Beyond Outrage

Beyond Outrage is a Japanese crime drama film that follows the story of Otomo, a former Yakuza member who is released from prison and pulled back into the criminal underworld. The film takes place five years after the events of the first film, Outrage, and finds Otomo caught in the middle of a conflict between the Sanno-kai and Hanabishi-kai crime syndicates. The Sanno-kai has become more powerful and modernized under the leadership of Kato, who has expanded the syndicate's influence into legitimate businesses and government circles. However, this has led to dissent among the older bosses, who feel threatened by Kato's leadership and fear becoming obsolete. Detective Kataoka, a corrupt and self-serving law enforcement officer, sees an opportunity to use Otomo to instigate a war between the Sanno-kai and Hanabishi-kai. He convinces Tomita, a senior Sanno-kai boss, to meet with Fuse, the chairman of the Hanabishi-kai's Osaka branch, to force Kato to retire. However, Kato learns of the plan and has Tomita killed, which leads to a violent conflict between the two syndicates. Otomo is forced to choose sides in the conflict, and he ultimately decides to partner with his old friend Kimura to take revenge on those who betrayed them. The two of them carry out a ruthless campaign against the Sanno-kai, which leads to increasing dissent within the syndicate and pressure on Kato to retire. In the end, Kato is killed by Otomo at a pachinko parlor after being reduced to a mere civilian. The Sanno-Kai is decimated by the war and is absorbed into the Hanabishi-Kai making it almost omnipotent in central Japan

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Beyond Outrage include Homefront, The Nice Guys, The Other Guys, Now You See Me 2, Taken, S.W.A.T.: Firefight.