check reviews. Something like 30% on MC and 17% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's nuts. In fact, the quoted highlights from paid movie reviewers were completely non-sensical. Too bad I don't speak Japanese, because imo, the only professional movie critic worth hearing from on this movie would have to be Japanese. American critics are too culturally stunted and biased to appreciate what was being depicted in The Outsider. Bottom line, it is what it is, a hard-edged, violent, unsentimental window into organized crime during post war Japan. If you're into grim stories about criminals, and have a fascination for foreign and especially Japanese culture, you'll probably like it.
Review of The Outsider
