Outlaw (2007)

Director:

Nick Love

Writer:

Nick Love (writer)

Release Date:

9 March 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Tagline:

There will be no excuses. The guilty will be punished. No one is above OUTLAW

Plot:

A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society. |

Plot Keywords:

Stabbed In The Stomach | Telephone Marketing | Wedding Dress | Framed | Shot In The Neck

Cast

Sean Bean	...	Danny Bryant
Danny Dyer	...	Gene Dekker
Rupert Friend	...	Sandy Mardell
Sean Harris	...	Simon Hillier
Lennie James	...	Cedric Munroe
Bob Hoskins	...	Walter Lewis
Sally Bretton	...	Kelly
Joe Jackson	...	Subaru Kid 1
Dave Legeno	...	Ian Furlong
Igor Smiljevic	...	Subaru Kid 2 (as Igor Breakenback)
James Farbell	...	Subaru Kid 3
Emily Maitlis	...	Herself
Shane Reese	...	Kid 1
Ethan Wilson	...	Kid 2
Rory Pettyjohns	...	Kid 3

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, pervasive language and brief sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Australia:MA (2007) | New Zealand:R18 | USA:R | Finland:K-18 | Norway:18 (TV rating) | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Bream, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Company:

Ingenious Film Partners

Trivia:

Nick Love based the screenplay on newspaper stories and anecdotes he's been told by people all over the UK. The narrative is fictional, but many of the incidents portrayed are based on fact.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: (At 14:00) When Simon Hillier is spying on Danny Bryant via CCTV, he controls the CCTV cameras using a remote joystick. The joystick makes whirring motor noises, which joysticks do not make. The motors that move the cameras (on some models) make such noises but this would not be heard at the controller end.

Quotes:

Bryant: Why's he on bail?
Walter Lewis: Shoplifting crayons apparently.

Movie Connections:

References Munich (2005)

Soundtrack:

Puppy Love

Nearly a good movie

Sean Bean gives a good performance as a Para who seems to have lost a sense of purpose after leaving the armed services in Outlaw. I really got into this movie and I thought hey there are some snags but I am enjoying this. Yes it is a bit controversial in its thinking but sometimes you have to accept that society does not always think logically. Another good point to the film is how you watch the characters reactions to the whole philosophy of retaliation. Some of members of the gang seem to struggle with the violence, whilst others simply bask in it. However, the fundamental flaw appears with this film as far as I was concerned was towards the end. For 3 quarters of the film I wanted to know what was going to happen, where the characters were going. I wanted the film to end in a crescendo of action and intrigue. Instead sadly it ended with a bit of a farce and a whimper. I won't spoil it for those that want to see it but lets just say that it seemed to me that the script writer either ran out of ideas or the director ran out of money. In my opinion if Outlaw was 15 minutes longer and the ending thought about a bit more this could have been a good film. In the end all it left me was the bitter taste of disappointment though.