Review of Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002) by M S — 12 Nov 2010

'Mental' Miike isn't so outlandish in this Yakuza drama from 2002, just some outsized weapons at the end which recall the excesses of Dead Or Alive. Instead we have a fairly typical crime thriller with one gang pitched against another, all masterminded by a third gang who aim to take control.

It's not Miike's best film by any stretch of the imagination - you feel he could knock something like this off in an afternoon - but it holds the attention and there's plenty of familiar faces in the cast from previous Miike outings.