A well-acted revenge drama, OUTRAGE seems rather anomalous to the career of acclaimed director Carlos Saura (CRIA, BLOOD WEDDING). It's not that his skills--potent compositions, an affinity for eroticism--aren't in evidence, but that they service a merely workmanlike screenplay.
Cynical newshound Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) discovers his latent romantic instincts stirred at the circus by Italian-born sharpshooter Ana (Francesca Neri). They commence an affair, but while Marco toils out of town on assignment Ana is brutally raped by three itinerant laborers. Badly
injured and still in shock, Ana tracks down the trio to a garage and cold-bloodedly guns them dow...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins