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Sean Bean and Lennie James............two amazing English actors at their best. Rough, tough, definitely not for kiddies. But a great take on what happens in society when people just can't take it anymore. If you enjoyed Sean in "Essex Boys" or "Extremely Dangerous", or you enjoyed Lennie in "Snatch" you will definitely like "The Outlaw". Sean is more than a lusty heartthrob and sexy voice ("National Treasure", "Lord of the Rings", "Troy", the "Sharpe" tv series)...........Lennie is more than amazing FBI spy Robert Hawkins in the tv show and soon to be movie "Jericho" and "The Prisoner" remake. Check out "The Outlaw" and enjoy more of their work, you won't be disappointed!
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I like Brit crime, and I think Sean Bean is very good, so I was eager to see this.
Hugely disappointed, to say the least. First of all, the story was stupid, simplistic, full of gaping holes, and completely implausible. The characters were totally undeveloped. Now for the "look" of the film.
Whoever is responsible for the infantile, pretentious and sickeningly annoying camera shaking should have his/her arms cut off! This ridiculous gyrating camera, intended to suggest a "gritty, cinema verite, "you are there" documentary" feel, is now an established film technique, probably hatched by some MTV hack. Of course, if you are an ardent camera shaker, you must also fill your film with huge closeups of the actors' faces, to suggest gravity and deep emotion. And to complete this unholy trinity of cinematic disaster, you need to have your editor slash a scene into as many cuts as possible, because today's viewers do not have the patience to sit still and watch a scene unless "it moves", or "is action-packed".
Pardon me while I puke. The same thing happened with the last Bourne movie. The first one was good, but then they started bringing in the hacks and the slashers and camera shakers, until the last one was pretty much unwatchable.
This is sad. Nobody else seems to be bothered by this.
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I am a sean bean fan, but this is not one of his best movies.
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I remember reading someone saying that the plot was muddled. It was. The ending was one of the worse I've seen in movies. I expected Sean Bean and his compatriots to get even, but all they did was get their as**** kicked by the Gov't. I mean, just when you think his little army of misfits are going to complete what they set out to do; they bollix (or bollox) it up.
Even Bob Hoskins part in helping out the "vigilantes" was predictable and so bad you knew when "his time was up." Bad script and bad direction.
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Soldier returns to the UK and with the help of a small group - decide to take justice into their own hands. A great cast including Sean Bean and Bob Hoskins are unable to do justice to a terrible script.
Although this does show a little of the underbelly of the UK it is bleak and unpleasant and Bean's character has no redeeming features at all which makes it hard to sympathise with his views.
SPOILERS...As an example of how this fails to work - within a couple of days one character (a barrister) goes from balking at executing a murderer to getting involved in a machine gun shoot out with the police! There are few characters you associate with and this tagged onto a tedious script makes for some very poor viewing.
Best avoided, even if you (like me) enjoy action films
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