2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Jonathan Roberts Director Nick Love has enjoyed a certain level of success in Britain, being the creative force behind 2004's 'The Football Factory'. This film, 'Outlaw', was released just three years after Love's most famous work, but he seems to have lost something in between the two titles. Fortunately, he managed to gain the interest of a strong, charismatic leading man - without whom this film would have been virtually unwatchable. Sean Bean has delivered some great performances, but 'Outlaw' isn't one of them. He acts capably, but without strong lines he never comes close to unleashing his potential. Bean is joined by other well-known talents, including Bob Hoskins, Danny Dyer and Lennie James (the latter being best-known for playing Morgan in 'The Walking Dead'). These actors, like Bean, are held back by lacklustre writing, but I found Lennie James rather impressive in a couple of scenes. The technical aspects of this film (cinematography, editing, effects etc.) rarely impress, but I don't recall finding any of these elements bad. They're probably average for the Brit-crime genre… like pretty much everything in 'Outlaw'.

MikaOznam ..but you already knew that because that's the way it plays in all of Sean's moviesOK...it wasn't as bad as some say but certainly not as good as others opined. Let's just say it could have been better.Some good patches but rough and uneven most of the film.Script was weak tea despite a good core of actors. although it's not a real "vigilante" movie like a ultra violent Hollywood blood spilling satanic ritual gore fest, there should have been more character development to fill the monotonous and dumb down dialogue exchange between the lads.a 5.5 but with more effort, easily could have jumped up to a 7.0

MinosHelios What the hell was that? It started right off with great potential: a soldier not knowing where he belongs to and why he should move on. An heavily beaten up employee with less self-confidence terrorized by one of his colleagues and one Crown Prosecutor not able to bring justice to criminals. Does sound really great, doesn't it? But all that just to NOT go any further and leaves you the whole amount of time unsatisfied. The author just ran in a dead end at the end of the movie. The enemy No. 1 kept never been seen, the guys that deserve a beating and are the motivation in the first place for the main characters to move on and do what they're doing just vanish. Not by story-arc but writing. They just have been forgotten. The conflict between one of the main characters is just a pathetic attempt to give more suspense but comes too fast, too hasty and indiscriminately and ends as fast as it began.Then the ending is a complete mess. A catastrophe. A totally unnecessary character's dead, more unnecessary than in B-Movies or several The Walking Dead episodes. But the worst is that the author didn't know how to end this unsatisfying terribleness. Before anything is explained the film ends suddenly leaving you with a big WTF expression on your face. It was like the author was thinking "How the heck do I end this pile of bad written characters and plot?" "What about cliffhanger?" "Oh right, that always comes in handy if you don't know how to move on! Let's just cut and fade to the credits." The only thing I've found enjoyable were the subtle, non-Hollywood like special effects and the acting.Seriously, I could have written the script better than Nick Love (sorry for the fans, but I'm just thinking it is THAT terrible).I would not watch it twice so neither should you (even once). I cannot recommend this movie. Better to spend your time with well written alternatives.

jim-j-moore Right from the start, this movie goes straight for the underbelly of society. I found it gave me a knot of stress in the stomach from the get-go, not least of all because the street "yoof" scum-bags it portrays are sadly all to real.I was looking forward to our protagonists, led by Sean Bean, taking up arms and dishing out some righteous punishment, even if only as a catharsis for the tension and antipathy produced by the aforementioned street slime.And here was the source of my frustration. As a vigilante group, these guys are a complete bunch of muppets! Their clumsy, inept approach to dealing with their "targets" is probably very realistic, as pretty much any regular Joe Public would be equally clueless, conflicted and feeble. But hell, I wanted to see some arse-kicking going on! :)For all this, it was strangely compelling viewing but at the end of it, I definitely did not feel comfortably satisfied. Worth watching, certainly, but its not light entertainment by any means.