7.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issues a warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto. Kato, in turn, orders Ikemoto to bring a rival gang in line, and immediately passes the task on to his subordinate Otomo, who runs with his own crew. The tricky jobs that no one wants to do always seem to end up in Otomo's lap.
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shîna, Ryô Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Jun KunimuraForeign | 100% |
Drama | 48% |
Crime | 31% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Mandarin (Traditional), English
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Takeshi Kitano's "Autoreiji" a.k.a "Outrage" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Hong Kong-based distributors Panorama. The supplemental features on this release include the film's original theatrical trailer; making of featurette; roundtable discussion; footage from the film's premiere in Japan; cast interviews; and footage from the film's screening at the Cannes Film Festival. In Japanese, with optional English and Traditional Chinese subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Back in action - Beat Takeshi
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Takeshi Kitano's Outrage arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Hong Kong-based distributors Panorama.
This is easily the best high-definition transfer I've seen Panorama use. I assume that it is a direct port of the one used by Bandai Visual for the Japanese Blu-ray release of Outrage, but I don't have the disc to confirm. Regardless, the film looks very good in 1080p.
Detail is excellent throughout the entire film. The close-ups, in particular, are exceptionally crisp, a few actually resembling photographs (see screencapture #4). Clarity and contrast levels are also consistent, with only a couple of scenes where natural light is prominent looking slightly softer and marginally desaturated (see screencapture #2). Color reproduction is also convincing. There are no traces of overzealous sharpening. Filtering or other post-production corrections have not been performed either. Heavy compression artifacts and ringing are nowhere to be found either. There are, however, a couple of scenes where extremely mild banding is noticeable. Still, the presentation is very strong, and as far as I am concerned this Blu-ray release ranks amongst Panorama's best. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There are two audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1. For the record, Panorama have provided optional English and Traditional Chinese subtitles for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
The Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track serves the film well -- the shootouts sound very crisp while the short chase scenes have some surprisingly good rear-channel activity. Keiichi Suzuki's soundtrack introduces a number of industrial background noises, which the loseless audio track handles with excellent precision. The dialog is crisp, clean, stable, and easy to follow. The English translation is excellent.
Note: All of the supplemental features are placed on a separate Region-3 coded SDVD. Therefore, you must have a Region-Free SDVD player, or a Region-Free Blu-ray player, in order to access its content.
My feeling is that Outrage will appeal primarily to longtime Takeshi Kitano fans, and especially those who consider his early crime films to be his best. The material is hardly original and its presentation at times overstylized, but the film is nevertheless entertaining. On the other hand, Panorama's Blu-ray release of Outrage is impressive. RECOMMENDED.
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