Best movie I have seen on Netflix in a long time. Was very interested in the character played by Leto and his ability to shape the movie into a western "mafia type" film with many twists and turns.

Decent for a Netflix original. I wasn't expecting much but was surprised that this wasn't awful. Story seemed to flow well with no slow points. It was worth a watch one time. I wouldn't watch it again.

idk what all the fuss is about. This movie was pretty good. Obviously it could have had more detail but it was still interesting to watch.

Nothing to write home about and pretty much a white-man's journey, but whatever. I enjoyed it for what it is.

This film deserves far more respect than it's gotten so far. I was surprised at how much I was drawn into this story. It was, admittedly, slow but as far as I'm concerned that's not a criticism. Each time I thought it would fall into a standard "mafia" trope (usually to do with stupid criminals doing "stupid") it didn't. It didn't feel the need to resort to massive exposition to make the point and when it had run the course I found myself hoping for a "Part II" to find out what happened next. Thoroughly recommend it.

It was entertaining...

Pretty good take on the Japanese yakuza genre. And for all of the claims of "whitewashing", there were ex-servicemen after WWIi who joined the tokyo criminal underground. check out nicholas zapetti. i swear critics write reviews strictly to get clicks, skip the ridiculous critics and check out this movie.

Great one, love it !

Leto's performance is amazing in demonstrating the subtlies of this complicated character. I love how you are throw in the middle, you don't know this character's complete past. You don't know what kind of person he was before. I like how the character just is, his motivations are known but not communicated. Nice story of loyalty and honor.

Truly a hidden gem. Jared Leto is excellent, as is the entire supporting cast. Very unique feeling movie, a breath of fresh air compared to most releases these days. Simple yet compelling plot, with slow and steady pacing. Popcorn-munching Neanderthals might get bored, but this movie wasn't made for them. Definitely recommend it for anyone with an interest in Japanese culture and/or a good gangster film.

Roger Every is a crazy old coot who wouldn't know good cinema if it bit him in his wrinkly old nutsack. I don't know why they're shitting on this movie and bright so badly. It is not white washing anything, it's simply a concept that is unique and entertaining. Surprise, people love crime drama, honestly the movie felt like a pilot to an aw some TV series, they should make this a TV series on Netflix and it will have a huge following.

I've been interested in these "Japan meets West" Yakuza movies after watching Michael Douglas' "Black Rain" way, way back, and this one is a pretty good movie in that tradition. Jared Leto is solid as the strong, silent killer type and the rest of the movie turned out to be pretty good.

It's really great to see the critics get another call so wrong. From reading their reviews, it's obvious that they are responding how they wished critics had responded to The Last Samurai when it first came out, and missed the entire premise behind the Outsider. This is a movie that is not essentially about an American becoming a crime boss, it is about the stark reality that no culture can claim brutality and ruthlessness or honor as a unique trait. Jared Leto's character undergoes no serious character development. He doesn't become more Japanese, he just learns to speak the language and remains the same as he was consistently from the very beginning. The fact that most of the critics dislike his deadpan expressions underlie their inadequacy when it comes to appreciating reality in storytelling. This is a movie made in stark contrast to the depiction of criminals with impulsive machismo. In other words, many other crime movies spend a HUGE budget of time trying to convince you that the environment is intimidating, usually with unstable and impulsive characters that are motivated by an almost psychopathic drive to display their dominance. This movie turns that trope on its head and spends its time instead showing how those who act without emotion prevail in the art of war. It is a theme played out in at least four scenes as Nick and Orochi interact. In short, all the reasons the critics pan this movie as bad are exactly the things that let you know you shouldn't take them seriously, because they aren't really paying attention to what's going on, just the surface level symbolism.

Fantastic, beautifully shot and subtle.

Except for the good looking suits that were no where to be found in post war Japan, and the Marine character who scarcely resembled one, the movie dipicted the theatrical version of the yakuza relatively well, and was an excellent "throw back" to the heyday of this genre. The acceptance of "Nick" as "oyabun" was, however, more than a little far fetched. All in all, a good movie.