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Watch This Trailer: Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano's "Outrage"

I'm a fan of what I see in this trailer. Even if it's a piece of false advertising.

I admit: I’ve seen very few Takeshi “Beat” Kitano movies. So when I say that I’m genuinely excited to see his name attached to anything, or that I stand up and cheer when he pops up surprisingly in a small role (his turn as a sadistic gym teacher in Battle Royale for example), I kind of feel like a poser. And I would fully expect to be called one by the high-minded jerks who celebrate being “film nerds.”

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Nevertheless, I’m pretty excited about Outrage, Kitano’s new Yakuza crime epic, and I’m a fan of what I see in this trailer. Even if it’s a piece of false advertising. It’s a con in the same vein as the the devious marketing push behind the year’s hot ticket, Drive, that sold the film to Fast and Furious gear heads – needlessly – as a car chase thriller.

Watch the rest at Motherboard.