Outrage (1998)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

So much average

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This is a made-for-TV thriller in which Rob Lowe stars as Tom Casey, who witnesses three teenage punks stealing from cars and reports their crimes to the police. As a result, the teenagers begin to terrorize him and his wife in retaliation.This movie has its few suspenseful moments at times, making you eager to know what Tom Casey plans to do in dealing with those teenage boys and to stop them from their constant terror. Lowe wasn't bad in portraying Casey, doing the best as he can in this movie that lacks a lot of satisfying moments. You really want to root for him in giving those punks a taste of their own medicine, but, of course, with the lax judicial system, justice isn't swift.You also really want to hate on the teenagers after all the pain they've cost; the actors who portrayed them did an OK job, with actor Eric Michael Cole's role being the most sinister and evil. Jennifer Grey, who portrays Casey's wife, though, was quite mediocre. She doesn't appear to be very believable in her emotions at times, although she tries. You do end up generating sympathy for her and Rob Lowe's characters.Overall, it's a movie with some decent thrills, but you'll be left craving for more good guy vs. bad guy action.Grade C-

This movie is realistic and awesome. I don't care what people says about this movie it is great because this movie show's us what teenagers who are rich can do. They can broke the law and there parents are protecting them.With there lawyers taking the law with them instead stopping them.I have watch this movie in 2003 haven't seen it in a while now and the reason i am commenting and writing this review is because similar situation i have here by my house.Every minute on a day i am been terrorized by teenagers boys while there parents are protecting them and speaking for them. That there children did not do anything.So now i reported them to the cops. Last night i was siting in my leaving room on my computer when a young juvenile throw a snow ball in my window and later he make jokes about it. "Telling me what are you going to do about it?" That was his answer to me. So i reported the incident and i call the police. 3.months ago they broke my door and hide somewhere so that i couldn't find them. I was on the police station that time and is now the third time i had to call them. So i don't care about you people who say's bad things about this movie. Actor Rob Lowe and director Robert Allan Ackerman are showing us what can happen when parents ignore us victims and let the crimes happen to us. His father of that criminal juvenile hit my father's car in June caused an car accident and than got away form the accident and dined he did it and got clean away with it. After my dad confront him he dined everything and now his adopted son thinks he can broke the law and get away with it. Not with me. Tom Casey played by Rob Lowe did the right thing by reporting those young teenage criminals and fight for his live and his family. You never see a violence closer, your wrong. There are not vandalism just in America there are worse crimes and vandalism in Slovenia than in America are. Tom Casey did the right thing by fighting for his family and i am going to do the same as the character did. We are done been a victims and these juvenile villains made to be heroes. I am giving this movie the higher star than anyone else did.

Rob Lowe plays a man that is angry about things in his life - justifiably in the case of three teen boys who he reports to the police and then who harass him and his wife (Jennifer Grey)to the point of breaking! Rob Lowe's character is a person who can not let things go, and for every harassment against him and his wife he feels he must retaliate.Rob Lowe does not convincingly portray rage, but otherwise his acting is good. Jennifer Grey does well as the pregnant wife opposite to Lowe's rage. It would have been difficult for Grey to portray more confusion and desperation since the husband's rage did not seem to warrant it.Even though the film was made in 1998, the topic is current and it does accurately display how rage will escalate into something very bad if left unchecked.The three young men - especially the ring leader - were excellent as spoiled prep school hoodlums!

Outrage is a funny light hearted film about a group of rebelious teenagers who decide to take a joke a bit too far. The lead actor, Eric michael Cole, harasses Rob lowe in various ways making him eventually Snap.I advise you to see this if your a fan of Eric michael Cole. If anyone has a copy of this movie please e-mail me as i would love to buy it.